Bulletproof and with custom cabinetry, ventilation and an emergency phone and dedicated security camera feed, it’s the ideal hideout in case of intruder or pandemic.Īlright, let’s get this out of the way: This Los Angeles home has a bonkers, multi-million Star Wars prop collection in the basement. The four-bed, five-bath has a secret, though: a hidden panic room that can double as a walk-in safe.
Built with eco-friendly materials that won’t emit harmful chemicals and gasses, the mansion also has more than 50 solar panels and Tesla Powerwall batteries, letting both you and your ride to get clean energy off-the-grid. This oceanfront home in Dana Point, Calif. Health means wealth, sure, but having a wellness-centric home doesn’t mean much if it’s without proper safety and security.
It allegedly even played host to Grace Kelly back in the day. Thirteen-foot-tall “wedding cake” ceilings give a further sense of the home’s grandiose scale-a rarity in NYC. A sprawling five floors and 22 rooms are all navigable via an elevator, as well as a spectacular grand staircase. Don’t just think of it as a bunker, though-the 10,800-square-foot estate has perks beyond its Y2K-adjacent capabilities. Equipped with a secret cellar and a separate safe room, it’s one of the more secure residences the Big Apple has to offer. Mercifully, this Victorian-era brownstone’s mysteries work in your favor.
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Most old homes have their fair share of secrets-any horror movie will tell you that. Just remember: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. And with an 1,000 gallon water tank and replacement air conditioning systems, you could camp out here for quite a while. The faux greenery means you won’t have to sacrifice the ambience of the outdoors if you’re stuck here, though. A proponent of underground living-at one time he had another residence like this one, in Colorado-Henderson built this underground home with steel and concrete and buried it 26 feet beneath the ground so that it could properly withstand bombs and earthquakes. In the middle is a residential space, with a 1970s style design-the place was originally built then by business executive Girard “Jerry” Henderson. An unassuming townhouse above ground, yes, but below is 15,000 square feet of subterranean space, complete with faux trees, grass and painted walls that resemble the sky and the forest. If you’re really serious about hunkering down, look no further than Las Vegas’ famous underground home. If you’re a Bruce Willis fan, you might recognize this listing as the backdrop for his 2005 movie, Hostage. Needless to say, you’ll be much safer here than the film’s captives were. Inside, there’s a hidden safe room in case of apocalypse (even we’re not allowed to know where it is).
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Listed at $4.5 million and located at the end of Tuna Canyon Road, a notoriously twisty, tough-to-navigate trail in Topanga, it’s sufficiently off-the-grid, with solar panels, a water purification system and a back-up power generator in case the LA grid fails. The former digs of famed interior designer LM Pagano, who’s designed homes for stars from Johnny Depp to Nicholas Cage, this cubist California residence is a haven you won’t mind hunkering down in for a few weeks-or even months. Image Credit: Michael McNamara at The ZenHouse Collective, courtesy of Compass
Here are seven on the market that will keep you safe come rain, shine or zombie apocalypse. Of course, you can also just buy a home that already has a panic room built in. Survival Condo has also addressed the elephant in the room, with a note on its website proclaiming that, “Yes, our filters can screen out this virus.” And if Larry David’s project doesn’t suit you, you can always just build your own with the help of Rising S Company, which offers an Aristocrat option with its own bowling alley, theater and swimming pool for $8.35 million. Larry David’s Survival Condo project in Kansas have done just that: A luxurious, fallout-proof underground space with penthouses starting at $4.5 million. Thankfully, there are service providers, such as Covert Concepts in New York and Panic Room Builders in California, who can retrofit your home with a secure space that’s hidden behind a bookshelf or beneath the floorboards.įull-blown bunkers are another option. An in-home panic room can provide a great deal of comfort during a global pandemic–a sort of reassurance that, should worse ever really come to worst, you’ll have somewhere to hole up for a bit and wait it all out. These aren’t the end times, but the news of Covid-19’s continued spread does make one stop, think and rewatch Contagion on Hulu.
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