Inside Britain's most luxurious underground home | Times Reports

Residents of Cheshire’s affluent suburbs have long complained when developers blight the landscape with tasteless new-build mansions. Now one local property firm has solved the quandary of how to get planning permission without annoying the nimbys: a 4,000 sq ft trophy home, on the market for £4 million, that is buried almost entirely underground.
Unlike other subterranean homes - usually eco-experiments set in rural isolation and burrowed into hillsides to provide views - Perdu is an urban, high-end hobbit home within walking distance of the bars and boutiques of Altrincham, a Premier League playground. It’s certainly fit for a footballer inside: there’s an open-plan living room of nearly 2,000 sq ft, a hydraulic car lift, a Bond-villain-style car showroom with glass walls opening onto the living area, a full-service bar and DJ booth, a hot tub and three bedroom suites (plans for a two-storey underground layout with a pool and giant chute were abandoned for cost and logistical reasons).
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[@wesleycurrry8906]

I would love to see the build plans. I love the tall ceilings

[@bh-777]

You can see that in Rightmove, it's been on the market for ages and has a few price reduction

[@richardajoy79]

I see the natural light but I also see every internal light is switched on, turn them off and show us in real-world terms. I do like the home though, very expensive looking...nice.

[@jacquelineharrod6386]

Marvellously well done.

[@johndewey6358]

I am wondering if they would like to share the lessons learned, types land consideration and costs (minus the land). In light of the Ukraine war, how many people might consider this is a more risk managed architecture (not that Russians will be targeting Manchester anytime soon.

[@daibhiseaghdha153]

I think it was made for regular lotto winners or oligarchs who don't have to work for a living, and don't mind leaving all the people they know behind.and have places all over the world. they should show things what anybody could afford, the heating bill should be low, an the earth surronding it , is a great insulator

[@consciouslove]

I would love to know the costs involved

[@nicholaslandolina]

Imagine ordering delivery

[@MilesBellas]

Underneath farmer's fields = massive national development potential.

[@Rr-qz5rc]

i wonder what the cell signal is like

[@MilesBellas]

Motion trajectories = ergonomic

[@mozaidazli2806]

When earthquakes happened then you're buried alive 😂

[@interestedlen8823]

It's a posh bunker in Manchester.

[@sneakiestgoat878]

can you build this under a laundromat? asking for a friend

[@Vonneumann747]

Is that friend Gus Fring?

[@mujtabaabbas265]

Where the water hose when it's longer than longer time raining

[@nicholaslandolina]

Nice

[@jehovahhohenzollern3329]

*GERMAN ROYAL FAMILY: Bon Voyage on the same boat of Cheaper Cheaper Governments for Cheaper Cheaper Family in Cultures. Child Adoptions the classic in Artificial Parents.*

[@stuartscottplasteringandre1534]

I worked on this

[@newyyykkll]

How much is the house

[@idiscoveredrunning]

Me dad worked on this too

[@tomsmith9048]

​@@newyyykkllit was up for 4 million now down to 3 million and still not sold

[@BrooklynJPakathi]

beautiful house, dated and uninspired interiors.