{"id":5122,"date":"2012-06-08T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2012\/06\/08\/carpenter-builds-incredible-secret-tree-house-on-public-land\/"},"modified":"2012-06-08T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T04:00:00","slug":"carpenter-builds-incredible-secret-tree-house-on-public-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2012\/06\/08\/carpenter-builds-incredible-secret-tree-house-on-public-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpenter builds incredible secret tree house on public land"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5121\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/53bed31cb74891ae64a31e4c592ef86d.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Joel Allen\" class=\"caption\" title=\"The HemLoft - Secret tree house\" width=\"964\" height=\"641\" \/>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">It took months to find the right tree to build on, and when he did the spot was on public land looking down on a row of multi-million dollar homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">But that didn&#8217;t stop Joel Allen &#8211; he just built this incredible egg-shaped treehouse in Canada anyway, without telling anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">The computer technician-turned-carpenter started off by creating\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">a scale model of his design to test its strength and durability, before beginning the months-long quest to find the perfect tree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blkBorder\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/04\/23\/article-2133977-12BAAA68000005DC-735_964x641.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Allen has built this incredible treehouse in Hemlocks, Whistler, western Canada\" width=\"420\" height=\"282\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">Joel Allen has built this incredible treehouse in Hemlocks, Whistler, western Canada<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blkBorder\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/04\/23\/article-2133977-12BAAE8E000005DC-725_964x720.jpg\" alt=\"Joel took years to construct the treehouse. At this point he was working on the base\" width=\"422\" height=\"321\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">Joel took years to construct the treehouse. At this point he was working on the base<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">Without the money to buy property, he decided to do it on Crown land in the forests of Whistler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">&#8216;Finding that perfect spot on Crown land wasn&#8217;t so easy,&#8217; he said. &#8216;I had an informal checklist of requirements, the most important ones being that it within a reasonable distance to a road, yet out of sight and out of earshot of human traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"relatedItemsTopBorder\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"relatedItems\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">&#8216;The other requirement was hard to qualify, but was of prime importance: the shape of the egg would need to suit the environment and be proportionate to the tree. I couldn&#8217;t explain exactly what that was but I figured I would know it when I saw it.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">Mr Allen found it in a patch of old growth near a development of multi-million dollar homes, then began secretly constructing it. The process took years, thousands of dollars, and many free items found on Craigslist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">Finally, he created the HemLoft.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blkBorder\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/04\/23\/article-2133977-12BAAAC6000005DC-365_964x640.jpg\" alt=\"Without the money to buy property, Joel decided to do it on Crown land in the forests of Whistler\" width=\"429\" height=\"288\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">Without the money to buy property, Joel decided to do it on Crown land in the forests of Whistler<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"xwArtSplitter\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">\n<div class=\"splitRight\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">Mr Allen found the perfect spot in a patch of old growth near a development of multi-million dollar home<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blkBorder\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/04\/23\/article-2133977-12BAAA42000005DC-117_964x641.jpg\" alt=\"Hidden: The treehouse in Hemlocks was built in a forest away from view of nearby homes\" width=\"433\" height=\"289\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">Hidden: The treehouse in Hemlocks was built in a forest away from view of nearby homes<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blkBorder\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/04\/23\/article-2133977-12BAAA77000005DC-802_964x641.jpg\" alt=\"Admiring the view: Joel Allen in the treehouse he built using items from Craigslist\" width=\"431\" height=\"287\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">Admiring the view: Joel Allen in the treehouse he built using items from Craigslist<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">Asked by a friend why he did it, Mr Allen said:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">&#8216;I found myself grasping for some sort of rationalisation that would make me seem less crazy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">&#8216;She said &#8220;no, why did you really build it?&#8221; For the first time in my life, I was forced to face the truth about it. I said &#8220;I guess\u2026 I just wanted to build something cool&#8221;.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">&#8216;Since the treehouse was built on crown land, I don&#8217;t technically own it, and so its fate is uncertain.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blkBorder\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/04\/23\/article-2133977-12BAAA1C000005DC-874_964x641.jpg\" alt=\"Joel said: 'The shape of the egg would need to suit the environment and be proportionate to the tree. I couldn't explain exactly what that was but I figured I would know it when I saw it.'\" width=\"459\" height=\"307\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">Joel said: &#8216;The shape of the egg would need to suit the environment and be proportionate to the tree. I couldn&#8217;t explain exactly what that was but I figured I would know it when I saw it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blkBorder\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/04\/23\/article-2133977-12BAAA37000005DC-811_964x641.jpg\" alt=\"The computer technician-turned-carpenter started off by creating a scale model of his design\" width=\"455\" height=\"304\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">The computer technician-turned-carpenter started off by creating a scale model of his design<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blkBorder\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/04\/23\/article-2133977-12BAAA21000005DC-560_964x641.jpg\" alt=\"It took Joel months to find the right tree to build on before he settled on the spot\" width=\"449\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">It took Joel months to find the right tree to build on before he settled on the spot<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blkBorder\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/04\/23\/article-2133977-12BAAA30000005DC-558_964x641.jpg\" alt=\"The perfect egg-shaped treehouse was built on a tree over a slope on the mountain\" width=\"434\" height=\"290\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">The perfect egg-shaped treehouse was built on a tree over a slope on the mountain<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">For three years I kept the HemLoft secret, but now that I&#8217;m finished, I&#8217;ve found myself wanting to share it\u2026Coming out of the bush about the HemLoft is fun, however it poses a few problems; if people know about it, they might try to find it. And if the wrong people find it, they may make me take it down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">&#8216;It took a lot of work to build it, and I&#8217;d rather not take it down, just yet. So I&#8217;ve been thinking of ways to expose the HemLoft, while somehow making it legal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">&#8216;To the best of my knowledge, Squatting on Whistler Mountain, beneath some of Western Canada&#8217;s most luxurious mega-homes would not be looked favourably upon.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"xwArtSplitter\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">\n<div class=\"splitLeft\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blkBorder\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/04\/23\/article-2133977-12BAAE7D000005DC-339_470x579.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Allen said: 'It took a lot of work to build it, and I'd rather not take it down, just yet.'\" width=\"454\" height=\"559\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"splitRight\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blkBorder\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/04\/23\/article-2133977-12BAAA90000005DC-865_470x578.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Allen said: 'It took a lot of work to build it, and I'd rather not take it down, just yet.'\" width=\"459\" height=\"564\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">Joel Allen said: &#8216;It took a lot of work to build it, and I&#8217;d rather not take it down, just yet.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0px !important; float: none !important; border: 0px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blkBorder\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/04\/23\/article-2133977-12BAAE85000005DC-447_964x1173.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Allen's construction was conducted in secret until he finally went public\" width=\"458\" height=\"554\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;\">Joel Allen&#8217;s construction was conducted in secret until he finally went public<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a%20href=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6ONLyd2gmV8http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6ONLyd2gmV8\/a\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6ONLyd2gmV8&quot;&gt;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6ONLyd2gmV8&lt;\/a&gt;<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Arvo, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;\">Watson, Leon. &#8220;&#8216;Squatter&#8217; secretly builds incredible (but thoroughly illegal) treehouse hidden in Canada&#8217;s Whistler forest just yards from multi-million homes&#8221;. DailyMail.co.uk. 23 April 2012. 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