UNDERGROUND ESCAPE
CUSTOMIZED & PERSONALIZED TO THE MAX Visitors to Kerry Neufeld’s garage could be forgiven for thinking they’ve stumbled u p o n a s u b t e rr a n e a n , high-tech, Hollywood movie set. The detached garage’s basement—yes, you read that correctly, the garage has its own lower level—feels like a
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personalized 1,800-square-foot filmic time capsule. Intricately detailed building facades line the walls, thanks to the talents of carpenter Lyle Barwick. Lyle spent 26 years in Vancouver building TV and movie sets in his role as a scenic carpenter.
“I would work 12-hour days building movie sets and then go spend six hours at night building props,” he says. His first job in Hollywood North was building sets for a film called Beyond the Stars, starring Martin Sheen and Sharon Stone.
“I’ve built everything from airplanes to submarines. I worked on the Stargate series for about 12 years and every other motion picture you can imagine. So this kind of stuff comes easy for me,” says Lyle.