Despite neighbor complaints, JK Rowling has been granted permission to continue building 40-foot treehouses in her Edinburgh garden. The two Harry Potter-esque structures will be connected by a rope bridge, and will also feature trap doors and secret tunnels.
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• JK Rowling wins permission to build magical treehouses in garden | The Telegraph
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(Image: via The Telegraph)
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Well, those silly neighbors. If they complain, how do they expect to get invited over to play in the new treehouses?
Shouldn't treehouses incorporate trees? ...and by "incorporate," I don't mean cutting them down (which is what J.K. seems to think). Sorry J.K.-- would've expected something way cooler!
Maybe Brits consider playhouses among trees to be "tree-houses". Semantics. And it's difficult to build anything anywhere these days without addressing inconveniently located trees. Rowling apparently plans to ADD "conifer trees" so the few removed will be replaced, maybe a net gain. I think the illustration looks way cool!
These treehouses are absolutely hideous, so I checked the link, and it turns out the image isn't of JK's treehouses but some illustration the Telegraph chose. Phew! No need for JK to break my heart...
I like them :( and I guess I call non-tree playhouses "treehouses" to distinguish them from the kind you build on the ground.
ahhh....to have THAT much money. I would just buy new neighbors.
@edmundd she donates a crazy amount to charity! she isn't even a billionaire anymore ;)
Not really hideous.