A Sabahan has forked out half a million ringgit to build
Malaysia’s first upside down house to send out an environmental
message.
Alexander Yee said the unusual structure at Kampung
Bantayan-Telibong, about 40km from the city, was worth every
sen.
“If we keep exploiting our natural resources at the rate we are
going, sooner or later we will find our world upside down,” said
Yee, who owns a construction firm besides operating a tourist lodge
in the wildlife-rich Kinabatangan district in Sabah’s east
coast.
Yee pointed out that the 140sq m house with fully equipped
interior including living room, bathroom, dining room, bedrooms and
kitchen also contained unique Sabah features.
He said everything had been placed upside down including the
fridge, stove and rice cooker in the kitchen as well as a
functioning old sewing machine.
He said the upside down house took nearly six months to build –
it involved reinforcing the roof, walls and the floor from where
the interior furnishings were suspended.
Yee said visitors would be given a guided tour of the upside
down house.
