Garner is so happy with this practical extension to his home that he thinks he can convince more people of the benefits of living in the trees. He wants to set up his own enterprise making more of the deluxe tree dwellings, saying “Tree houses are airy, secure and comfortable and the only disadvantage is that the might not be suitable for people who suffer from hay fever or a fear of heights!
Even people who live in more ordinary settings sometimes can’t resist doing something to make them stand on from the crowd. One extreme example of this is Bill Heines ‘ house in Headington, Oxfordshire. Until one morning in 1986, his house looked much like all the others in his street, when suddenly overnight a 7.5 m long fiberglass shark appeared to have crashed through the roof. The shark was a sculpture by local artist John Buckley. At first some people complained that it might. Be dangerous or that it spoilt the look of the neighborhood, but engineers checked that the sculpture was safe and the ‘Headington shark’ has become a well-know and popular landmark. It seems that no matter where you live, you can always do something to make sure your house says something about who you are.