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Re:How safe is Colin Furze's tunnel? on Thursday July 15, 2021 @01:10PM (#27847061)
He's done work for "minstream" TV before, but in reality, as with a lot of Youtube, it's only him, his wife and a few friends.

The original bunker had to retroactively apply for planning permission: https://planning.southkesteven.gov.uk/SKDC/S16-0017/1288446....

Of course it's way more organised that it first seems, because it is sponsored after all, but he does seem rather fly-by-night o all his things.

He said he was going to do a load of other projects with that bunker (including ventilation systems) but they never happened.

Re:How safe is Colin Furze's tunnel? on Thursday July 15, 2021 @01:06PM (#27846997)
He declared over £1million last year, and I'm 99.999% sure that house is just used as a studio/business address rather than actually living there now.

He's done way too many projects that involve just generally making your life a bit difficult.

Re:How safe is Colin Furze's tunnel? on Thursday July 15, 2021 @01:04PM (#27846975)
He declared over £1million in just one company last year, and Sky were paying for the bunker anyway.

Same with this tunnel, this one is sponsored.

I do wonder if he's killed his budget though, because he's just randomly stopped, filled the walls with concrete and is now "taking a break". I suspect this one might not get finished.

Re:How safe is Colin Furze's tunnel? on Thursday July 15, 2021 @01:02PM (#27846952)
In the original bunker video, he applied for planning permission /after/ it was built https://planning.southkesteven.gov.uk/SKDC/S16-0017/1288446....

It's also quite funny he names "Mr Malcolm" as the person who gave him advice before hand. He's also been arrested for other projects.

I feel like he's very much "do first, ask later" type of person. And at least with both of these projects they're sponsored. So it's not costing him anything.