[ktscarlett66]

It was an apartment building, not a single family dwelling. There’s probably all kinds of noise from other tenants. Looked to be at least 3 stories. I know from a friend who lived in an apartment building that she never went into the basement. It was kind of an isolated area and she felt a little apprehensive about her safety there.

The daughter was only 11 when the rape started, when she was 18, he drugged her restrained her, then kept her in the basement. After the kids were born, he probably controlled her out of fear of what he would do to them.

[metmom]

I was thinking more like a house. You’re right though, that with an apartment building, there’d be noise coming from other sources.

I also realize that personality and conditioning play into it. And there’s the possibility that maybe he kept her drugged at a low level

[Spunky]

"It was an apartment building, not a single family dwelling"

I think that is incorrect. Look at the picture.

From Article:The outside of the house in Amstetten, Austria, where a 73-year-old man reportedly kept his daughter captive in the cellar for 24 years. DNA tests are being conducted to verify charges that he fathered several children by her." (AP Photo/Helmut Stamberg)

These are like houses in San Francisco where they are built right next to each other. In another picture I saw you could see where each had there own back yards. If you go to posting #53 you will see the labyrinth. The laundry and workshop area were directly underneath the house but the rest was built out into the backyard.