I guess I qualify! No basement here in NC so built the first layout in the living room. That worked fine until we got the kitten from h***! No matter what I tried I couldn't keep her off of the train table. The final straw was coming home from work to discover the stack broken (chewed) off of the new smoking caboose. My concerns over destroyed vintage Plasticville and accessories led me to pack it all up for the time being.
Fast forward to 2013. My wife, who volunteers at the local Humane Society, wanted to adopt two rescue kittens. I wasn't too keen on the idea (we were already a five cat family) but she proposed a "deal". The only large room in our house beside the living room is the master bedroom. So we moved her into one of the spare bedrooms and I now sleep "in the roundhouse" with the trains! I was able to build a 10' by 10' U-shaped table in the space available. It is now a "cat-free" room. As an additional benefit we're both sleeping better than we have in years!
