![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/im-building-the-worlds-most-luxurious-cave-with-sauna-chandeliers-says-brit/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/newspress-collage-23109813-1689786399730.jpg&description=A BRIT mum is building a luxury cave with a sauna and chandeliers after buying the land for just £11,000. Jennifer Ayres, 50, moved to Australia 15 years ago and is now on a mission to build the unique cavern home. 8 Jennifer Ayres is building her dream cave home from scratch Credit: PA Real Life 8 The 50-year-old bought the land needed for the build for just £11,000 Credit: PA Real Life 8 She lived in a tent for three months last year when she began the project Credit: PA Real Life The mum-of-two started the project last year, after living in a tent for three months and then a caravan while she dug her new home with the help of a local cave-building expert. Jennifer is hoping to turn the dusty cave into a two-bedroom house and one-bedroom "granny flat" that she can rent out - after purchasing the land for just £11,000. The water engineer originally from Darlington, Durham, has also been collecting luxurious statement pieces to kit out the cave with such as a copper bath, black standalone sink, a Smeg integrated coffee machine, temple doors from India and several chandeliers. "My friends are killing themselves laughing about this, but it will be the most luxurious cave house imaginable, including a sauna and a gym," she said. Instead of forking out on contractors and architects, the ambitious mum personally moved thousands of tonnes of dirt with machinery she bought herself after drawing her own "dream cave" designs. "I have already moved thousands of tons of dirt with a conveyor belt and I thought it would be easier if I also got my own Bobcat – a machine to easily move materials from one location to another – so I can dump it by myself as well," she said. "I couldn't afford an architect to draw the plans so I taught myself to do it." The cavern home is being built in Coober Pedy, just north of Adelaide , where temperatures rise to almost 50C in the summer seasons. Jennifer explained this is why most residents either use old mines or dig their own caves as they sta){kind=link}
A BRIT mum is building a luxury cave with a sauna and chandeliers after buying the land for just £11,000.
Jennifer Ayres, 50, moved to Australia 15 years ago and is now on a mission to build the unique cavern home.
The mum-of-two started the project last year, after living in a tent for three months and then a caravan while she dug her new home with the help of a local cave-building expert.
Jennifer is hoping to turn the dusty cave into a two-bedroom house and one-bedroom “granny flat” that she can rent out – after purchasing the land for just £11,000.
The water engineer originally from Darlington, Durham, has also been collecting luxurious statement pieces to kit out the cave with such as a copper bath, black standalone sink, a Smeg integrated coffee machine, temple doors from India and several chandeliers.