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What a $69,900 Doll House Looks Like

by on Jun 12, 2009

Peter Riches, a retired builder from Hove, Sussex, has spent the last 15 years building this miniature mansion. Oftentimes staying up until 3 am working on it, Peter made the home’s shell out of plaster into which he hand-etched 32,000 bricks. If that wasn’t impressive enough, he also cut the 5,000 tiles he used for roofing material.

Intricate doll's house is set to fetch £50,000

A Canadian fan saw Peter’s creation online and placed an offer, which the builder accepted. The home’s sale will pay for a dream vacation and make room for Peter’s next project: A Sussex Yeoman’s long-house, circa 1550. 

The library contains over 1,000 separately bound books. Each minuscule volume contains individual pages taken from newspapers

To see more pictures of Peter’s labor of love, visit the Daily Mail Online. Images courtesy of Rosie Hallam/Bancroft Media. (Note: All the books in the library are individually bound. Nice.)