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Yours for a knockdown price of £500,000! The dilapidated home of 'mole
man' who spent 40 years hacking out 60-feet of tunnels underneath up for sale
Mr Lyttle in repose
man' who spent 40 years hacking out 60-feet of tunnels underneath up for sale
more, with pictures - including the classic under-the-house shot below - at Daily Mail link above; other articles about Mole Man also available via googling - digging for them, in other wordsHe became known as the 'Mole Man' after digging a labyrinth of tunnels underneath his London home.
Now, the late William Lyttle's house is up for sale. Despite not having a roof and being a structural death trap the home in London's Hackney carries a guide price of £500,000.
Mr Lyttle, a retired civil engineer who died aged 79 last year, spent 40 years tunnelling a 60 foot-long path of tunnels under his house.
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Hackney Council discovered his tunnelling activities in 2006. They also discovered skiploads of junk, including the wrecks of four Renault 4 cars, a boat, scrap metal, old baths, fridges and dozens of TV sets.
He was evicted when the house almost collapsed due to the network of passages underneath.
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According to the house value website zoopla.co.uk a comparable refurbished four bedroom detached home in this fashionable part of London could be worth over £1million.
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Mr Lyttle in repose