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Evening Standard
Business
Cat Olley

Hidden depths: 10 Tardis homes for sale — from an east London skinny house to an upside-down mews

Think you can size-up a semi from the street? You might just hit an iceberg.

Next time you take a cursory scroll through the cover pictures on Rightmove, consider the myriad clever ways that architects might maximise square footage, from classic loft conversions and rear extensions to radical basement excavations.

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