![This classic Land-Rover enthusiast also builds intricate dolls’ houses Classic & Sports Car – Also in my garage: handbuilt dolls’ houses](/sites/default/files/styles/article/public/2024-03/Classic-%26-Sports-Car-dolls%E2%80%99-houses-and-a-Land-Rover-05.png?itok=FJnc__4Y)
Tim Hartnall was browsing in Covent Garden with his daughters when he was stopped in his tracks.
“There was a dolls’-house shop,” he says. “And I just ogled these things.
“I thought I’d quite like to make one and see if I could sell it.
“So I did, a huge thing; I took it to a show and, blow me, I sold it on the first day.”
![This Land-Rover Series One has been restored Classic & Sports Car – Also in my garage: handbuilt dolls’ houses](/sites/default/files/2024-03/Classic-%26-Sports-Car-dolls%E2%80%99-houses-and-a-Land-Rover-08.png)
This Series One Land-Rover has been in the family for more than 40 years
Two more followed, but work and parenting got in the way, as well as the restoration of his first car, the Series One Land-Rover he has owned since 1980.
But in ’08 he decided to make dolls’ houses for a living, creating them in the garage alongside the much-loved off-roader.
After exhibiting at a show in London, Tim and wife Angela found themselves approached by the “filthy wealthy” asking for models of their own homes.
![Tim Hartnall builds impressive dolls’ houses Classic & Sports Car – Also in my garage: handbuilt dolls’ houses](/sites/default/files/2024-03/Classic-%26-Sports-Car-dolls%E2%80%99-houses-and-a-Land-Rover-01.png)
Tim Hartnall was inspired to build his own scaled-down buildings after spotting a dolls’-house shop in London