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Bet someone out there has done the same with the TARDIS.

Jaw-Dropping Custom Star Trek Home Destroyed In The Wake Of A Divorce

A couple of weeks ago, we reported on a breakup wherein a man’s ex-wife tossed out his entire collection of Star Wars memorabilia. That was a terrible thing to see, but brace yourselves, fanboys. Today’s break-up disaster is much much worse!

Tony Alleyne, a resident of Leicester, UK and the very definition of Trekkie, did what every one of us dreams of… he turned his entire house into a replica of a Star Trek ship!

When Tony’s soon-to-be-ex-wife left him back in 1994, he made the decision to begin work on a massive project that would transform the 500-square foot interior of his flat into that of a Starfleet ship. Basing his designs on the USS Voyager, Alleyne got to work.

After 10 years, Alleyne’s work was complete. His apartment looked like something out of one of a Trek fan’s most exquisite wet dreams. He had hand-crafted every piece of furniture, reworked the walls, added a command console, a transporter room, voice-activated lighting sytestem… even a Trek bathroom! Alleyne’s apartment was as close as any fan is going to get to cruising on the Voyager in our lifetimes. When asked why he chose the Voyager over something more popular like the Enterprise, Alleyene said:

“I have always considered that of all the Starfleet ships, Voyager is, in terms of interior, the luxury liner of the galaxy.”

Now it’s time to brace yourself. If you’re prone to great emotions and tears, please stop reading now.

After 16 years, Alleyne’s divorce is being finalized and his ex-wife Georgina has decided that she wants to sell the apartment since she is the legal owner and has paid the mortage on it since leaving in 1994. That means that Tony has no choice to destroy the entirety of his Star Trek dream-maker since the work is embedded into the home and there’s no way to remove it otherwise.

When asked how much it would cost to rebuild the Starship home again, Alleyne said that the original cost close to £100,000. That’s over $150,000 in US currency.

I think I need to sit down. I’m just hearing about this and I’m upset over this. I can’t imagine being in Tony’s place right now.

“To say I’m gutted is an understatement. It is my life’s work,” Tony said of the destruction “and it looks like it’s going into a skip. I admit there were tears.”


Date: 2012-01-31 09:51 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] shapinglight
Have to say, I can't feel much sympathy given that he knew the place belonged to his wife so her wanting to sell it was on the cards.

What I don't understand is why it took 14 years for the divorce to come through. Who is this guy? The Pope?

Date: 2012-01-31 10:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mollivanders.livejournal.com
Exactly. As cool as this sounds, it wasn't his house to remodel if she was paying the mortgage. He should have waited until the divorce was final or moved and gotten his own place to remodel that she couldn't touch.

Date: 2012-02-01 01:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shipperx.livejournal.com
I wonder why she allowed that.

Date: 2012-01-31 10:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mollivanders.livejournal.com
If she's selling it, why doesn't he just buy it from her?

Date: 2012-01-31 10:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shipperx.livejournal.com
Dunno. Given the weirdness of everything involved (the length of time to divorce, someone deciding to turn their home into Star Trek... who knows! :)

Date: 2012-02-01 12:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angearia.livejournal.com
He probably spent all his money doing the remodel. And not working enough to earn enough money to get his own place? Meanwhile his wife supported him by paying the mortgage.

Stupid is stupid.

Date: 2012-02-01 01:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shipperx.livejournal.com
I'm willing to bet he spent a lot more than $150,000 if he actually had to add all of that up. That's a lot of specially fabricated items.

Date: 2012-01-31 10:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cindergal.livejournal.com
She owned it and paid the mortgage on it all this time - what did he expect??

Date: 2012-02-01 01:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shipperx.livejournal.com
I want to know... how in the hell did that come about? I mean, it wasn't like it was a couple of weeks or anything.

Wouldn't you love to have been a fly on the wall to know how that happened.

Date: 2012-01-31 11:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sueworld2003.livejournal.com
Oh I've seen this bloke and his flat before years back on TV.

For a start It's far smaller then It looks in these photos. In reality it a tiny studio flat. He's been slowly working on it over the years and has been out of work during most of that time.

He's tried to sell it before, but nobody wanted it whilst looking like that of course. *g* Beautifully dome though.

Date: 2012-02-01 01:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shipperx.livejournal.com
One would think that it would be a hard thing to place on the real estate market. :) Not many want to live on a starship.
Edited Date: 2012-02-01 01:04 am (UTC)

Date: 2012-02-01 10:43 am (UTC)
shapinglight: (Default)
From: [personal profile] shapinglight
He seems to have had a very understanding ex wife. Until now. ;)

Date: 2012-02-01 12:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zanthinegirl.livejournal.com
I was right with you until I noticed that his wife 1) owned the place and 2) has been paying the mortgage since right about the time I graduated from college, despite the fact that they've been separated for 18 years.

Still, what a shame. Maybe he could buy it from her?

Date: 2012-02-01 12:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shipperx.livejournal.com
Oh I wasn't envying. I'm not sure what I' m doing... being astounded that someone would go to that much trouble to fabricate everything.

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