On 03/11/2020 16:02, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 03/11/2020 15:58, Peter Burke wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
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Â*Â*Â* 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 . . .

Nah. the house is worth at most a couple of hundred k..the plot however
is another matter.

In fact the plot may well be worth more with the house gone



Well it will make the digging out of an iceberg basement a lot easier.
All they need now is lateral support for the adjoining properties.
Hope they had party wall agreements :-(