{"id":139785,"date":"2023-10-08T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bunker-mentality-a-moroccan-riad-inspires-a-rethink-of-a-london-home-ifeoluwa-adedeji\/"},"modified":"2023-10-08T12:08:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T05:08:34","slug":"bunker-mentality-a-moroccan-riad-inspires-a-rethink-of-a-london-home-ifeoluwa-adedeji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bunker-mentality-a-moroccan-riad-inspires-a-rethink-of-a-london-home-ifeoluwa-adedeji\/","title":{"rendered":"Bunker mentality: a Moroccan riad inspires a rethink of a London home |  Ifeoluwa Adedeji"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nJ\u00fcrgen Blondeel and Mike Cork dug the floor out from under their terraced house, flooding it with air and lightA\u201cbunker\u201d isn\u2019t usually at the top of homeowner wishlists, but in J\u00fcrgen Blondeel and Mike Cork\u2019s case it made sense to explore ways they could use the sloping topography on which their south London home sits to meet their needs.Back when they began deciding what to do with it, the ground floor consisted of a narrow hallway, small living room, tiny kitchen and dining room. \u201cIt was all really poky,\u201d says J\u00fcrgen. They refurbished the property and made it liveable but, for the first few years, the couple only used a small section of the house and ate meals on their laps in front of the television upstairs. \u201cThe kitchen wasn\u2019t really big enough for both of us to be in at the same time, so when we converted the loft, one of the bedrooms became a TV room because I don\u2019t like having the telly in the living room.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2023\/oct\/08\/bunker-mentality-a-moroccan-riad-inspires-a-rethink-of-a-london-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bunker mentality: a Moroccan riad inspires a rethink of a London home |  Ifeoluwa Adedeji<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; J\u00fcrgen Blondeel and Mike Cork dug the floor out from under their terraced house, flooding&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-AmB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148317,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/jurgen-klopps-former-mansion-tops-rightmoves-views-list-for-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":139785,"position":0},"title":"J\u00fcrgen Klopp\u2019s former mansion tops Rightmove\u2019s views list for 2024","date":"November 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Former Liverpool manager\u2019s rented home fends off 27-bedroom manor house as website\u2019s most-viewed propertyA home fit for football royalty and a grade-I listed abbey are among this year\u2019s most-viewed properties on the listing website Rightmove.J\u00fcrgen Klopp left his job as manager of Liverpool in May, and in October the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":89630,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/champions-league-final-injury-puts-mohamed-salahs-world-cup-in-doubt\/","url_meta":{"origin":139785,"position":1},"title":"Champions League final injury puts Mohamed Salah&#039;s World Cup in doubt","date":"May 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said the Egyptian injured either the collarbone or the shoulder itself\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Champions League final injury puts Mohamed Salah's World Cup in doubt","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":60868,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/futuristic-queenstown-bunker-house-plans-short-listed-for-award\/","url_meta":{"origin":139785,"position":2},"title":"Futuristic Queenstown bunker house plans short-listed for award","date":"July 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r An Auckland architecture practice has been short-listed for a global award for audacious plans for a futuristic, partially underground bunker-style house planned for Jack's Point near Queenstown.Hamish Monk and Dean Mackenzie of...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Futuristic Queenstown bunker house plans short-listed for award","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58328,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/for-sale-a-decommissioned-military-nuclear-bunker\/","url_meta":{"origin":139785,"position":3},"title":"For sale: a decommissioned military nuclear bunker","date":"June 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The range of potential uses speaks to the paranoia of the moment\r \r Source : ft.com\r Read more...For sale: a decommissioned military nuclear bunker","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3450,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/northern-irelands-sole-nuclear-bunker-goes-up-for-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":139785,"position":4},"title":"Northern Ireland&#039;s sole nuclear bunker goes up for sale","date":"February 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Heavily fortified underground shelter built to host 235 VIPs in event of Soviet attack has asking price of \u00a3575,000Northern Ireland\u2019s sole nuclear fallout bunker, which was built at the end of the cold war, has been put up for sale at \u00a3575,0000. 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