Two 18th century Chelsea houses collapse entirely ‘during basement conversion’

[editor]

That'll be those rich fuckers digging themselves more luxury.






Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/03/two-houses-in-chelsea-colla

 

[T & P]

I'm surprised it hadn't happened earlier tbh. I work in Chelsea and we get several resident association newsletters through our letterpost, and even most of the rich locals owning such houses are against this kind of monster monster extensions Some of them go down three levels down; others extend across the street and have a much larger footprint than that of the pre-exsiting house. Some of them have taken the best part of two years to dig out and build ffs...

 

[not-bono-ever]

fuck 'em

 

[oryx]

Just saw this on the news and my highly unoriginal first thought was 'mega-basement'.

Apart from the risk to life they're beautiful and historic houses being messed about with there.

First up against the wall and all that...

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

world’s smallest violin playing just for them

 

[Orang Utan]

There’s a metaphor buried somewhere in that rubble

 

[DotCommunist]

What are they doing in their dungeons anyway.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

What are they doing in their dungeons anyway.

Max Mosley lives in Chelsea...





Not really, lives in Monaco, probably for the quality of Nazi themed dominatrixes and nothing to do with avoiding his fair share of tax and that.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

takes breath

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[spitfire]

Did all the workers get out ok?

 

[platinumsage]

They really didn't take pride in their bricklaying until it came to the facing layer did they?

 

[Badgers]

Did all the workers get out ok?

No reported injuries or deaths

40 people evacuated though. Hope it is raining

 

[spitfire]

No reported injuries or deaths

40 people evacuated though. Hope it is raining

Good. Ta.

Some of my old colleagues specialise in this so my first thought was that.

Hopefully the planners will clamp down on these obscenities now

 

[blossie33]

It's ridiculous, I don't think people should be allowed to dig deep under houses - beautiful house too.
If you want more space move out somewhere else.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Did all the workers get out ok?

All fine, so you can laugh at the rich twats with no sense of guilt whatsoever

 

[Dogsauce]

Tbf, if those drawings are the actual works then it isn’t a mega basement - it looks like an extension at basement level outside of the main building footprint.

I’d laugh if I hadn’t just put in a planning application to take out a large chunk of a structural wall in a similar style of property with four floors above. Eek.

 

[two sheds]

i wonder whether they're insured for digging holes under the house

 

[Dogsauce]

Worth looking at who the client is on the architect’s drawings too. Tax dodging cunts.

 

[Pickman's model]

Just saw this on the news and my highly unoriginal first thought was 'mega-basement'.

Apart from the risk to life they're beautiful and historic houses being messed about with there.

First up against the wall and all that...

Last into the cellar before it's filled in

 

[Chilli.s]

Digging out that basement provided a decent hole for the rest of the house to fall into, quite tidy, could have made a right mess otherwise.

 

[Duncan2]

No doubt the neighbours will have a go at them for lowering the tone.

 

[not-bono-ever]

now they can build whatever they wanted I suppose ? rebuilding with the original facade but with a Dr No interior

 

[Sprocket.]

If they are that interested in living a subterranean existence there are plenty of reasonably priced, very deep, vacant coal mines around here. Transport to the lower levels can be arranged.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[Sprocket.]

There should be provision for obtaining and turning abuses like this into decent social residences.

 

[teuchter]

Tbf, if those drawings are the actual works then it isn’t a mega basement - it looks like an extension at basement level outside of the main building footprint.

I’d laugh if I hadn’t just put in a planning application to take out a large chunk of a structural wall in a similar style of property with four floors above. Eek.

Yeah, not a mega basement at all but the sort of thing that goes on everywhere.

It would actually be quite interesting to understand what went wrong here.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Yeah, not a mega basement at all but the sort of thing that goes on everywhere.

It would actually be quite interesting to understand what went wrong here.

One article I read says the two houses were being knocked together to create one huge residence, so my guess is it’s less the basement being dug out that caused the issue, more some twat getting rid of a rather important wall.

 

[Sprocket.]

No doubt the neighbours will have a go at them for lowering the tone.

It’s probably just a stage they are going through.

 

[discokermit]

maybe it was the new roof collapsing in and not the basement.
would be funny if they converted from a flat roof to a pitched roof to increase the floorspace and this led to them rapidly decreasing the floorspace.

 

[platinumsage]

The applicant was a Jersey subsidiary of some property developer bloke's British Virgin Island company, so sad for him and his family.