{"id":2666,"date":"2015-07-23T11:04:54","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T11:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/to-boldly-build-what-every-trekkie-dreams-of\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T10:50:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T10:50:20","slug":"to-boldly-build-what-every-trekkie-dreams-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/to-boldly-build-what-every-trekkie-dreams-of\/","title":{"rendered":"To Boldly Build What Every Trekkie Dreams Of!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2014\/07\/10\/1404987303441_wps_4_EXCLUSIVE_LONG_ISLAND_NY_.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<div><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; 0 0 1 11 63 Property Data MEdia LLP 1 1 73 14.0 &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt; \/* Style Definitions *\/table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:\"\";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}&lt;![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/dailym.ai\/1xZrhTh\">http:\/\/dailym.ai\/1xZrhTh<\/a><\/span><!--EndFragment-->\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; 0 0 1 40 231 Property Data MEdia LLP 1 1 270 14.0 &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt; \/* Style Definitions *\/table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:\"\";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}&lt;![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This is Anthony Sforza&#8217;s <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"cellar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/basement\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/basement;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02q_2q;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Basement\" >basement<\/a> (above). In 2010, it looked like a typical basement: dank with a side of mould. That was until this father of two and lifelong Star Trek fan from Long Island, NY, had a bright idea: transform it into the bridge of the U.S.S Enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><img src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2014\/07\/10\/1404987074052_wps_1_EXCLUSIVE_LONG_ISLAND_NY_.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/dailym.ai\/1xZrhTh\">http:\/\/dailym.ai\/1xZrhTh<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; 0 0 1 55 318 Property Data MEdia LLP 2 1 372 14.0 &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt; \/* Style Definitions *\/table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:\"\";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}&lt;![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This final frontier was achieved after a three-year mission, which demanded 1,500 man-hours and $500,000. His sister, Marion, thought this was an unusual <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"remodelling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/renovation\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/renovation;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.06b49c;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Renovation\" >renovation<\/a>: &#8220;Anthony&#8217;s been obsessed with Star Trek for as long as I think I&#8217;ve been alive [&#8230;] I think he&#8217;s a freak, but he loves it and could be into worse things so if that&#8217;s what makes him happy then that&#8217;s great.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/i.telegraph.co.uk\/multimedia\/archive\/02970\/startrek_actionfig_2970695k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WmfvFe\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WmfvFe<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; 0 0 1 104 599 Property Data MEdia LLP 4 1 702 14.0 &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt; \/* Style Definitions *\/table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:\"\";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}&lt;![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sforza&#8217;s basement conversion boasts original wall panels modelled after the Enterprise NX-01 (the primary setting of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startrek.com\/page\/star-trek-enterprise\"><i>Star Trek: Enterprise<\/i><\/a>), with windows that look out into the ocean of space, a transporter control unit and even a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lDa6qc93nNs\">Borg alcove<\/a>. An avid collector of the show&#8217;s memorabilia since the 1980s, Sforza estimates he&#8217;s collected in the region of 300 pieces, ranging from uniforms and prosthetics, to props and action figures. He has <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Plan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/plan\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/plan;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.018jrr;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Plan\" >plans<\/a> for expansion, hoping to extend the space by another 25 feet to display more of his collection. His family couldn&#8217;t be happier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><img src=\"http:\/\/i.telegraph.co.uk\/multimedia\/archive\/02970\/startrek_familywit_2970696k.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; 0 0 1 9 57 Property Data MEdia LLP 1 1 65 14.0 &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt; \/* Style Definitions *\/table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:\"\";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}&lt;![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WmfvFe\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WmfvFe<\/a><\/span><!--EndFragment-->\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sforzas youngest son, Daniel said: &#8220;I think that it&#8217;s cool because he has all the belts and badges and everything is here to show just how much he loves <i>Star Trek<\/i>.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Eldest son, Michael also lent his endorsement, saying: &#8220;I would love to do something like this when I&#8217;m older it would be pretty cool and I think it would be a good addition to any <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Housing estate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/housing-estate\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/housing_estate;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01rtvp;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Housing_estate\" >home<\/a>.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Even his wife Annette was in full support from the start: &#8220;When Anthony first told me about his vision for the basement I couldn&#8217;t see it the way he did, until he started building it. Once that started happening we all started getting very excited because we were seeing his vision come to fruition. I think it&#8217;s wonderful, I admire him so much for being able to put vision into something like this and for it to look so incredible it&#8217;s wonderful and I&#8217;m so proud of him&#8221;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/i.telegraph.co.uk\/multimedia\/archive\/02970\/startrek_astronaut_2970711k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" align=\"none\" \/><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; 0 0 1 9 57 Property Data MEdia LLP 1 1 65 14.0 &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt; \/* Style Definitions *\/table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:\"\";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}&lt;![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WmfvFe\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WmfvFe<\/a><\/span><!--EndFragment-->\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So, for all the <a href=\"http:\/\/unrealitymag.bcmediagroup.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/spock.jpg\">Spock-eared naysayers<\/a> attending <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/\">Comic-Con<\/a> this summer, know this: they do exist. They meaning women: women who are so loving and open-minded, they&#8217;ll actually allow their husbands to devote half a million dollars and much-needed storage space to a hobby. Try finding that on Tinder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; 0 0 1 88 502 Property Data MEdia LLP 4 1 589 14.0 &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt; \/* Style Definitions *\/table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:\"\";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}&lt;![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thelittlehousecompany.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Find your very own space-age home and have a browse through our For Sale by Owner properties<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:http:\/\/dailym.ai\/1xZrhTh\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 This is Anthony Sforza&#8217;s basement (above). In 2010, it looked like a typical basement: dank with a side of mould. That was until this father of two and lifelong Star Trek fan from Long Island, NY, had<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/to-boldly-build-what-every-trekkie-dreams-of\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wl_entities_gutenberg":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"wl_entity_type":[602],"modified_by":null,"_wl_alt_label":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wl:entity_url":"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/post\/to_boldly_build_what_every_trekkie_dreams_of","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2666"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15274,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666\/revisions\/15274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2666"},{"taxonomy":"wl_entity_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wl_entity_type?post=2666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}