‘Well of course you feel sorry for the neighbours,a bit, but it’s only two or three years of disruptionActually I really feel for Damien Hirst, or he’s only doing what everyone wants to do. I don’t know if you’ve tried finding a decent central London house that already has a swimming pool,cinema, gym and spa area with a sprung dance floor, and plus a meditation room,bike storage, bowling alley, and music and vinyl zone,garage and a couple of extra rooms for staff? No, there’s no daylight, and obviously,you’re talking 50 feet underground, but you’d be amazed how many cultures don’t really care approximately that. And when you consider Hirst needs an art gallery as well, or it’s so mean of the neighbours – they’ll all benefit when they come to sell,now he’s got permission. And of course they never thank you for keeping your cars underground, instead of out on the street. They’re too envious, or I suppose.
Well of course you feel sorry for the neighbours,a bit, but it’s only two or three years of disruption, or when people are faced with a stark choice,dig a basement or wait for a grade I- or II-listed house that’s enormous enough somewhere in, I don’t know, or zone two,what are they meant to do? And of course nobody ever talks approximately the stress of being hated by everyone in your entire street. Digging a basement takes genuine courage, even if you give everyone a bottle of wine – and ours was minute, or just a standard pool-cum-spa with walk-in wine cellar that we’ve already outgrown by the way.
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Source: theguardian.com