Seattle Moves to Tear Down the Squirrelman’s Beautiful Waterfront Treehouse

A down-on-his-luck guy built a pretty amazing treehouse in Seattle and the city is moving ahead with plans to evict him and tear down his structure.

The Seattle PI has it:

Over time, he raised his platform and expanded it to approximately 300 square feet. With the block and tackle, he raised a wood stove, chairs and shelves. On the platform rests his tent, three chairs and shelves. A counter cradles an unplumbed sink. The platform stretches across the branches of three trees and is, he said, “solid as a rock.” For a time he had electricity, temporarily donated by neighbors — even a TV, heater and stereo.

From scraps, it has a million-dollar view of the lake and Queen Anne Hill.

“I was happy as hell,” he said.

This story has a happy ending- David’s neighbors chipped in and bought him an RV- an RV that only cost them a penny when the couple coming to sell it heard what was going on and dropped their selling price to $.01.

Link [Seattle PI]