You’re walking down the street one day and suddenly it hits you... your purpose in life is to build a GIANT CASTLE IN THE GARDEN.

Then you realise you don’t know how and your landlord would kill you.

But that’s cos you’re a slacker - here’s three intense dudes who dreamt of building palaces and then… did.

Postman Ferdinand Cheval (strong name) was on his round one day when he tripped on a stone. He loved the shape of it so much, he spent the next 34 years building a giant Jungle Book-style palace in the French countryside.

He had no idea what he was doing but he carried on anyway. 140 years later, it’s an official monument and has hundreds of visitors.

Imagine if he’d slipped on dog poo instead 💩

Remember when Tina rejected your offer of a WKD at the year 9 disco? And you spent 60 years building a castle to win her round? No?

Well Moussa Al-Maamari does.

He handmade this epic palace for his childhood crush. It includes a moat, a gun-collection and a wax model retelling of ‘The Rejection’. Man's gotta have a hobby.

Raymond Isidore was bored of sweeping graveyards, so he decided to do a spot of home DIY.

He collected every bit of ceramic he could find at the local dump and covered his house in mosaic.

30 years and 15 tonnes of crockery later, he had his own 'kaleidoscope palace', complete with ‘sweeper’s throne’. Bet his wife was thrilled.