Hi,
I am about to buy a basement flat; when viewing it I noticed that the heating pipework runs on the perimeter of the flat above the floor.
I have asked the land lord why he did not put the pipework underground ad he told me that for basement flats this is impossible.
Is this true? And why?
I mean if I buy the place do I need to have all the pipework (not only heating but also kitchen drainage) running on the walls? Is there a way I can bury them underground?
Thanks for your help
P.s: sorry I have posted this also in the plumbing section, not sure where to put it.

From you use of the term "flat", I assume that you are not in the US. Of course, I do not know the building and plumbing practices where you live but here in the US we do run plumbing and some heating pipe work under basement floors. Not in the concrete of the floor but in the earth underneath. To do this after the fact would mean a lot of cutting of concrete, trenching, pipe work and pouring of new concrete to restore the floor. Special consideration must be given to sewage piping to insure proper drainage.

Yeah actually I live in the UK.
It is going to be pretty expensive probably, maybe I can try to hide them behind the skirting board.