House with 15m underground tunnels for sale for 300k

librasteve

sorry for the ads … but this made me smile

looperhacks

lowercase m. 15 meters, not 15 million tunnels :D If you're interested in secret tunnels, check out Colin Furze on Youtube!

dotancohen

That 15 meters underground, not 15 million tunnels.

werdnapk

So you just go digging under neighbours properties? What about underground infrastructure?

aeve890

15 meters deep underground in 4 levels, not just a 15 meters long tunnel.

fusslo

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).

runako

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...

samstress

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.

dgrin91

Maybe I missed it through all the ads, but it's pretty disappointing that there is no direct link to the listing?

artisinal

Freestanding house with a pool for 300k? That is incredibly cheap. Perhaps I should move there.

x187463

Colin Furze has entered the chat.

_jholland

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

meindnoch

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...

jvanderbot

would love to see the radon measurements in those tunnels/basement.

TYPE_FASTER

Cool! Here's another example of a tunnel house: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forestiere_Underground_Gardens

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.

traxler

This misses the most important question. Why is it for sale?

Archit3ch

15 meters is a tragedy. 15 million is a statistic.

Luc

What are those dark brown cylinder shapes in the sides of the roughly hewn tunnel (first image on the right)?

andai

The masculine urge to dig...