By Brittney McKenna

For most of us, skateboarding in the house was never an option. (Or if you're like me and had parents with zero faith in your motor skills, skateboarding itself wasn't an option.) One man just made good for everyone who ever dreamed of grinding his or her way down the stairs and built a skatepark in his house.

Anselmo Arruda lives in São Paulo, Brazil in a home he inherited from his late parents. Not long after moving in, he began converting the space into a skater's paradise.

"After my parents died I was still an adolescent," Arruda told The Guardian. "I distanced myself from my family and came to this house."

Skateboarding became a refuge for Arruda as he grieved his parents.

"When I was having a rough time about my parents, I wanted to skate before everything else, to be close to skating," he said. "Because for me, it was a lesson in overcoming [hardship]. I realized skating could save lives. It had already saved my life."

Now his home, affectionately dubbed "Caverna House" or "Cave House" thanks to some bats that have also taken up residence there, is a refuge for skaters from all over. Covered in graffiti, the home has little furniture but features ramps, rails and the occasional relic of the home's past -- like a painted TV that serves as an obstacle.

The home is open to artists and musicians and serves as a hub for arts, culture and friends coming together. Arruda and his pals prove bringing wheels into the house isn't such a bad idea after all.