There are actually a few underground houses in Las Vegas. The only bad thing about them is the week of spring and the week of fall that they get. Las Vegas is in the middle of a valley. As a kid growing up there (yes, belive it or not, I was born and raised in Las Vegas) There would be mass flooding. A couple of those underground houses have to be sandbagged every year when it rains. My mom says that flood control there hasnt gotten any better.
Subterrainian hoiuses aren't that rare, but building them in a valley isn't such a good idea.
There's one in England that's built into the top of a hill. The owner couldn't get planning permission to put a normal house there as it would "ruin the view" so he hollowed out the top of the hill and fitted "periscope" windows so he could still see the view as if he were standing on the top. He didn't go to the trouble of making the whole hill hollow though, just enough of it to create a decent size of house. From a distance the modifications to the hill are invisible, although up close you can see the top sections of his windows.
He doesn't have to worry about external painting, pointing, guttering etc, and apparently his heating bill is minute :)
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There's one in England that's built into the top of a hill. The owner couldn't get planning permission to put a normal house there as it would "ruin the view" so he hollowed out the top of the hill and fitted "periscope" windows so he could still see the view as if he were standing on the top. He didn't go to the trouble of making the whole hill hollow though, just enough of it to create a decent size of house. From a distance the modifications to the hill are invisible, although up close you can see the top sections of his windows.
He doesn't have to worry about external painting, pointing, guttering etc, and apparently his heating bill is minute :)