It’s funnier if, like me, you misinterpret that as a sink and wonder why the fuck someone would put a mini fireplace in a bathroom.

The sub flooring around that tub must be in great shape

The trip hazard is unreal. I kinda want to see it furnished though, firstly, how was it used? livingroom or bathroom? secondly, whad kind of derange furniture choice were made to accompany this madness?
A dedicated orgy room is the least deranged option I can think of.

Someone was trying to do the same thing as in that 1983 movie Scarface https://borntobeunicorn.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/scarface_bornunicorn.png

This would be great for certain types of parties that I may or may not have attended. 😉

Daily life, not so much.

This looks so ridiculous that I thought it was photoshopped. Just Ctrl c - Ctrl v that bad boy right in the middle of the forest green carpet.

I looked at a flat that had a sunken bath that was beside the route from the bathroom door to the toilet and considered it a death trap. Then a friend who is an engineer pointed out that, as this was the first floor flat in a house conversion, the sunken bath is either sticking out from the ceiling of the downstairs flat or, as was the case, it is in the stairwell which should have been capped off with very sturdy beams but instead has a bath in it. And the plumbing for the bath would, presumably, be through the now bricked off bottom of the stairs in the lower flat. It all looked like a nightmare and stayed on the market for a year, occasionally going off when someone made and offer and quickly coming back again when the surveyors report came in. Now at least I know it could have been worse.

Living room hot tub sounds pretty sweet though

You mean you don't like to take baths near the fire like our ancestors used to have to?

Someone clearly isn’t concerned about the legions upon legions of crud carpet can cling to.

The droppings from two different species of dust mite alone would get my immune system declaring war.

Why does it look like a backrooms level? lol

I kinda wanna try it.

That carpet is fucking revolting

Reading comes to mind. But please cover it before someone falls in.

Why not?

"We have Scarface's house at home!"

I would be into this actually

That room must smell lovely. Yikes.

At least the interior and colors are modern