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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