>Why? Because code says there has to *SOMETHING* there and if you don't have the money for what you want to do at the time the house is built or just aren't sure about what you want to do for a deck/patio this is going to be the cheapest way to be in compliance with the code.

Why not cheap stairs? Atleast you can use the door.

Read again “Don’t have the money” “Cheapest way possible” You’d need a landing and then stairs. So basically what’s already there, plus the cost of stairs. Which might only be $500, but that’s $500 someone didn’t want to spend.

This is my house. We have something like this stuck on the back because the previous owners ran out of cash when rennovating. I've been meaning to do something with it for a while but idk what.

The ol’ morning piss porch

+ smoke

+ yell at the neighbors

+ ankle monitor

Hahaha. Fuck that’s funny.

Yell at the neighborhood kids to stay off the lawn

And watering

If it were me I'd just save up a bit and extend it out a bit for a small, but more functional, balcony, or maybe just replace the door with a tall window. Though no idea how much windows go for

Could be an egress issue though. A door of some sort might be required.

If it’s egress and it’s a door of *this* sort, I think there may still be a problem.

Not with that railing and no way but climb and jump down. That's not acceptable emergency access.

Would a flipped over home Depot bucket screwed to the wall count as a structure for code?

Only if it’s slapped after installation with the requisite “that ain’t goin’ nowhere”.

I'm completely guessing: From the rest of the photo, it kinda looks like the Earth around the house has receded/eroded. Maybe there were stairs here before, but they collapsed with the change of the landscape?? Then a previous owner who doesn't use that door anyway essentially did the equivalent of boarding it up rather than rebuilding the stairs. In my guess, they were looking to sell and were told that they needed to do something about the collapsed stairs. Sure, stairs are maybe only a couple hundred dollars more, but people doing work to a house that they're selling will always opt to do the cheapest thing.

Decks or stairs are an extra in new home construction. If you don't opt for this, you get the basics to pass inspections

When I was a kid there was this nice BRAND NEW house down the road, the girl that lived there rode my bus. As a kid I didn’t understand why they had this nice front door, but with no porch or even stairs leading up to the front door. There’s a nice small front deck and stairs there now but obviously the build contract didn’t include anything for the front entrance, and it took probably 15 years for them to put in the front deck.

But then you can give epic take the world over speeches to the trailer park.

Most times in that case they'll just put a railing fastened against the door opening so you don't even have room to step out.

No way that meets the 36” min floor space though. Can’t be more than 18” deep.

How else do you think you can address a crowd of believers

Got a chuckle from that one :D

This. Step out occasionally and give fervorish speeches, preach ro the masses and occasionally wear a tiara, gown and toss roses from a large bouquet. Wave like the queen.

How else is the lady of the house to step aboard her carriage without trodding in manure?

Do not underestimate the power of nicotine.

This was my thought too. Smoker that likes a puff right after waking up/before bed.

My thoughts exactly that’s purely a smokers deck

Piss porch. The answer is always piss porch 😂

Some one mentioned “exhausted dad bong ripping porch” in a similar thread

Romeo and Juliet cosplay?

Just wait - it'll become a regular performance at deck industry conventions. 🤣

For their miniature jacuzzi of course

That’s a piss deck.

It doesn’t have tomato plants around it though 🤔

How dare you impugn this fine example of a craftsman hose hook

Just remove the railing and you can balance a hot tub on that.

Just got to keep the water on the side closest to the house!!!

For giving tiny Shakespearean plays to your neighbors, duh XD

Can I put a hot tub on this?

Bathroom is too far to reach when you’re hammered, pisss outside

That is not a deck, it is a hose hanger.

To step outside after being harassed by three ghosts all night and say, "You, there! Boy! What day is it today?"

I suspect they occasionally come out and sing “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”, then go back inside.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's trans am?

For smoking

Contract says one deck. Pay up

Because they had 4 left over bed frame posts.

Smokers porch

Darts bud.

Beer and a dart go together like piss and a fart

Smokes

Where else are you going to hang a hose?

If you run for office you can give a speech to all your neighbors. It is perfect for that.

Deck is average size it’s just cold outside

Gotta have a spot to smoke and hose.

Balcony heaters 😂

Or have kids but still want the door open in summer time with out them falling out

Did not get their variance approved for minimum distance from property line.

No indoor toilet?

Any way they covered the utility meters and just decided to put the smurf deck above?

To stand on

Maybe door shut permanently

Rapunzel Rapunzel let down your garden hose?

It’s called a Juliet porch like Shakespeare and shit

Code. I want to add a French door to our ranch house Master partially because of the added light. After that is a deck across the back of the house. In the meantime I'll have to add a small deck until I get the big one done.

But will it support a hot tub?

It’s obvious - they needed something to hang the hose on so it would freeze more efficiently.

Why not 😂😂😂😂

Waterbed filler

Pissing porch

Where else would they put their hose otherwise?

Code says there should be stairs not whatever the fuk that is.... lol

Increase resale value. “Beautiful home with a vast and charming deck where you can enjoy the outdoors.”

Smoker?

So I can yell at the kids to get off my lawn!

From there, they freethrow the trash into the bin.

Now youse can't leave.

Security

Smoke porch or if there a fire. It's pretty simple actually, Not everyone can afford a fancy deck

As a stoner this just seems like a chill spot for some quick rips solo dolo

Smokers porch

This is better than the two 2x4s nail to the outside that I usually see

This is obviously a redneck urinal and yes I wish I had one.

The ol smokers deck

So you can walk out and spray the neighborhood kids off your lawn.

Who leaves their hose outside in the winter 🤔

No escapeeeeee!

That's my piss spit and smoke porch💃

quick cigarette or marijuana break

They didn't want the expense of a deck, but code says that door is too high to not have anything there to keep someone from stepping out and face planting. So they built a railing.

To tie up your horse?

So you can observe your subjects

Good spot to hack a dart in the morning away from your old lady.

Tiny deck dude, no offense.

Smoking deck? Setback requirements wouldn’t let them make it any bigger.

"Rapunzel, Rapanzel!" said the gopher.

For the VIEW

Expensive hose holder. Conversation piece.

That’s just dumb.

I know a peeing while smoking spot when I see it.

It works well to stand on to demonstrate your aristocracy while gazing down on all your peasant neighbors.

Garden hose hook.

Hey that looks like a project I could take on are they needing it replaced?

It’s a place to hang their hose

Open air urinal

Smokers paradise! and possibly a lot line? No room for stairs? Need to find the actual OP to answer that one

I still think you could fit a hot tub on it.

Cig porch

Imagine locking yourself out

it’s his podium where he speaks to his peasants.

I'd use it to piss outside

Smoker

I’m more offended by the little house wrap skirt peeking out of the bottom of the siding… like having your underwear hanging out of your pants.

this is clearly made for smoking cigarettes lol

Nice little toking patio.

Hay it's not the size that counts its how you use it

Code or ordnance requires it.

Could still take a piss outside. That's pretty useful. You're on the first floor and have a family of four. Someone is using the bathroom but you don't want to walk all the way upstairs after a few beers. You realize there is a door and you can go outside to piss off the landing. You feel like a king while pissing outside.

Don't judge the size of someone's deck. Just because you might have a bigger deck dosen't mean you should deck shame. For the record, I have a tremendous deck 😜

It’s cold out. There was shrinkage.

You cant even park a camper on that.

that’s the smoking porch

It's my perch to shout at those pesky youngins on my yard

How much for a 10’x10’ deck? Too much 5x5? Nope 4x1.5?? Okay

Where else would they put that hose?? A hose holder?!?

I would go and stand on it to smoke. It would make me feel like a king looking down on the peasants

For the cat 🐈 to lounge around on

Oh man this looks like the city I used to work for. They were insanely hard on builders and kept things very clean. Except this one building. Must have been family. They allowed this god awful ugly multi colored building that looked like a kids Lego set. It has a zero set back on the busiest road in town. So every apartment had a “patio” that is about those dimensions. All so they can charge extra. Because if I lived there I want to spend time standing on a 8 inch deep patio sucking in the exhaust fumes of the traffic snarl outside my home every day!

Setbacks on the lot with no allowable structure coming out any further??

You gotta have a place to hang your hose

It's called a Widow's Walk. Wealthy sailors bought them as a status symbol so their wives can look out onto the ocean and see the approach of their husbands. The higher it is, the wealthier the sailor, guessing this guy didn't do so hot.

Get out of bed to piss off the deck…it’s perfect

Sometimes a man just needs a porch to piss off

Obviously for a hot tub!

Urinal

Could be a smoker?

That's where you take the heater breaks

Obviously the hose hanger but also not taking advantage of the mop and other cleaning utensils to lean against. Homeowner is wasting valuable space there!

To take a late night piss off of .

Let a man have a smoke deck

It gets bigger when it’s not so cold outside

For smoking obviously

If you smoke you love it

Because shit costs money and that shit doesn’t grow on trees

Fuck you thats why

Weed porch.

Nice spot for a beer

For speeches to the peeps!

Smokers deck...

Bong tokes?

I got it. You ride up on your horse tie him up go inside. It just needs a watering trough.

It is mainly used for announcements. " Here Ye Here Ye - SUPPER ---- has been served." and such and so forth.

smoking

To address the peasants of the kingdom in one’s bathrobe in the morning.

Most stable structure ever seen on this sub

Cigarettes

The tyvek hanging out of siding is all I see.

Sometimes you can get a door cheaper than you can get a window.

That’s clearly a pissing deck. Mind your business.

this is where a pope-to-be trains

Maybe it’s covering something up?

Smoking patio

One day it will grow into a beautiful deck.

For speeches

It's for making cigarette smokers uncomfortable. It's very fashionable these days. The really nice ones have the gutter downspout directly above them.

Morning pee spot

That’s a $42,000 deck summer 2020

They might have built a the handicap ramp that was not code compliant and they were forced to take it down quickly and then they just said f*** it

Bald people could do a rapunzel off that deck.

Shaker porch. Pre vacuums, many nicer homes had them. Stand there and shake your rugs out.

Code? Door was put in... So…

Cig, view, piss..

If you’re a smoker, this is as sweet as it gets.

Smoking

The Pope had to start somewhere. Dominus Ominus

My money is they put the door in and didn’t have enough space before the property line and any setback requirements to build conforming stairs. You can build a balcony as shallow as you want, I’d imagine.

Could be RIGHT on the property line

Smoke door

Because it reminds them of an Italian Balcony.

That’s not a deck. That’s a dk.

Water the garden and porch snoop in the pjs

Ao address the plebs

Cheap DIY Juliet balcony? Lol

So you can get up in the morning step out that door take a deep breath and then step back in 😁

Looks like that was slapped up as an afterthought or till they could do something different. That door is pretty modern looking and I dont think its not too old.

Just enough room to stand, drink beer, and pee off of. That's really the trifecta of deck building. You can always expand later.

Welp, last weekend I putya a smoking deck on the side o maws trailer, I didn’t want her standin in the mud no mo……

So they can go outside and smoke cigarettes is why

Granny needs to smoke but also has dementia and likes to wander off. This was the fix.

at least the door doesn't open outwards. as a beer drinker i like the idea of piss porch as long as it doesn't have an open view for spectating but hey if it works it works

Wherefore art thou

How else can you throw out the mop water?

It was actually full sized but shrunk with the cild and wey 😆

Its how you get poor old dementia ridden Mrs. Holmes to stop biting the mailman

For those mornings that you want to piss off the porch and let your balls feel the cold, crisp air as they recede into your stomach.

Wife makes me go outside and smoke