I was in a condo that had no storage. It did have a walk-in size utility room, so I had the bikes hanging above the washer/dryer. It did make it difficult to get stuff into the washer, constantly bumping into the back tire of one bike but it worked. the only place I had a wall big enough for bikes to fit on a rack like you are talking about would have been behind the couch or behind a bed, neither of which looked real appealing.