On 03/11/2020 16:12, newshound wrote:
On 03/11/2020 16:02, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 03/11/2020 15:58, Peter Burke wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
:

In article ,
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


It will be listed, won't it? Surely we can rely on the local council to
insist that it is properly reinstated.

Oh, perhaps not.
No. houses that fall down in 'accidents' are outside their remit.


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puts mah heel on um jess the same if'n I catches him around mah chillun".