Now I’m not sure I would be too happy about someone building something like that beside my house as I’m sure you wouldn’t be too keen on it either.īut the fact is the guy knew exactly what he wanted to use his basement for and it formed the basis of how he built it.Īnd you need to have this crystal clear clarity too when it comes to your basement.

Not many people know this but George is a bit claustrophobic and he had to get the wet suit gear on and get into this thing.Īnd let me repeat this is some blokes basement!Īnd once he was down there, the turtles proceeded to take a fancy to Georges toes and there wasn’t much he could do except push his face up into a 6 inch gap between the water and the underside of the living room floor pleading to get out!īut the real interesting part of this story is that the guy who owned the house had built all this himself.Īll the demolition, all the structure, the aquarium itself, everything. He told me that he had to visit a man’s house in Nottingham as part of his show Amazing Spaces and to his surprise the guy had a pond in his living room.Įxcept it turned out it wasn’t a pond, but was in fact the entrance to a massive storey sized aquarium he had built in his basement!Īnd in this aquarium he had stingrays, turtles, catfish and a 4ft alligator gar fish! In this blog post we’re going to share with you no less than 35 different rooms, spaces & ideas that you can use your basement for.Īfter you go through this blog post your brain will be exploding with basement ideas! How About This For A Basement Idea: An Aquarium?!Īt the last Grand Designs Live Show in London, George Clarke (the guy from The Home Show & Amazing Spaces on TV) told me a very interesting story. Planning a basement or basement conversion and need some basement ideas?

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