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‘A pool in the basement is a clear marker of wealth’: how the super-rich are digging down

June 4, 2018May 8, 2018 by Editorial Team

In London’s richest boroughs vast subterranean enclaves are being carved out over several floors to house cars, wine, saunas and private nightclubs. How did underground living – once associated with poverty and disease – become an investment scheme for the uber-wealthy?

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