Where Does the Elevator Go?

So where does one put an elevator in a home? Turns out you can put an elevator wherever you want to. Our contractor says that most people put an elevator where they have stacking closets (think coat coat closet on 1st floor, linen closet on the 2nd floor, etc.). You can put an elevator in a corner of a house and have the contractor punch holes through the ceiling all the way up!

In our case, we decided to put the elevator in the stairwell of our new house. This location made the most sense since it was mostly square, it was unused space and it was space that went from the ground floor to the 4th floor.

Maki was sad to lose the beautiful staircase and stairwell. I was sad as well but also glad that I didn't have to worry about kids and babies falling into a stairwell. A neighbor also told us that the stairwell had a tendency to carry sound throughout the house.

So our new elevator will be where our beautiful stairwell once was.