If you don’t look carefully, you might not even see
the home that Jonathan Ridley-Jones and Shanon Ridd
built at all! That’s because the house is a converted
underground water tank. The only thing that can be seen
from the surface is a door leading into the hillside. “We’ve
never wanted to live in an ordinary house,” Shanon says.
“Living below ground means that our home is quiet
and very cosy – none of the usual draughts. It doesn’t
damage the local surroundings and has very low fuel
bills. Some of our friends find it dark and feel shut in
when they first visit, but they soon get used to it!”