To boldly forgo: Trekkie loses his painstakingly recreated Star Trek flat to ex-wife in divorce

When Star Trek obsessive Tony Alleyne was separated from his wife, he embraced the chance to turn their old flat into a recreation of the inside of the Starship Enterprise.

But the 58-year-old's painstaking efforts may have been for nothing.

His ex-wife wants to sell up - and she intends to offer buyers a more conventional looking home.

It's a flat Jim, but not as we know it: Tony Alleyne in his home with his full-scale replica of the transporter console featured in Star Trek

Star Trek fan Tony Alleyne tucks into Earthly toast in his one-bedroom studio flat

Mr Alleyne has spent the last ten years transforming the one-bedroom property into a sci-fi fantasy, with a computerised flight deck, flashing lights and even 'transporters'.

He is devastated by the news that his ex-wife Georgina wants to sell the flat in Hinckley, Leicestershire, where he has been living by himself since their break-up.

'Trekkie' Mr Alleyne said it would cost at least £100,000 rebuild the interior elsewhere, according to The Sun.



He said: 'To say I'm gutted is an understatement. It is my life's work — and it looks like it's going into a skip. I admit there were tears.'



Mrs Alleyne, 52 — who has paid the mortgage since they split in 1994 — said: 'I want to sell it as conventional property.'



Her former husband started building the amazingly accurate spaceship replica after his friend gave him a magazine based on the TV show.

He told the Daily Mail: 'My friend gave me a Star Trek mag and I became obsessed with having my own space ship. He laughed when I told him - I think he thought it was all a joke, but I knew I was going to achieve it one day.

'It all started as therapy after we split up,' he said. 'Building every bit from scratch really helped me to deal with the stress of it all.'

Step into my spaceship: The stunning level of detail he has put into transforming his home

Initially Mr Alleyne decked the flat out in cream and metallic colours as the USS Enterprise from 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture. But he found that 'a bit boring' and has now upgraded by recreating the starship Voyager from the 1990s series of the same name.

A copy of the ship's command console controls the lights and sound effects in the apartment in Hinckley, Leicestershire.

Every morning, a voice-activated computer system turns on fluorescent tubes that illuminate bleeping panels and a replica of the 'beam me up' transporter - all reflected in the mirrored ceiling. The windows have been fitted with layers of perspex and wood so that they appear to look out on outer space.

There's a whole universe going on in that flat. Tony Alleyne's home

Boldly going: Mr Alleyne said he was devastated at having to leave his homemade spaceship console behind

Even the doorbell has been customised. It plays a sample of Patrick Stewart in his role as captain Jean-Luc Picard.

Sourcing and building everything himself has cost Mr Alleyne around £4,000, but he said it would have cost hundreds of thousands of pounds for labourers to do it.

He said: 'Building this has been like a dream. I had a vision and I'm really amazed at what I managed to achieve with just hard work.'

He added: 'Some people might think I'm a bit of a sad individual, but I'm not. I'm just really into Star Trek - it's my only vice.'



Remote retreat: The 58-year-old has spent ten years on the creation that he believes would costs hundreds of thousands to have built from scratch



