Digging a maze of 20-metre tunnels under your home that leave the property unstable, uninhabitable and prone to subsidence is no longer a barrier to house price success. The infamous Moleman's home in Hackney has just sold at auction for £1.12m – 50% more than its guide price of £750,000.
For 40 years civil engineer William Lyttle secretly burrowed a labyrinth of tunnels under his London home which, when exposed, earn him the nickname of Mole Man. His epic dig was halted in 2006 when the tunnels undermined the foundations of his period property and the council evicted him for safety reasons before rehousing him.
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