Living the high life: luxury £500,000 treehouse unveiled in London

 
Jennifer Smith14 March 2014

A treehouse is, traditionally, a few planks nailed together to serve as a retreat from childhood tribulations.

But a luxury design company has created the ultimate adult hideaway that is a far cry from the basic nook among the branches.

The Quiet Treehouse is a free-standing wooden cocoon that looks like a tree — and has every mod con a big kid could wish for. With a price-tag of about half a million pounds, it costs more than a sizeable family home.

The eco-friendly Quiet Treehouse, the handiwork of treehouse designers Blue Forest, is the highlight of the Ideal Home exhibition at Earls Court, which opened this week.

Complete with a private recording studio and bespoke kitchen, the treehouse is kitted out with Dyson, Samsung, Yamaha and Smeg appliances. The bubble-like structure is also completely soundproof.

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Simon Payne, director of Blue Forest, said: “All of our clients are adventurous and open-minded, really.

“They know what they’re doing is a bit wacky but it’s about living out the childhood fantasy.

“It started out with people ordering them for their children, but more and more adults are now coming to us to help them create the perfect hideaway. The Quiet Treehouse is the ultimate man-cave for a bit of R&R. We did plan to market our creations at the higher end of the market when we launched, but they aren’t all as expensive as this one.”

Mr Payne and his brother Andy launched the company in 2003, inspired by their upbringing in Kenya.

For this, their latest project, the brothers teamed up with Quiet Mark, a group that acts on behalf of the the Noise Abatement Society.

The structure is built with Kebony wood, an eco-friendly alternative to tropical wood, which acts as a soundproofing material. Mr Payne said it works as the equivalent of a concrete wall.

Following the Ideal Home show, the Quiet Treehouse will be donated to the Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice in West Sussex.

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