# Tunnels of love! House with incredible underground network of passages and rooms dug by engineer and his children as fun family project sells for £375,000

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tunnels-of-love-house-with-incredible-underground-network-of-passages-and-rooms-dug-by-engineer-and-his-children-as-fun-family-project-sells-for-375000/
- Published: 2026-10-28T15:01:54+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T15:15:53+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16246079/tunnels-house-underground-network-passages-dug-sells-375-000.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Geopolitics, Politics, Space, Technology, World

## Key points

- A hand-dug underground network helped a Reading property sell for £375,000.
- The tunnels span four levels and reach more than 15 metres underground.
- The site has planning consent for two homes.

## Summary

A property in Tilehurst, Reading, with an extensive hand-dug underground network has sold at auction for £375,000. Built over two decades by civil engineer Tony Deane and later with help from his six children, the unusual complex is a striking family project and a feature that could shape how a buyer uses the site.

The tunnels and rooms cover more than 1,300 square feet, descend through four levels to over 15 metres underground and include a railway, a one-tonne goods lift and concealed doors. The auction guide price was £300,000 to £325,000; the site also includes a three-storey workshop, pool and gardens, with planning consent for a new five-bedroom house and conversion of the workshop into a three-bedroom home.

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