The thing about the M62 isn't true. The house, actually sits in a deep hollow. The ground being so soft, meant that MacAlpine (the contruction company) had to build the two carriageways quite a distance apart, to allow them to do the strengthening work. They compulsory purchased the land surrounding the farm, but did not need the farm itself - in fact if they had they would have need a huge amount of spoil in order to fill the hollow it sits in at prohibitive cost. Apparently, the ground is so soft that MacAlpine managed to lose a full sized digger which sank into the ground!