Mick Waite, 65, from South-West York who has converted the area under his stairs into a 1930s style bar. A pensioner has spent £20,000 building a pub - in the cupboard under his stairs. All drinks are on the house in the hallway belonging to Mick Waite, 66, who has spent the last three years creating the labour of love - complete with two cask ales, working optics and traditional 1930s wooden panelling. Mr Waite, a retired construction worker from York, said: "I was born in a pub and I've spent most of my life in them so it's where I really feel at home.