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- ayeroxor, on 11/06/2009, -3/+25Digg is not a text message. Please don't compose your titles like you're Prince or a 12-year-old girl. Buried.
- JustJoe4Life, on 11/06/2009, -0/+15Headline in newspaper = privacyfail.
- tonymontana2010, on 11/06/2009, -0/+10lol when i was 7 i used to dream of living in a house just like this. With an unassuming door at ground level. And an mansion underneath.
- Volred, on 11/06/2009, -0/+6I think a house like this is absolutely brilliant.
- The warm earth keeps the house warm in the winter. And cool in the summer
- The top of the house is completely green.
- The top of the house blends in with natural landscapes, and it only has a low profile door entrance. Very low key and environmentally friendly.
- They have a central vertical dome which brings in natural light to all of the wedge shaped rooms.
I have always wanted to have a house underground like this. It just makes perfect sense rather than having a house above grade. I remember reading Iron Man, and seeing some of the details of Tony Starks underground labs. Its just so cool. We have the HVAC, lighting, electrical, and materials technology to build this so why not?
Also:
- Protection from bombing raids. (this has not happened in London in a long time) but London has been bombed to the ground before. And I am sure in the next big war that England gets involved in. London will get heavily bombed again.
- Protection from radioactive fallout. See this post from boing boing to find out why that crazy idea is in my head: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/05/1962-fallout- ... - ohreilly, on 11/06/2009, -0/+6I don't think someone who lives in the US can tell us whether we have freedom or privacy.
- tryshalosh, on 11/05/2009, -9/+15Sunlight is just way overrated (oh I forgot its the UK, they don't have any sunlight anyways)
- csanberg, on 11/06/2009, -0/+5Those crazy hobbits.
- CptBuck, on 11/06/2009, -0/+5Still can't touch a good ole American Missile Silo home. http://www.missilebases.com/properties
- Dragonspawn, on 11/06/2009, -1/+4God I hate clicking on a digg link without reading the source. I always feel so dirty when I've been to the Daily Heil website.
- kitkat102, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3I like that! If I had a couple of million quid lying around I'd consider it! On the other hand, that sort of money can buy you a huge magnificent place outside of the popular (stupidly expensive) areas. Can always pop up for a bit of fresh air and sunlight if you're not a vampire.
- spworm, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3I want one!
- genepooldesign, on 11/07/2009, -0/+2Just keep it short and sweet...all of the extra ***** isn't necessary.
- genepooldesign, on 11/06/2009, -2/+4Buried for the poster being unable to distinguish a headline from a txt message.
- rkthoadan, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2In this case they have a ginormous skylight. Most earth sheltered homes are build with one side of the house open and can have pretty decent views. You only need a few feet of earth on top to get significant insulation savings. Ceilings and walls are frequently domes which scatter more light around as well.
Google images link: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=h ... - Crazymage, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1I would need windows. Where's their view?
- BloodWenis, on 11/06/2009, -2/+3So true. Every time I fly to England to visit family I enjoy beautiful clear skies the entire way of the Atlantic. Then out of nowhere are thickest banks of clouds I've ever seen and I know we've hit England.
- smoger, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Digg headline = fail. The real reason for it, FTA, is because of complaints from neighbors about modern looking buildings.
- KyotoWolf, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1The house is in Cheshire, not London.
- dstz, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Even rainy days are beautiful, the sound of the rain on the rooftops/windows is as soothing as anything... and what about trees, gardens, or even city streets... and luminosity patterns with clouds and the hours of the day, in a ever changing light scape... the best LCDs money can buy don't hold a candle to real eyesight when it comes to all this. Neat idea, but not for me even if i had that kind of money.
- grubwort, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Digg headline = fail. There's no excuse 4 that kind of thing; you're not on a mobile phone.
- bettverboten, on 11/07/2009, -2/+3Just trying to get the whole thought in the title sweetie,
since Digg limits the number of spaces you can use.
I thought that just might be important :^)
How about burying on content of the story? Hmm - antdude, on 11/07/2009, -0/+1Need to revise it to make it fit too.
- Anub1s, on 11/06/2009, -1/+1Oh look, Meet Joe Black is on the TV. Sweet.
- MazeBot, on 11/06/2009, -1/+1thing that makes this so news worthy is that brits dont even like basements. they complain about limited space, yet they never thought about putting in an extra level 20/30 years ago. so for us its a big thing of "oh, noones thought of this before".
- kitkat102, on 11/06/2009, -4/+3We have the freedom to pay our taxes and do what we're told...
- EddyRX10, on 11/06/2009, -4/+3:( so true
- birdbrains, on 11/06/2009, -1/+0Real life Zork - Watch out for the trolls!
- DrNemo, on 11/06/2009, -7/+3They don't have freedoms, privacy and sunlight.
- wowsah156, on 11/06/2009, -6/+1An incredibly creepy development if you ask me.
Its the sort of place that rich peadophiles would buy, so that they would be able to conceal the crimes more easily. Would you be able to hear people scream in a property like that if you stood outside the entrance? No you wouldnt.
That underground Mansion will be bought either by a rich serial rapist or a very rich peadophile/satanist. I hope whoever designed and profits from that mansion, gets jinxed if anything bad happens there.
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