Posted on 03/24/2013 4:19:09 AM PDT by Kartographer
With the fear of meteor crashes rising, people looking for cover might just be in luck.
A concrete bomb shelter in South Florida is going up for sale for a cool $499,500, for anyone looking for a place to prepare for the apocalypse.
The structure was built during the Cold War, to 'withstand the big blast,' the real estate agent handling the sale told the Zillow real estate blog.
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Preppers’ PING!!
This is a great link to more about this shelter including 360 pictures of much of it.
I have a house in Maine for sale, a great getaway. Similar price.
Similar structural security? ;-)
Great spot for a wingding
I got one in Delaware, suburban location, 6 BR, finished basement, lots of extra. Similar proce
A place like that in Florida without active air conditioning would be a nightmare.
Probably has mold on the walls and bugs galore.
More pic’s and information here:
That does look pretty clean.
It does look pretty good. Its in a very high population area of the east coast of Florida.
If you could go in and close the doors and not come out it would be ok.
That place needs a total makeover.
Once the zombies found the air intakes, you would be toast.
Probably another $500k just to make it inhabitable never mind acceptable to the wife.
My issue with all of these places is they make great targets. I prefer a lower profile.
I could not find a story that indicated the sq. footage. If it is big enough they could turn it in to a data center like this one:
http://www.westlandbunker.com/
Yeah, it’d be my luck the Russians would be using old target maps.
How much would it take to get rid of all the lead based paint? Every rusty water tank and pipe would need replacing along with the wiring. It would cost more to fix than the original price. Then there’s the huge front that screams, “I’m in here!” so the zombies will be scouting the air vents to smoke you out. Sounds good at first but might not be too practical in the long run.
This is a little frustrating, because the emphasis here was on a basic bomb shelter, not one that was efficient, with low maintenance, and designed to maximize water, sewage and energy efficiency.
As such, restoring it to functionality and endless maintenance would be just prohibitively expensive. It would cost less and you would get a heck of a lot more if you built from scratch.
Not impossible, as many places already have abandoned hard rock mine shafts, vertical and horizontal. If they have survived for 50 years without evidencing any problems, it will probably be a good place to build.
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