On Tuesday, 3 November 2020 at 16:06:43 UTC, Peter Burke wrote:
Peter Burke wrote in :
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
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In article ,
Andy Burns wrote:
Who's been digging one then?


Going to be quite an insurance claim. Same thing happened near here
years ago. A terrace with shops and housing above. A restaurant
decided to add to their covers by converting the basement. Rumoured
to be a DIY job.

But there are so many firms around these days specialising in
basement conversions you'd expect one of those to be used in Chelsea.


https://www.kapitalbasements.co.uk/

"Public Liability Insurance £5,000,000.00 Claim Limit Per Any One
Claim"

Could be a bit light . . .

My Bad:

"A spokesman for Kapital Basements said it was carrying out work at
number four - which it said had "nothing to do with" the collapsed
properties.

He said the work at number four had recently been completed and had been
carried out during the last year but was now "signed off".

The spokesman said work at number two and three was to remove internal
walls and that had been ongoing until yesterday. He said nobody had been
living at either property."

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/130931...apse-basement-
conversion/

Indeed.... the collapse seems to have been caused by the collapse of the old party wall between Nos 2 and 3 (now all part of the same house).

Bet Kapital Basements are not enjoying the free publicity though...