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Man Forced to Dismantle “Star Trek” Living Room

Man Forced to Dismantle “Star Trek” Living Room

January 25, 2012 By Michael Hickerson 3 Comments

Tony Alleyne spent a decade converting the living room of his Leicester, U.K. from an ordinary living space into the bridge of the starship Voyager.

And now, he’s had to dismantle it all.

Alleyne and his wife, Georgina are going through a divorce.  And while he lives in the apartment, she owns it and has been paying the mortgage.   His soon-to-be ex-wife decided to sell the apartment, forcing Alleyne to have to dismantle it.

For 10 years Alleyne lovingly transformed his 500-square-foot apartment into a fully realized Trek fan’s dream by hand-crafting all of the furnishings and adding molded walls, a high-tech bathroom, voice-activated blue lighting, air conditioning, a command console and even his very own awesome transporter room.

“To say I’m gutted is an understatement. It is my life’s work—and it looks like it’s going into a skip. I admit there were tears,” he says.

But could he rebuild it in another residence?  He could, but it will cost him a bit to start over again.  The price tag would be  £100,000 ($155,630.63 U.S.)

Filed Under: Geeky, Funny & Weird Tagged With: Star Trek

About Michael Hickerson

Michael was a contributor to Slice of SciFi, as both a news curator and assistant editor, under the tutelage of former News Director Sam Sloan.

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Comments

  1. AndyMac says

    January 25, 2012 at 10:42 am

    I wonder what the cause of the divorce could possibly be?

    • K says

      September 18, 2012 at 11:35 pm

      Not marrying another Trekkie.

  2. Lejon from Chandler says

    January 25, 2012 at 8:29 pm

    Let’s see, getting divorced sucks, losing your apartment sucks, losing ten years of an expensive hobby sucks… I hope he has a lot of high-res pictures… he’ll have a lot of lonely nights without ’em…

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