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1. A handful of units in a San Francisco apartment complex sport a unique interior feature: structural support beams running diagonally through the space.

2. All of the units have sold for about $1 million a piece.

3. The kitchens of three units are all interrupted by a beam running from a cabinet to the middle of the kitchen floor. The beams in two other condos run parallel to the wall, which seems more convenient. 

4. Despite the mockery from Twitter, there's a good reason for the beam: converting old industrial buildings into apartments requires extra structural support.

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San Francisco's real estate market is rife with peculiar home listings. Some homes had their interiors ravaged by fires and still sold for $2 million. Some sell for $1.6 million over the asking price.

Now, these San Francisco apartments are attracting attention — and ridicule — because they have structural support beams running straight through their kitchens. 

The apartments are located at1488 Harrison St, in the city's lower SoMa neighborhood. By looking through listings on Redfin, we found at least four units in the building where structural support beams run diagonally through the space.

That obviously didn't affect sales, though, since the units are all sold and occupied. Their owners shelled out about $1 million for each, records show. In the apartment sold most recently, in June, the unexpected beam runs from the bottom of an overhead kitchen cabinet to the middle of the kitchen floor.

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This recently-sold $1MM condo in San Francisco has an… unusual kitchen feature. https://t.co/KooR5v0l5c pic.twitter.com/OXhgmiifvi

On Twitter, FOO VR chief executive Will Smith claims that he is a previous occupant of one of these units, and that the beam in the kitchen is indeed a constant source of pain and frustration. 

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I broke my little toe on the beam. It has a little flange sticking out that is perfect to bend your toe back on. If you’re walking fast enough, you can get it to touch your foot.

The kitchen in a unit two floors down is also interrupted by a beam. Developers were a little more creative with how they incorporated it into the floor plan.

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The Hell Beam runs through other units in the building too, but at least they tried to build around it here. Painting it black is a bold move. pic.twitter.com/DaJ87qffEC