Millionaire Basement Wars BBC Documentary 2015 - Landmass London Property Development

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  • Опубликовано: 27 май 2015
  • Luxury Interior Designer and Property Developer Landmass London feature where the super-rich are maximizing property value in the heart of London as never before.
    www.landmass.co.uk/
    But they're not building up, they're digging down, creating mega-basements or 'iceberg homes' - nicknamed because there's more square footage under the ground than above. Over the last ten years an estimated 2000 new basements have been dug in central London. Into these multi-level subterranean structures owners are building anything from cinemas, swimming pools, beauty parlours, squash courts, wine cellars and servants' quarters. Some take as long as three years to complete. As well as the noise of the digging, fleets of concrete mixers and lorries taking away the dug soil service the sites. So life for neighbours in some of London's poshest addresses has been hell.
    As the Royal Borough of Kensington Council responds to angry residents and tries to regulate the number of mega-basements and the disruption they cause, this BBC film goes behind the hoardings to look inside the extraordinary structures and talk to builders, owners and irate neighbours to tell the story of the conflict that has gripped the millionaires and gold-paved streets of London's smartest postcodes.
    www.landmass.co.uk/

Комментарии • 1,1 тыс.

  • @johndillon5290
    @johndillon5290 2 года назад +72

    I remember working on a construction project at Marks and Spencer's flagship store in Oxford Street at night. It was a year long project and we had to minimise any noise after a certain time. Everytime a local resident would complain about the noise, the contractor would pay for them to take a vacation or stay in a plush hotel. It was easier than getting the local authorities involved. One couple would come back from their holiday, complain about the noise, and be sent away on another holiday.

    • @2Sugarbears
      @2Sugarbears 2 года назад +9

      Many of these projects take a year or more. That's a lot of misery.

    • @deveronrobinson4322
      @deveronrobinson4322 2 года назад +9

      I worked clearing out a basement in west London the basement was built hundreds of years prior! Most of Londons old buildings have been buried by tons of mud

  • @876LND
    @876LND 3 года назад +499

    So basically millionaires vs billionaires

    • @HusseinAbdirahman
      @HusseinAbdirahman 3 года назад +11

      Bang on

    • @mee5780
      @mee5780 3 года назад +25

      Some are millionaires in asset only. I have friends that bought in that area many years ago when house prices to wages were a lot closer. Theyre now millionaires because of the house value..but have a relatively modest income. They dont particularly want to leave their home.

    • @maxcullen3427
      @maxcullen3427 2 года назад +6

      New money Vs family money

    • @jackjackthompson5771
      @jackjackthompson5771 2 года назад

      Well put. 🙄🙄

    • @wardiya3arbiya
      @wardiya3arbiya 2 года назад +9

      and so? Locals should be a priority over rich French/Russians/Chinese and whatever

  • @sanookaus1334
    @sanookaus1334 4 года назад +300

    £5 million for a place without a car garage, total madness.

    • @SuperiorNo1
      @SuperiorNo1 3 года назад +25

      London Shithole 💩

    • @dappergent9422
      @dappergent9422 3 года назад +22

      You are not paying for the house. You are paying for the land under your feet.

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 3 года назад +8

      Especially when there's hardly anywhere to drive, let alone park!

    • @E-Kat
      @E-Kat 3 года назад +5

      Car garage = garage

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 3 года назад +5

      @@E-Kat Well it differentiates it from the other types of garages (all the same word used in English to mean different things):
      -Car sales garage (showroom)
      -Fuel filling station
      -car repairs garage
      and of course the place at home where you park your car indoors as meant in this case.
      All 4 different meanings termed by the single word 'garage'. And sometimes the car repair garage also sells cars and vice versa (Cars sales also repair) but can be just one or the other.

  • @richardmckrell4899
    @richardmckrell4899 3 года назад +636

    Rich people complaining about richer people never gets old.

    • @HusseinAbdirahman
      @HusseinAbdirahman 3 года назад +7

      Love it!

    • @nathanpilgrim-howe3238
      @nathanpilgrim-howe3238 3 года назад +9

      ‘It’s simple. Let’s just kill them all.’
      - Karl Marx.
      😂😂😂

    • @reasonable9647
      @reasonable9647 3 года назад +18

      I'm sorry but you have no idea what youre saying. As a person who has lived next door a normal construction (conversion of a 2 bed property into two, 2 bed flats) it was absolute torture - that you won't understand unless you've experienced it. I still suffer from PTSD because of it and shake whenever I hear a loud noise - I start to shake and my ears pop and start ringing and I feel a buzzing sensation inside of my body, it makes me feel sick and and like I cant eat or sleep or think until the sensations stop. This is still affecting me 4 years later. So I cannot imagine the level or torture these poor people are enduring. It breaks my heart.

    • @reasonable9647
      @reasonable9647 3 года назад +10

      I can't stand pompous rich people as much as the next but noone deserves this. I guess the only difference was that I didn't have a car or any money at the time so I couldn't even go anywhere, it was October when it started and too cold to just hang around outside, I used to sit in the public library all day
      (I was a young single mum trying to get on my feet after a 5 year physically abusive relationship) Horrible times.

    • @aafhans8326
      @aafhans8326 3 года назад +5

      @@reasonable9647 what the hell i haven't watched the video yet but ur life sounds like u living in a post apocalyptic world

  • @qwertylink9066
    @qwertylink9066 3 года назад +177

    3:29 "we dont call it basement..."
    Narrator: proceeds to call it basement
    😂

    • @gailspencer4451
      @gailspencer4451 3 года назад +4

      Isn't basement a derogatory term..we can't do that nowadays.

    • @WhoShorts_
      @WhoShorts_ 3 года назад +1

      @@gailspencer4451 what?

    • @gailspencer4451
      @gailspencer4451 3 года назад +3

      @@WhoShorts_ I was joking.....

    • @WhoShorts_
      @WhoShorts_ 3 года назад

      @@gailspencer4451 Right, gotcha

    • @Takkforkniven
      @Takkforkniven 3 года назад +7

      @@gailspencer4451 Joking is forbidden, someone might take offence!

  • @alfraedo304
    @alfraedo304 3 года назад +93

    And now it’s happened, 2 London houses collapsed in the night due to basement digging.

    • @bigsmerdo
      @bigsmerdo 3 года назад +6

      @Egusi Barrington chelsea

    • @TheLondonCyclist
      @TheLondonCyclist 3 года назад +2

      @@bigsmerdo Haha

    • @kungfumind.
      @kungfumind. 3 года назад +13

      Yip. It was a matter of time before that happened and we can expect more

    • @gailspencer4451
      @gailspencer4451 3 года назад +14

      There was an example of an entire riverside building in Barnes caved in completely. Insufficient underpinning. A b list celebrity once lived there. An 8 million house down the swanny. Literally

    • @jenneyryan1083
      @jenneyryan1083 3 года назад +3

      Love it!!

  • @matthewwilson6802
    @matthewwilson6802 7 лет назад +256

    I feel sorry for the people who have to deal with this however I find it quite amusing that the man who is complaining about the basement builds lives in a basement.

    • @ianrenberger7441
      @ianrenberger7441 5 лет назад +16

      What about others who have been financially and socially cleansed out of London, do you feel sorry for them too

    • @Azenethi
      @Azenethi 5 лет назад +24

      Ian Renberger No.

    • @aflamrecab1
      @aflamrecab1 5 лет назад +29

      @@ianrenberger7441 You don't like the country-side? Man, you are lucky to live in Britain.Come and live in Egypt for a few days,you'll be singing God Save the Queen,everyday.

    • @outlawJosieFox
      @outlawJosieFox 3 года назад +14

      @@aflamrecab1 It is hilarious how foreigners imagine that we British are all conservative monarchists! Personally I think it is obscene to be anyone's subject in the 21st century, let alone in the home of parliamentary government!
      Also what is going on all over the middle east is as a result of the machinations of rich ruling elites in Europe and America but especially by those here in the UK. Our aristocracy are responsible for decades of post world war 2 unrest and political upheaval in Egypt and elsewhere in the region. Why? The Suez Canal and British imperial designs.

    • @johnair1
      @johnair1 3 года назад +3

      Value after the Basement work 5-10Mil why isn't some go this money going to residents who live near by so that they maybe can get or rent a furnished place where they can escape to? Also several in one street. This does not seems to be well thought of with the residents and everything. If i would do that i would payoff my neighbor left and right with a small amount which sounds fair (at least to me).

  • @allysonaustin
    @allysonaustin 3 года назад +70

    'As a family of 4 we have quite simply outgrown the (massive) house that we live in."

    • @SecretSquirrelFun
      @SecretSquirrelFun 3 года назад +10

      Ha ha, yes awesome.
      My heart weeps for them.

    • @sabineeins2651
      @sabineeins2651 2 года назад +1

      I live in a bigger house on my own than they do with four people. The law was made for people like them, not for billionaires from all over the world just just violating this law.

    • @jackjackthompson5771
      @jackjackthompson5771 2 года назад

      @@sabineeins2651 meh, dog eat dog world..

    • @lisatroni677
      @lisatroni677 5 месяцев назад

      You know 😮

  • @maxwalker1159
    @maxwalker1159 7 лет назад +457

    Complains about rich developers. Lives in 10 million pound home.

    • @yoursouljustliftupandgetaw7548
      @yoursouljustliftupandgetaw7548 6 лет назад +43

      Max Walker they're house"rich" and asset poor.

    • @montegrainger9533
      @montegrainger9533 4 года назад +42

      property rich but cash poor

    • @wojciechem65
      @wojciechem65 4 года назад +35

      This is still an actual problem. Rich being pushed out of their lifetime living area, by more evil cosmopolitan ultra-riches that are not even there 95% of the time, with no respect to the neighborhood history or style. These houses are often 100+ years, and most of the potential "10 million pounds" is appreciation in the last 20-30.

    • @tamaracarter1836
      @tamaracarter1836 3 года назад +10

      @@wojciechem65 Yes, most of the houses in these areas of London were built between 1700-1830.

    • @pneron2032
      @pneron2032 3 года назад +15

      They probably bought those houses when they cost £20,000 - which was only 40 years ago.

  • @LifePaki
    @LifePaki 3 года назад +277

    I see ASHVILLE AGGREGATES doing that basements Daniel been about

    • @morganeb6244
      @morganeb6244 3 года назад +14

      I noticed that too

    • @neilwalsh-xh8go
      @neilwalsh-xh8go 3 года назад +3

      the pratt in check shirt you would think his life was in danger by someone building move if you dont like it you live in london you dont own london knobhead

    • @ToxCcc
      @ToxCcc 3 года назад +12

      Daniel did mention on his 1 lorry to fleet of over 35 video that his company was digging a lot of basements and calling other companies to take the muck but was struggling with the service thats why he bought his first grab lorry. Given the fact that the one on the video is white and not using their brands black colour sounds like the video shows Ashville really early on.

    • @mrblends9394
      @mrblends9394 3 года назад +9

      I was going to say that too and the lorry was white Maaad

    • @denega4043
      @denega4043 3 года назад +4

      Saw that too man!

  • @chrisboy2
    @chrisboy2 3 года назад +24

    Wow. 'Stan' at 30.00 is actually Stanley Meadows, a successful TV actor of the 60s-80s. Retired in 1984 at 53 years old. Good to see him again.

    • @sylvester-jb3lj
      @sylvester-jb3lj 5 дней назад

      Harry Palmer mates in Ipcress File and James Fox's subordinate gangster in Performance !!

  • @princesspinkblue
    @princesspinkblue 2 года назад +18

    Jeremy: Its taking over my life!
    Also Jeremy: I wouldnt say Im stressed about it
    😂😂

  • @sahibjot2377
    @sahibjot2377 6 лет назад +176

    It's not that bad. It's better than tearing down a natural area and building a bunch there.

    • @jellyboy123
      @jellyboy123 3 года назад +4

      because its a conservation area they would if they could but they can't so they build down.

  • @ceedee8953
    @ceedee8953 3 года назад +31

    Who would've thought people would pay millions to live on top of each other like ants.😳

    • @iy4563
      @iy4563 2 года назад +3

      I was thinking the same thing.They so close they can hear each other piss.

    • @Ladosligese
      @Ladosligese 2 года назад +3

      here in Denmark we try to AVOID this kinda living haha

    • @marek9784
      @marek9784 2 года назад +3

      @@Ladosligese this is a problem in every capital city in the world. I'm sure there are posh areas in Copenhagen that are extremely expensive and close together, just not as bad as London

    • @OmmerSyssel
      @OmmerSyssel Год назад +1

      @@marek9784 except for the fact that this sort of fancy basements is neither needed nor wanted. Conservation and building restrictions are simply different.

  • @rufdymond
    @rufdymond 3 года назад +66

    I’ve got a bit of money, but if I ever got to have as much money as some of the people, in this documentary and ended up being as pompous as they are, I’d like someone to finish me off.

  • @badninja1971
    @badninja1971 3 года назад +68

    The same people complaining here are the ones with a place in the countryside. They are the ones who complain about the smell of muck spreading, chickens clucking & cow’s mooing. 😂

  • @bubbacalling
    @bubbacalling 3 года назад +25

    And I'm not sure how I'm going to pay my £90 council tax next month

  • @stng100gmailcom
    @stng100gmailcom 2 года назад +10

    I've experienced this for 2.5 years. Regardless how rich you are, the noise really does suck from 7am until 5pm. Especially if you work night shift. Only quiet day was Sunday when everyone had the day off.

  • @samanthab1923
    @samanthab1923 3 года назад +14

    Always remember Edwina from AbFab lived in Holland Park

  • @randomuploadsism
    @randomuploadsism 3 года назад +36

    Can I just say these architects must be absolutely incredible to add so much dept to an ALREADY EXISTING property!

    • @adedamolaadenihun
      @adedamolaadenihun Год назад +4

      Engineers actually. Architects only draw their dreams, structural engineers bring to reality,

    • @MA-ug6pz
      @MA-ug6pz Год назад +3

      @@adedamolaadenihun and construction workers bring to reality engineers' view on structure

  • @mumihp
    @mumihp 3 года назад +39

    I can never understand why you would spend all that money to live in a terraced house with no privacy, just for the sake of a post code?

    • @harryburrows2112
      @harryburrows2112 3 года назад +4

      If I had that kind of money I would buy a house in the country with farmland - way more privacy and it will still increase in price. Besides, I think more and more people are realising the importance of the country and privacy so I suspect houses in the country will be more sought after in the coming decades.

    • @mumihp
      @mumihp 3 года назад +2

      @@harryburrows2112 I agree, you could buy a nice property, with lots of land in the countryside. But the downside is, while you have privacy, you won't have much around you like the city life.

    • @bubbacalling
      @bubbacalling 3 года назад +8

      because it's London with the best restaurants, entertainment, nightlife etc etc.

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 3 года назад +5

      @@mumihp I think "not having much around you" is the whole point of buying in the country.

    • @connieh6136
      @connieh6136 3 года назад +1

      Snobbery, that’s all it is , mines better than yours 🤣🤣

  • @minauddin7495
    @minauddin7495 3 года назад +20

    “They are going to be putting in a sauna jacuzzi, cellar room, all the trappings of the super rich”
    “Is that What upsets you?”
    YESSSSSS! Of course that’s what’s upsetting him!!

    • @reasonable9647
      @reasonable9647 3 года назад +1

      I'm sorry but you have no idea what youre saying. As a person who has lived next door a normal construction (conversion of a 2 bed property into two, 2 bed flats) it was absolute torture - that you won't understand unless you've experienced it. I still suffer from PTSD because of it and shake whenever I hear a loud noise - I start to shake and my ears pop and start ringing and I feel a buzzing sensation inside of my body, it makes me feel sick and and like I cant eat or sleep or think until the sensations stop. This is still affecting me 4 years later. So I cannot imagine the level or torture these poor people are enduring. It breaks my heart.

    • @minauddin7495
      @minauddin7495 3 года назад +3

      @@reasonable9647 Yes these poor, rich people it breaks my heart too!

    • @reasonable9647
      @reasonable9647 3 года назад

      @@minauddin7495 I'm talking about Jeremy. He's fighting so that these people can't keep doing this to people, potentially those who can't defend themselves. What he is doing is noble. You also dont know if he is able to move or how much money he has.

    • @minauddin7495
      @minauddin7495 3 года назад +5

      @@reasonable9647 No, however, I know he owns a property in an expensive area and to do that you have to have money! I made a light hearted comment from what the camera man said and the guy paused for a moment before answering, so just relax!

    • @olasmith8132
      @olasmith8132 2 года назад +1

      @@minauddin7495 ...ha, ha, ha, ha, ha....with you on this one Mina Uddin.

  • @1961kickboxer
    @1961kickboxer 3 года назад +15

    I feel sorry for Jeremy ,the stress must be terrible.

  • @EmeleGibson
    @EmeleGibson 3 года назад +21

    it’s so funny that they pay so much for these nice houses in kensington, yet it’s all ruined for them because of other wealthy people like them💀

    • @JonnyWilliams007
      @JonnyWilliams007 3 года назад +3

      They're rich, the people next-door are filthy rich.

    • @sabineeins2651
      @sabineeins2651 2 года назад

      Its so funny that you pass through quite some school years and still stay the dummy that you are.

    • @sabineeins2651
      @sabineeins2651 2 года назад

      @@JonnyWilliams007 That why its called "filthy" ;))

    • @rsantana389
      @rsantana389 2 года назад

      It’s the circle of life

  • @patriciasammy8994
    @patriciasammy8994 3 года назад +7

    Hi Annabelle and Stanley, come to one of my homes in Trinidad , WI. You'll love the peace, quiet, fauna and flora not to mention the marvelous weather.

  • @Hartflame
    @Hartflame 3 года назад +8

    Lived in central London for 10 years while working for the U.S. Embassy. People were digging out their basements all around us. Super expensive. Really miss it.

  • @CortVermin
    @CortVermin 3 года назад +11

    24:00 guy is so upset, he didn't even notice his bookshelf is going to become a full circle

    • @sabineeins2651
      @sabineeins2651 2 года назад

      That was what made me team Jeremy right away!

  • @guitarlover302
    @guitarlover302 3 года назад +5

    Would hate to live in that street - madness

  • @CortVermin
    @CortVermin 3 года назад +54

    33:00 "this is a christmas card that we did..."
    only in england. humor so dry, you could wipe rivers away with it

    • @TheLondonCyclist
      @TheLondonCyclist 3 года назад +1

      Says the nazi. Still mad we fked up your families in two wars? Sshh

    • @sabineeins2651
      @sabineeins2651 2 года назад +2

      @@TheLondonCyclist You've been doored on more than one occasion obviously. One too many.

  • @danapb
    @danapb 4 года назад +14

    I don't blame these people. That's a lot of noise, congestion and a massive inconvenience. Glad that they are restricted to just the one level now.

  • @penduloustesticularis1202
    @penduloustesticularis1202 Год назад +8

    My heart bleeds for these people and their problems.

  • @teddynebel
    @teddynebel 3 года назад +10

    Now I fell bad about wanting a basement dug under my London house

  • @phoenixfireclusterbomb
    @phoenixfireclusterbomb 2 года назад +17

    My question, how long are these basements going to be waterproofed.

    • @johndillon5290
      @johndillon5290 2 года назад +2

      I was thinking that also. After all, most houses come with a 10 yr damp proof guarantee. Doubt if that would do much good in these situations.

    • @paulzaim7900
      @paulzaim7900 2 года назад +4

      No basement is waterproof, especially multi level ones like these. The walls are most probably made out of a modified concrete mix with a waterproofing additive, over which goes a membrane that diverts the water that makes it way though the walls on to channels that lead to a sump pump that discharges the water to the storm drain or sewers.

    • @poilboiler
      @poilboiler Год назад

      One guess if these basements are causing flooding issues when it rains since they block so much drainage soil.

  • @kvk1960
    @kvk1960 3 года назад +25

    Jeremy needs to move or he will have a heart attack. It's not worth it to live there!

    • @cocochanel1399
      @cocochanel1399 2 года назад +4

      All the construction around him, apparently, is increasing his property value. Sell and move baby! Sell and move

    • @factorylad5071
      @factorylad5071 2 года назад +1

      Ask zoopla for a valuation then.

  • @cocochanel1399
    @cocochanel1399 2 года назад +5

    I adore that gigantic basement water fall and every sharp edge 😍 spectacular

  • @leonnehaaijman4709
    @leonnehaaijman4709 11 месяцев назад +1

    Just a heads-up, this is not 1 hour and 21 minutes, it’s the same episode shown twice.

  • @DavidKen878
    @DavidKen878 2 года назад +15

    I understand his frustration, but does Jeremy really not see how incredibly ridiculous he looks and sounds? Constantly going outside to yell and scream at workers while shoving his phone in their faces to take photos/videos as if they're doing something wrong.

    • @1whocs486
      @1whocs486 2 года назад +4

      Most rich people could care less about others feelings

    • @DavidKen878
      @DavidKen878 2 года назад +3

      @@1whocs486 Whether or not that's true is completely irrelevant. Every homeowner has the right to do renovation on their house. Are people supposed to not fix up their homes because someone might find the noise annoying?

    • @Tinyvalkyrie410
      @Tinyvalkyrie410 Месяц назад +1

      @@DavidKen878I think the point is, when you functionally share walls, you shouldn’t have rights that put other’s health and safety at risk. Plus, it’s not like a kitchen renovation or even a back extension. These take years of constant work, and digging is way louder than other kinds of building projects. Houses literally shake their foundations. It’s like a neighbor in a flat above you teaching tap dancing classes for five years without providing sound proofing or bathroom facilities. The owners should have to live in the houses while renovating. If they can’t stand it, they shouldn’t force it on their neighbors.

  • @Smumpism
    @Smumpism 3 года назад +32

    3:51 cinema room has a 48" LCD TV? Nice.

    • @chrishardy3473
      @chrishardy3473 3 года назад

      🤣🤣

    • @kennedya7848
      @kennedya7848 3 года назад +1

      this was 5 years ago, that was the largest at that time

    • @Smumpism
      @Smumpism 3 года назад +1

      @@kennedya7848 lol 55" plus TVs have been common/standard for like 10 years.

    • @bufordmaddogtannen
      @bufordmaddogtannen 3 года назад

      It's to recreate the feeling of the typical movie theatre in London. When you sit in the VIP seats the screen would look exactly that big. 🤣😂

  • @samwisley7573
    @samwisley7573 5 лет назад +12

    Does this guy recording reversing vehicles remind anyone of Louis Litt from SUITS ? :)

  • @TheFiown
    @TheFiown 4 года назад +27

    The poor 'skip' guy should sue the council and the city for accepting the work from an unsecure company/owner with insufficient insurance. It's inimaginable that the house owners were allowed to do the work.

  • @drivenhome3257
    @drivenhome3257 2 года назад +11

    "I don't think our kids would ever forgive us had we left London" - "Ron, next door who is an EIGHTY .....SEVEN year old x-flamenco dancer (deaf and almost dead) doesn't care" Some people are so.... petty so selfish and so wonderfully stupid about raising children.

  • @brinkshows2720
    @brinkshows2720 3 года назад +4

    Who came from the Ashville channel and recognized the truck at 0:35 straight away???

  • @teflondon9701
    @teflondon9701 2 года назад +1

    when the older gentleman said "it is like rrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrr rrrrrr rrrr" i really felt that

  • @leed9741
    @leed9741 2 года назад +7

    What I'm learning is- when I get my money, I'm still gonna have to deal with nosey neighbors. 😆

  • @hellogoodprople7791
    @hellogoodprople7791 2 года назад +4

    “Well u wouldn’t wanna fall down their” absolutely hilarious and iconic, whist the other man boasts of the beauty of it 🤣

    • @cocochanel1399
      @cocochanel1399 2 года назад

      I think it’s gorgeous 😍🤣 pretentious, but glorious

  • @nomadicsoul34
    @nomadicsoul34 3 года назад +12

    Imagine being a firefighter arriving to a fire at one of these unoccupied properties. Youd literally have no idea what sort of layout you're dealing with .

    • @MarkJohnson-ro1ed
      @MarkJohnson-ro1ed 2 года назад

      That's why you have to apply to the local council. One of the things the council does is to update the building specs so that the fire-fighters know that it's a two story dwelling with a 3 story basement.

  • @two-sense
    @two-sense 3 года назад +7

    Meanwhile.....half the world's population lives in a house worth less than Jeremy's sweater.

  • @Bobsyouruncle-ru9io
    @Bobsyouruncle-ru9io 3 года назад +3

    The pathology here is staggering.

  • @ophrim
    @ophrim 3 года назад +18

    I lived in a construction site and it was horrific. People really lack the empathy to understand... hope they never go through that. Fortunately I moved out when I was able to.
    But its complicated when you own a house and you lived there forever. Its very hard.

    • @reasonable9647
      @reasonable9647 3 года назад +1

      Yes I lived next door a normal construction (conversion of a 2 bed property into two, 2 bed flats) it was absolute torture - that you won't understand unless you've experienced it. I still suffer from PTSD because of it and shake whenever I hear a loud noise - I start to shake and my ears pop and start ringing and I feel a buzzing sensation inside of my body, it makes me feel sick and like I cant eat or sleep or think until the sensations stop. This is still affecting me 4 years later. So I cannot imagine the level or torture these poor people are enduring. It breaks my heart.

  • @omgtt8374
    @omgtt8374 4 года назад +5

    Omg its so compacted if never pay that kinda money to have people living so close

    • @kingofracism
      @kingofracism 3 года назад +1

      Welcome to central London I guess

  • @nazyoungz7908
    @nazyoungz7908 8 лет назад +112

    Huge cinema movie but extremely small tele...why?

    • @jadeburdon6258
      @jadeburdon6258 8 лет назад +3

      I know

    • @sherrykao978
      @sherrykao978 7 лет назад +21

      Bank account depleted.

    • @b1zzler
      @b1zzler 7 лет назад +16

      most likely there's a ceiling recessed projector screen

    • @ollac3758
      @ollac3758 5 лет назад

      U not going to watch news or serie on a cinema screen , no? Also, I asume they have the cinema to impress their posh friends, but they not watching TV that much on a daily basis. So no point have 60" screen TV just to use it 1 time every often.

    • @rajasarapi8082
      @rajasarapi8082 3 года назад +3

      No more money. They can't even afford to buy more wine.

  • @mobenterprise9489
    @mobenterprise9489 3 года назад +9

    We don't call it a basement...guy right after...the one floor basement took 2 years to built...lmao

  • @demeraragold4644
    @demeraragold4644 3 года назад +27

    I feel for the older folks. The jack hammer can really jive your nerves 😡

    • @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131
      @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 3 года назад +2

      Try living in a 12 floor, 69 flats co-op. With 2-3 neighbours "redecorating" their entire flats.
      12 hours every day.
      Some go on for ever.....
      Then when they're done, somebody else starts a few weeks later.
      Plus of course, old buildings need
      constant upgradings of the interior communal areas.... 😩

    • @reasonable9647
      @reasonable9647 3 года назад +6

      As a person who has lived next door a normal construction (conversion of a 2 bed property into two, 2 bed flats) it was absolute torture - that you won't understand unless you've experienced it. I still suffer from PTSD because of it and shake whenever I hear a loud noise - I start to shake and my ears pop and start ringing and I feel a buzzing sensation inside of my body, it makes me feel sick and like I cant eat or sleep or think until the sensations stop. This is still affecting me 4 years later. So I cannot imagine the level or torture these poor people are enduring. It breaks my heart.

  • @StanOwden
    @StanOwden 6 лет назад +12

    37:58 Can't believe they're of "Considerate Construction" scheme.))

  • @julie5839
    @julie5839 3 года назад +11

    Jeremy , you are so funny , I needed a laugh , I am not laughing at your misery . Just how you gone about it, and your antics sorry but you made my day

    • @two-sense
      @two-sense 3 года назад +2

      Jeremy needs a fan club. And can we take a moment to be in awe of that magnificent nose!

    • @michaelotieno6524
      @michaelotieno6524 2 года назад +2

      I know.....that is a breach of their transport plan, they are not supposed to reverse on this road..... Talk about reading the fine print on the planning approval.
      But he also comes of as a bit jealous and a drama queen.

  • @pauli6570
    @pauli6570 3 года назад +17

    36:16 That is not a nose......its a f...cking beak 😭

  • @sourishsaha8067
    @sourishsaha8067 3 года назад +12

    wait there's a basement war?! British never fail to amaze

    • @michelleannor6944
      @michelleannor6944 3 года назад +8

      With our eccentrics and charismatic characters we do our best to entertain the rest of the world.

    • @OmmerSyssel
      @OmmerSyssel Год назад

      @@michelleannor6944 Thanks! Though after successful Brexit you unfortunately have to pay for the entertainment by yourself ...

    • @geemo4284
      @geemo4284 2 месяца назад

      The people building these basements generally aren’t British - they usually live abroad and have houses all over the world. Many of them never even visit their houses in London - they’re just investments.

  • @joannahampton3808
    @joannahampton3808 4 года назад +13

    Don't these people usually have a country home they can add to and enjoy?

    • @valerianaranjocruz25
      @valerianaranjocruz25 2 года назад +2

      They work in London and they love their fancy postcode. Posh people are also stubborn as a mule, and salty as hell. No way, they're not moving.

  • @johnmightymole2284
    @johnmightymole2284 9 месяцев назад +1

    People who aren't there making life hell for people who are there.

  • @williamhamilton8329
    @williamhamilton8329 3 года назад +16

    Two houses collapsed recently because of this.

    • @o0julek0o
      @o0julek0o 3 года назад

      Good.

    • @dva5610
      @dva5610 3 года назад +1

      @@o0julek0o insurance

    • @o0julek0o
      @o0julek0o 3 года назад +2

      @@dva5610 Who cares. Fuck anyone living in London and fuck London itself. Disgusting shithole.

  • @peacelovincriminal7488
    @peacelovincriminal7488 3 года назад +14

    3:53 whoever been with her to the cinema isn't welcome in her house now they know. Lol

  • @Sombra_Azul_
    @Sombra_Azul_ 6 лет назад +10

    Need idea, although I would stress the highest engineering standards, insurance, and respectful hours of operations to be absolutely essentials in these constructions. 👍

  • @deidradahl3186
    @deidradahl3186 5 лет назад +31

    People want to live in peace,and quiet, not a constant
    construction site, what is wrong with that?

    • @jonwik7056
      @jonwik7056 3 года назад +10

      ur house wasnt built in silence either.

    • @maxnugteren4837
      @maxnugteren4837 3 года назад +1

      @@jonwik7056 most house in europe especially cities are built in Neighborhoods all at once so its not as bad as digging in already existing houses

    • @jonwik7056
      @jonwik7056 3 года назад +2

      @@maxnugteren4837 Cramped, outdated and in need of restoration. uk houses needs re construction wether u like it or not. Its always the elderly karens who cries every chance they get.

    • @haute03
      @haute03 2 года назад +1

      @@maxnugteren4837 That and 2.5 years of construction on a mega basement is nowhere near equivalent to refurbishing a 2 to 3 story row house.

  • @toddlavigne6441
    @toddlavigne6441 3 года назад +3

    I think people doing these basements digs should have to deposit $$$ into a compensation fund for any damages that is incurred by their neighbours as a result of these digs.
    God knows they can argue about "who is at fault" for decades. Some of these home owners do not have mountains of cash to repair damages because of the neighbours renovations.
    Often they are house rich and cash poor.

    • @arribaficationwineho32
      @arribaficationwineho32 3 года назад +1

      2 companies that caused damage then went out of business. I think the neighbors that sustain damage should sue the Council or whomever approved the job along with owner doing the demolition. A neighbor should not have to pay for repairs from damage done by others

  • @petelosuaniu
    @petelosuaniu 3 года назад +6

    The Twickenham set complaining about the Abu Dhabi crowd.

  • @StanOwden
    @StanOwden 6 лет назад +8

    Our company have been subcontractor for one of the central London mews redevelopment. Developer paid in a region of £40.000 to each neighbour just to keep them sweet throughout the build.

    • @masi4579
      @masi4579 3 года назад +4

      Chump change

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 3 года назад +1

      I'd ask where the rest of the bribe moeny was!

  • @DylanBegazo
    @DylanBegazo 5 лет назад +8

    Perfect. Now I know there are professionals to keep an eye on for when I do my own project. ☺️

  • @jordan3192
    @jordan3192 3 года назад +6

    “It disappears quicker than you’ve had hot dinners” 😂

    • @Jaya365
      @Jaya365 3 года назад +1

      I got that. I do t think he's very bright. Or so angry that he can't get his words out. I reckon he's so stressed he's probably knocked a few years off his life trying to be right.

    • @reasonable9647
      @reasonable9647 3 года назад +1

      Was funny but also very sad, hes extremely stressed 😞 as a person who has lived next door a normal construction (conversion of a 2 bed property into two, 2 bed flats) it was absolute torture - that you won't understand unless you've experienced it. I still suffer from PTSD because of it and shake whenever I hear a loud noise - I start to shake and my ears pop and start ringing and I feel a buzzing sensation inside of my body, it makes me feel sick and like I cant eat or sleep or think until the sensations stop. This is still affecting me 4 years later. So I cannot imagine the level or torture these poor people are enduring. It breaks my heart.

    • @jordan3192
      @jordan3192 3 года назад

      @Indiana well that’s terrible that it effected you like that. But I mean what can you actually do about it? Nobody ever changes anything in their properties because it may upset the neighbours?

  • @richsubishi
    @richsubishi 3 года назад +5

    Jezza loves it really, will miss the thrill when its gone. Nothing get his big beak nose 👃 in too.

  • @rasolaqfa5051
    @rasolaqfa5051 3 года назад +3

    Deepest moving complaint:
    .. shows location of potential indoor waterfall.
    .. doesn't show water falling.

  • @cookiemonster2085
    @cookiemonster2085 8 лет назад +17

    Very nice basement at 5:10, with the additions. I have to wonder how many stories down is the max for a basement? Is there a limit of 3-4 stories and do the funds need to be put into escrow for structural engineering protection of the home, surrounding home and street? If constriction stops mid renovation you have quite an unstable structure.

    • @niviamaeva
      @niviamaeva 6 лет назад

      Cookie Monster x

    • @markomarkomarko
      @markomarkomarko 3 года назад +3

      Usually yes. Escrow secured under the party wall agreement exactly for this reason

    • @enriquegarciacota3914
      @enriquegarciacota3914 Год назад

      You mean the underfloor, or the entertainment area?

  • @LMays-cu2hp
    @LMays-cu2hp 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks you for sharing the series of life there.

  • @jackjones7399
    @jackjones7399 4 года назад +4

    The nose on guy the films the lorries lol

  • @missionDan
    @missionDan 3 года назад +8

    Some beautiful properties, ive worked on a few of the very best basements in holland park, incredible figures involved in 40million pound homes that are used for 2 weeks a year

    • @reasonable9647
      @reasonable9647 3 года назад +6

      Disgusting waste and example of human greed.

    • @missionDan
      @missionDan 3 года назад +2

      @@reasonable9647 you wouldnt be saying that if you were worth a billion or 5. Very different world, and those properties are a good investment, lets also not forget thats 40mil that we tax in this country so theres plenty of benefits for everyone.
      Its easy to throw words around like greed, but unless you live in a tree and dont earn any money, id say you are also greedy just on a lesser level.

    • @reasonable9647
      @reasonable9647 3 года назад +2

      @@missionDan If you say so

    • @missionDan
      @missionDan 3 года назад +2

      @@reasonable9647 i know, its hard to argue my point, many people love to judge from hatred or jealousy and thats where they get it wrong and become hypocrites

  • @just_arand0mplayer727
    @just_arand0mplayer727 2 года назад +1

    I’ve found Ashville Aggregates first truck 0:33 , sad to see it get sold off.

  • @jeanmyers1787
    @jeanmyers1787 4 года назад +9

    Can’t the guy who’s neighbors basement fell into his house foreclose on house next door?

    • @cocochanel1399
      @cocochanel1399 2 года назад +2

      A foreclosure wouldn’t the avenue bc there wouldn’t be a lien interest in the property. Instead, sue the architect, engineer, contractor, subcontractors, and of course the home owner. The bank, if a loan is held, would be a named party in the suit, but only because it has a financial interest in the property. The adjoining home owner, however, is the least responsible in the construction failure.

  • @boldvankaalen3896
    @boldvankaalen3896 3 года назад +3

    @5:01 Definitely better than four seasons total landscaping ;-)

  • @RDSKaghe
    @RDSKaghe 3 года назад +4

    I can only hope Jeremy got some proper bookshelves

    • @librarynan4610
      @librarynan4610 2 года назад

      I noticed the dipping book shelves too.

  • @moneymandan6217
    @moneymandan6217 3 года назад +19

    My heart bleedes for those posh neighbours

  • @pltopper771
    @pltopper771 3 года назад +44

    those people who complain about the cellars don't have enough money themselves otherwise they would do it themselves

    • @Stoneforth
      @Stoneforth 3 года назад +10

      he just complains about 7 years of constant construction noise as a front to hide his jealousy right? moron

    • @pltopper771
      @pltopper771 3 года назад +2

      @@Stoneforth i know that man, he is an ahole

    • @neilwalsh-xh8go
      @neilwalsh-xh8go 3 года назад +1

      rich pratts with even richer neighbours moaning about living in luxury what a shame go and live on the street for a few nights get a life you snobs

    • @pltopper771
      @pltopper771 3 года назад

      @@neilwalsh-xh8go please grow up

    • @tonydoherty2190
      @tonydoherty2190 3 года назад +4

      It actually destabilizes the earth beneath which can cause a collapse especially when thousands of people are doing it in London rich greedy people dont understand that and the local council money talks bullshit walks there as been a collapse this year what a big surprise

  • @tarot-karma-online
    @tarot-karma-online 3 года назад +14

    Interesting docu. I was just wondering. Digging deep into Londons underground, what about pipes already lying there? Would they have been lowered too?

    • @E-Kat
      @E-Kat 3 года назад +2

      Everything has to be redirected. Problem of underground water has to be addressed too. It's a massive undertaking, the noise and traffic created ruins life on the street. Those houses change hands really often as everyone dislikes them during and afterwards.
      They forget how short our life is.

    • @gzhang207
      @gzhang207 3 года назад +2

      Many practical issues I suppose : sewer lines, utility connections, Roman remains, etc

    • @pjduff7577
      @pjduff7577 2 года назад +2

      The only pipes underneath your house are your own foul drainage , and your utilities generally run out and get connected in the public footpath , you cant have other properties stuff on your land in case of difficulties and they are then digging up your land

    • @tarot-karma-online
      @tarot-karma-online 2 года назад +1

      @@pjduff7577 Thank you for your answer :)

  • @TheMaiah13
    @TheMaiah13 2 года назад +7

    I wonder how that affects the earth foundations of the city. Scary to think if all that digging affects bedrock and creates enough instability to cause quakes and sink holes.

  • @mystrength5640
    @mystrength5640 2 года назад +1

    The Council’s are enjoying this, they making huge money!

    • @wardiya3arbiya
      @wardiya3arbiya 2 года назад

      no they are not. extension fees are exactly the same no matter what they are building, if a small conservatory or a giant basement.

  • @shereehuckin5
    @shereehuckin5 3 года назад +2

    That man with the big noise is funny😂

  • @cdogvlog5557
    @cdogvlog5557 7 лет назад +21

    If i was Annabel I'd add a basement and then sell my place.

  • @helenbaker1117
    @helenbaker1117 3 года назад +5

    These poor people should not have to endure this extent of building works around them.

  • @conniemara1
    @conniemara1 3 года назад +2

    does all this digging not undermine the homes? safety...possible collapse ?

  • @joelaw5207
    @joelaw5207 3 года назад +5

    Luckily i live in hampstead heath and we dont suffer as much with this issue. But I sympathize with anyone who does.

    • @w2brad918
      @w2brad918 3 года назад

      Shold try East London

    • @joelaw5207
      @joelaw5207 3 года назад

      @@w2brad918 i can imagine

    • @w2brad918
      @w2brad918 3 года назад +1

      @@joelaw5207 worse place in Europe I live in 5 country's never see stuff like here in my life

    • @nyakwarObat
      @nyakwarObat 3 года назад +1

      Interesting, I'm in east London and hampstead heath is one of my would love to live there spot. Lovely place

  • @donovan_keate
    @donovan_keate 3 года назад +4

    I'VE SPOTTED AN ASHVILLE LORRY😁 0:35

  • @mantasradavicius6826
    @mantasradavicius6826 6 лет назад +8

    That guy Roger who dig basements in hackney is a premier basements owner and last 2basements whent wrong house collapsed.i whent to work for them for 1 week but left because they do dodgy work.very unprofessional and dangerous

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 4 года назад +4

      Maybe you should talk about that some more and save some people aggravation.... and maybe save a worker's life

  • @elisahamilton73
    @elisahamilton73 3 года назад

    It's funny how in Hackney the older/council residents don't seem to care too much but the posh newer residents are up in arms and are not happy and complaining

  • @surprisesurprise7816
    @surprisesurprise7816 4 года назад +5

    How do they overcome the water table?

    • @markomarkomarko
      @markomarkomarko 3 года назад +3

      London clay doesn't let the water through
      It's why they built the first underground system. It's also easy to dig into

    • @elisahamilton73
      @elisahamilton73 3 года назад +1

      What about the sewers

  • @starenergy2826
    @starenergy2826 7 лет назад +2

    I wouldn't mind an extra two levels under the three story I have in Pennsylvania for free, you can bring your cameras and all the noise you want

  • @jacquelineb4375
    @jacquelineb4375 3 года назад +7

    Jeremy was being totally reasonable in my view..... and if this building work is causing major disruption inconvenience or expense to him or other residents I can totally understand people being somewhat peeved.
    Some however are totally selfish & it's all ME ME ME.
    I did however like the property that now has a pool on the lower ground floor.

    • @robertuk2006
      @robertuk2006 3 года назад +1

      Jeremy is a prick!

    • @arribaficationwineho32
      @arribaficationwineho32 3 года назад +4

      @@robertuk2006 his property is being damaged by the construction. He should be a prick

  • @MidnightIam
    @MidnightIam 2 года назад

    The petite Bourgeois have always been funny to see in their natural element.

  • @wobblydangly
    @wobblydangly 8 лет назад +13

    This nimby attitude is why the road, airport and rail infrastructure in the UK has barely changed in the last 40 years

    • @MrTVintro
      @MrTVintro 8 лет назад +2

      +wobblydangly Except in these cases its almost literally in your backyard.

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 4 года назад +1

      Yeah this is different.... I can just imagine what it's like for these people having to live there and listen to that noise constantly for years .

    • @VanillaMacaron551
      @VanillaMacaron551 3 года назад

      umm new terminals at Heathrow, new underground rail line right across London, new train line right up the country ... if you want to see a lack of spending on public infrastructure, go to the US.

  • @toddlavigne6441
    @toddlavigne6441 3 года назад +3

    Love or hate the super rich they create jobs and usually over pay for everything. These renovations are also making the contractors very wealthy.

  • @tomiwaademidun5977
    @tomiwaademidun5977 2 года назад

    Hmm, I'm just here to find the Ashville Aggregators truck. Came here from the Selling my Lorries at Auction video on their channel. Big fan of their videos.

  • @helenhood5161
    @helenhood5161 3 года назад +1

    You poor ppl 4 years down the track and it's still going on 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

  • @johnmclean4911
    @johnmclean4911 3 года назад +3

    Some beautiful basements and you can't hide money. But I just wonder in years to come there isn't cracks start to appear in the building above. I just wonder about all the drains and service water pipes it must be a nightmare. Oh and other thing you can see by some of these house not them all. But how much rooms does someone need??

    • @arribaficationwineho32
      @arribaficationwineho32 3 года назад +1

      And as problems occur in neighbors’ homes as well. It seems very destabilizing to the ground