One room even features a secret entrance — hidden inside a rocket by the pool. — Ey — pshhh! :-)
I used to live in the inner city of Leipzig during my university days, and we had a door in the basement that led to wartime tunnels connecting it to other houses. It wasn't like a massive maze, just a hub with three other paths, each leading to another house nearby. From there, however, if they'd unlocked their doors, you could travel farther.
I was on a mission back then to befriend and convince random neighbours across the street to open their access doors and get some kind of network going, but I didn't meet with much enthusiasm.
Anyone interested in this might also be interested in Kala on TikTok. She's been building a tunnel system under her house and documenting it for a couple of years.
Reminds me how rich people in historic areas of London took on the habit of extending their properties downwards, keeping the above-ground parts intact due to conservation laws.
That 15 meters underground, not 15 million tunnels.
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TheOtherHobbes
300k in Tilehurst for a house with a pool is incredibly cheap.
[Looks at interior photos]
Ah. Anyway.
Curious how he got planning permission. Or if he got planning permission.
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Luc
What are those dark brown cylinder shapes in the sides of the roughly hewn tunnel (first image on the right)?
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rzerowan
Hm i dont know ,if they were MY tunnels i would be ok with them there.Someone elses tunnels just rub me the wrong way , like stepping in someone elses house with the furniture still there.
jvanderbot
would love to see the radon measurements in those tunnels/basement.
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aeve890
15 meters deep underground in 4 levels, not just a 15 meters long tunnel.
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traxler
This misses the most important question.
Why is it for sale?
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werdnapk
So you just go digging under neighbours properties? What about underground infrastructure?
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contingencies
128sqm below ground level is merely similar to a relatively small apartment: not a lot of area. I think you could get more genuinely usable area from renovating a garage in many cases. That's partly because it's more likely to have fresh air, light, and both level and long item (eg. furniture) access. Not to mention ceiling height and structural stability.
phendrenad2
Some people really love tunnels. Personally I always wanted a house with two basements. Or maybe more. Probably inspired by the 2002 movie Resident Evil.
Archit3ch
15 meters is a tragedy. 15 million is a statistic.
dyauspitr
15m is… almost nothing?
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Simulacra
It's got a lot of interesting qualities, but it looks like a dungeon… Not quite put the lotion in the basket type.. but close.
dgrin91
Maybe I missed it through all the ads, but it's pretty disappointing that there is no direct link to the listing?
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x187463
Colin Furze has entered the chat.
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librasteve
sorry for the ads … but this made me smile
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andai
The masculine urge to dig...
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b800h
Can't access this site - wants me to enable some form of tracking that my DNS doesn't allow. Alternate source?
One room even features a secret entrance — hidden inside a rocket by the pool. — Ey — pshhh! :-)
I used to live in the inner city of Leipzig during my university days, and we had a door in the basement that led to wartime tunnels connecting it to other houses. It wasn't like a massive maze, just a hub with three other paths, each leading to another house nearby. From there, however, if they'd unlocked their doors, you could travel farther.
I was on a mission back then to befriend and convince random neighbours across the street to open their access doors and get some kind of network going, but I didn't meet with much enthusiasm.
The listing of the property on the auction site:
https://www.btgeddisonspropertyauctions.com/properties/20260...
It includes many more photos than the article, as well as floor plans for the subterranean areas
lowercase m. 15 meters, not 15 million tunnels :D
If you're interested in secret tunnels, check out Colin Furze on Youtube!
I, too, one day dream of using my children as labor for my underground tunnel system. To fight the ant, you must become the ant
I'm joking, but it's heartening to see quirky hobbies by qualified people (he was a civil engineer).
Here's the actual ad, as opposed to a journalist writing about it:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/93958275
This kind of activity has been repeated enough times to be an article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby_tunneling
Anyone interested in this might also be interested in Kala on TikTok. She's been building a tunnel system under her house and documenting it for a couple of years.
https://www.tiktok.com/@engineer.everything?lang=en
archived; no ads or trackers: https://nonograph.com/house-with-15m-underground-tunnels-on-...
Researching what the article meant by "rocket" (I assumed it was a Britishism), I found this article that includes more pictures.
https://www.aol.com/articles/unassuming-bungalow-hides-netwo...
>EMP resistant server farm
They sure know their target audience - online prepper crowd
I read the headline and thought "Colin Furze selling his bunker?"
Freestanding house with a pool for 300k? That is incredibly cheap. Perhaps I should move there.
Cool! Here's another example of a tunnel house: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forestiere_Underground_Gardens
Reminds me how rich people in historic areas of London took on the habit of extending their properties downwards, keeping the above-ground parts intact due to conservation laws.
Then everyone acted surprised when entire streets started sinking, or whole buildings collapsed into the ground: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/03/london-stree...
This is a link to the auctioneer page, which has all of the same information but is not pay walled.
https://www.btgeddisonspropertyauctions.com/news/going-under...
That 15 meters underground, not 15 million tunnels.
300k in Tilehurst for a house with a pool is incredibly cheap.
[Looks at interior photos]
Ah. Anyway.
Curious how he got planning permission. Or if he got planning permission.
What are those dark brown cylinder shapes in the sides of the roughly hewn tunnel (first image on the right)?
Hm i dont know ,if they were MY tunnels i would be ok with them there.Someone elses tunnels just rub me the wrong way , like stepping in someone elses house with the furniture still there.
would love to see the radon measurements in those tunnels/basement.
15 meters deep underground in 4 levels, not just a 15 meters long tunnel.
This misses the most important question.
Why is it for sale?
So you just go digging under neighbours properties? What about underground infrastructure?
128sqm below ground level is merely similar to a relatively small apartment: not a lot of area. I think you could get more genuinely usable area from renovating a garage in many cases. That's partly because it's more likely to have fresh air, light, and both level and long item (eg. furniture) access. Not to mention ceiling height and structural stability.
Some people really love tunnels. Personally I always wanted a house with two basements. Or maybe more. Probably inspired by the 2002 movie Resident Evil.
15 meters is a tragedy. 15 million is a statistic.
15m is… almost nothing?
It's got a lot of interesting qualities, but it looks like a dungeon… Not quite put the lotion in the basket type.. but close.
Maybe I missed it through all the ads, but it's pretty disappointing that there is no direct link to the listing?
Colin Furze has entered the chat.
sorry for the ads … but this made me smile
The masculine urge to dig...
Can't access this site - wants me to enable some form of tracking that my DNS doesn't allow. Alternate source?