London's 'iceberg homes' plumb the city's depths
Basements built beneath luxury homes sidestep planning rules
London
IN London's most upmarket districts, shovel-wielding teams are hard at work in what look like mines hidden beneath luxury homes, sidestepping the British capital's planning rules by expanding underground.
Some of their more hi-tech kit may end up buried there - it is reported that the cost of bringing it back above ground is more than its value - and the bowels of the British capital have already become a graveyard for around 1,000 excavating machines.
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