cost aside can I dig a big hole under my house?

mystic_trev

michaels wrote: »

Could you put a small amount down your trousers then let it dribble out each time you walk around the exercise yard?

I think you'll find it's a padded cell

ruggedtoast

ggb1979 wrote: »

Was just wondering is all.

When I was kid I used to love digging holes, but my dad would never let me.

Now I've got my own house and spade he can't stop me but I was wondering who else could.

I believe in the good ol USA, subject to anyone having mineral rights, you can go nuts and dig as far as you like.

At what point then to either (a) not own the land under your house or (b) need planning permission?

Apparently you don't own the land. The Crown does , you just have right of freehold.

You don't own the land under your house either.

One of the anachronistic traditions that needs to be booted firmly out of modern life along with the Windsors themselves imo.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

...down your trousers then let it dribble out each time you walk around ....

A brief insight into Life of Michaels!

System

PasturesNew wrote: »

You'd need permission from the Australian authorities, in case you got that far. .

There's an infinitely small hole in the centre you would have to squeeze through first. You would need permission from several million other property owners if you wanted to have a bit more elbow room.

chris_m

Clifford_Pope wrote: »

There's an infinitely small hole in the centre you would have to squeeze through first. You would need permission from several million other property owners if you wanted to have a bit more elbow room.

Not to mention one heck of a good asbestos suit :rotfl:

zagubov

mystic_trev wrote: »

Why don't you just buy a house above a disused mine?

I think there's up-and-coming areas of SE London where that's precisely what's happening.:eek:

chris_m

There was one in NE London too;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18898642

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It's a question I'd often wondered: if you buy a plot of land, how far down does your ownership extend? Suppose the same bit of subterranean real estate is in demand for a skyscraper foundations and a sewer, is it a case of first come first served? Why can't I charge rent for the sewer under my garden?

Several of the occupants of the house next door have applied for planning permission to extend out into the drive, but there's a sewer runs underneath. The last owners were granted permission on condition that the water company could demolish the extension if they needed access, and leave them to rebuild at their own expense. Needless to say, they didn't bother.

IIRC there was a fair bit of digging under the neighbours going on during WWI.

padington

You can often get a permission for a basement. Sometimes a double of treble basement. The water table can limit the depth of possibility though it seems.

An old guy was in the papers for tunnelling under half of Hackney a few years back illegally.

I dug my fish pond in this weekend. It's amazing how much soil comes out of a small hole once it's been disturbed.

Even a small tunnel network can be a life's work, you better start soon ...

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/aug/08/communities.uknews

wotsthat

Mistermeaner wrote: »

I have plan for the soil; weekly wheelie bin collection round my way, reckon 1m^3 a week in there, the rest I can lob over the fence, hide in neighbours bins and redistribute around the neighbourhood at night.

Too complicated. Just dig another hole to put the soil in.