London mega basements & iceberg homes in the media

Lon­don “Mega base­ments” & “Ice­berg” Homes in the media…

8th May 2018, The Sun — RISE OF THE SUPER-BASEMENTS — Mega-rich build 1,000 gyms, 460 cin­e­mas and 380 swim­ming pools under­neath their Lon­don homes in just 10 years

7th May 2018, The Guardian — What lies beneath: the sub­ter­ranean secrets of London’s super-rich

7th May 2018, The Guardian — A pool in the base­ment is a clear mark­er of wealth’: how the super-rich are dig­ging down

10th May 2017, Lon­don Evening Stan­dard — Bot­tom falls out of London’s mega-base­ment boom

30th March 2016, Busi­ness Insid­er — Inside London’s mega-base­ments — the sub­ter­ranean man­sions com­plete with swim­ming pools, ban­quet rooms, and cat­walks

6th Sep­tem­ber 2015, CNN — Swim­ming pools and golf ranges in London’s insane lux­u­ry base­ments

18th August 2014, The Guardian — Deep con­cerns: the trou­ble with base­ment con­ver­sions

13th Jan­u­ary 2014, Lon­don Evening Stan­dard, Ful­ham — Base­ment envy puts Ful­ham street at top of ‘dig-down’ table

9th Jan­u­ary 2014, Finan­cial Times, Ful­ham — Base­ment exca­va­tions boom as house prices soar

8th Novem­ber 2013, Lon­don Evening Stan­dard — Financier gets ‘go-ahead’ for ‘ice­berg’ base­ment under £5.5m home 

29th Octo­ber 2013, Lon­don Evening Stan­dard, Bel­gravia — ‘We still need £250,000 repairs after base­ment dig dis­as­ter’

15th Octo­ber 2013, The Guardian, Kens­ing­ton & Chelsea, Lon­don — Is it the end for mil­lion­aire mega-base­ments?

11th Octo­ber 2013, May­or Watch, West­min­ster, Lon­don — West­min­ster seeks to ban large base­ment exten­sions (2015)

22nd August 2013, Mail Online, Kens­ing­ton, Lon­don — Hedge fund boss is hit with £800k coun­cil fee to build­ing a mega-base­ment below Kens­ing­ton man­sion in unprece­dent­ed levy against ‘ice­berg homes’

21st August 2013, The Finan­cial Times, Kens­ing­ton, Lon­don — Hedge Fund Man­ag­er told to dig deep for lux­u­ry Lon­don base­ment 

19th July 2013, The Finan­cial Times, Lon­don — Crack­down expect­ed on London’s dig-down home exten­sions

6th June 2013, The Tele­graph, Hamp­stead, Lon­don, NW3 — Count­ess says ‘mega base­ments’ are tear­ing neigh­bour­hood apart

6th June 2013, Mail Online, Hamp­stead, Lon­don - Count­ess joins oppo­si­tion to ‘mega-base­ments’ after neigh­bour applies to build huge under­ground cin­e­ma and games room in mil­lion­aires’ row

29th April 2013, The Tele­graph — Base­ment exten­sions and the rise of the Ice­berg Home

25th March 2013, The Guardian, Kens­ing­ton and Chelsea, Lon­don — Ice­berg homes: how base­ments of the rich cause hell for their neigh­bours

22nd March 2013, Mail Online, Kens­ing­ton and Chelsea, Lon­don — ‘Ice­berg homes’ on the rocks as coun­cil becomes first to pre­vent wealthy own­ers from dig­ging huge four-storey base­ments

21st March 2013, The Roy­al Bor­ough of Kens­ing­ton and Chelsea, Press Releas­es — Coun­cil calls time on ice­berg hous­es

21st March 2013, Evening Stan­dard, Lon­don — Kens­ing­ton digs in with ban on ‘mega base­ments’

25th Feb­ru­ary 2013, The Tele­graph, Lon­don — Base­ment con­ver­sions: why Lon­don­ers are dig­ging deep

11th Feb­ru­ary 2013, Lon­don Loves Busi­ness, Lon­don — London’s bil­lion­aire base­ment mania: lux­u­ry liv­ing or liv­ing hell? 

9th Novem­ber 2012, The Guardian, Lon­don — Bil­lion­aires’ base­ments: the lux­u­ry bunkers mak­ing holes in Lon­don streets

26th July 2012, Evening Stan­dard, Lon­don — Banker says sor­ry over base­ment work dam­age as Kens­ing­ton neigh­bours suf­fer

20th May 2009, The Inde­pen­dent — Going deep­er under­ground