# Neighbours oppose Winchester financier’s underground games room plans

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/fury-of-bankers-neighbours-over-his-plans-to-install-a-golf-simulator-and-bar-in-a-massive-games-bunker-beneath-his-eyesore-1-2million-home-theyve-nicknamed-the-lego-house/
- Published: 2026-11-15T15:04:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T15:17:49+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16289909/Fury-bankers-neighbours-plans-install-golf-simulator-bar-massive-games-bunker-beneath-eyesore-1-2million-home-theyve-nicknamed-Lego-house.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Council approves a large basement games room in Winchester.
- Neighbours raise concerns about disruption and environmental effects.
- The plan includes a golf simulator, bar and pool table.

## Summary

Winchester City Council has approved City financier Tim Woolford’s plan to excavate a games room beneath the driveway of his £1.2 million home, despite a planning officer initially recommending refusal. The decision has angered neighbours who fear prolonged building work, environmental effects and a change to the character of their street.

The proposed 13-foot-deep basement will be more than 30 feet wide and long, with a golf simulator, bar, pool table and seating area. Neighbours also objected to the modern house, nicknamed “the Lego house”, and raised concerns about trees, soil and access for blind and wheelchair-using residents; Woolford says they have misunderstood the plans and that he has tried to limit disruption.

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