I was 26 in 2000 and bought Rollergames whilst I was living in Australia, I carried it (with help) up 3 flights of stairs to my rented studio flat. It was at that stage I realised if I was ever going to have another pinball machine I would look for a ground floor flat.
It was 10 years later when I was living here in the Uk when I bought the next one a BSD. At least this time there were no stairs involved.