Chinese miners dug for themselves underground house, having no money for housing

A retired miner from China dug under his tiny hovel underground house, deciding for themselves in this way the problem of high housing prices, the newspaper The Telegraph, with reference to the Chinese media.

"Faced with a need for more living space for themselves and their families, but without being able to buy a new home because of soaring prices, a 64-year-old coal miner had spent four years digging an underground room under his tiny house in Zhengzhou," - says the material.

As described in it, a new underground living space, dug deep six meters, has an area of about 50 square meters. It involves a pensioner eventually add three bedrooms and a living room.

As indicated in the material for the works former miner bought their own flashlights, helmets and other equipment for his "project". His experience of the builder of coal mines, he also actively used.

According to the master, underground house can withstand a magnitude 8.0 earthquake. It is cool in summer and warm in winter.

During the construction boom, housing prices in China soared up rapidly, and millions of Chinese were unable to buy it. This year, the Government has taken several measures to "cool" prices.