{"id":7096,"date":"2016-03-08T01:57:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T18:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/londons-super-rich-are-building-gigantic-basements\/"},"modified":"2016-03-08T02:05:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T19:05:54","slug":"londons-super-rich-are-building-gigantic-basements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/londons-super-rich-are-building-gigantic-basements\/","title":{"rendered":"London's super-rich are building gigantic basements"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\u2022 Jon Hunt applied for consent to build a five-storey basement that can house a car museum, have a tennis court and a swimming pool.\u2022 One hedge-fund manager built a four-story basement that included a 4.8 metre deep swimming…
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