A Washington man tried to make a very difficult deal with his city. Zeb Postelwait's treehouse at his home in Wenatchee, Wash., had to be destroyed after a similar dispute with his city. The ...

“It’s a little like being in a treehouse.” With most neighbours screened by trees, the home is a truly secluded retreat. “It feels like you’ve got the whole forest to yourself,” Brad says.

Sheffield Council has rejected a family’s application to build a children’s treehouse in their garden as it would be ‘out of keeping’ with the street’s design.