He's fed up with the habits of overground folks, has decided to join the mole people.
(They at least are free of the Seven fucking pop-up ads this asinine 'KVUE' deems 'effective persuaders' ...)

Dig deeper. It won't save your ass from the proles or even KVUE, but at least your burial will be pretty easy, as and when.

Option two:
If that house + environs is not the most-unappetizing collection of transcendent Ugliness I've seen in many a year, it's a close-second.
Maybe the Mole People are more sensitive/sentient than this applicant: ergo, flood the tunnels.