A MAN investigating a hole in his driveway was stunned to find his home was built over a World War II air raid shelter.
Simon Marks thought he has driven on to a flowerbed when the wheel of his car had caved in.
But on closer inspection he found that part of the driveway of his £400,000 house was covering a two-roomed shelter.
The 37-year-old computer support worker said: “This massive hole appeared. I thought it was a sinkhole or a badly constructed garden.
“I was just terrified the whole house was going to vanish. I took some pictures and sent them to my dad.
“My dad saw it and instantly said it’s an air raid shelter.
“We googled it and found there are quite a few in this area. It is made from concrete lintels and is in immaculate condition.”
Simon, from Luton, Beds., thinks the shelter may have been built after a German bomb landed close to the house in the war.
He found it on Saturday afternoon and thinks it is 10ft deep.
The house was bought from an elderly couple, who built it in the 1970s.
Simon said: “The previous owner must have known it was there and when he built the house and put a garden in he must have filled it in.
“He clearly wasn’t very worried about it and it just sat there until the hatch fell through. I think it’s great and I want to clear it out and preserve it if it’s structurally sound.
“It’s incredible to think it has all been made by hand. It’s part of our history so it should be kept.”
