Survive yes, but in luxury without giving up the swimming pool, gym and every type of comfort. This is the motto of Survival Condo, an American real estate company that since 2012 has transformed a missile silo into a 5-star bomb shelter in a secret area of Kansas, United States. Now with the current crisis between Russia and Ukraine their business is attracting new interest: the “condominium of the apocalypse” is designed to escape any disaster and ensure safety in the event of pandemics, cataclysms, terrorist attacks and even a nuclear war and can accommodate up to 75 people.
In the condominium of the apocalypse, one survives with a swimming pool, cinema and spa
A pool of 230 thousand liters, giant TV screens, a wellness area, a bookshop, a shooting range, a cinema and theater but also a gym and a medical center as well as a climbing wall and even a park for dogs to walk – because what a salvation it is. without best friends? -. The bunker Survival Condo’s luxury is designed to make you forget you’re “escaping disaster”. How was the project born? The creator of the project Larry Hall says he got the idea after seeing the US government spending on military bunkers: “I thought they knew something I don’t know,” he says.
Designed to withstand the end of the world
The entire condominium was built within the structure of an Atlas F missile silo (an American intercontinental nuclear ballistic missile built in the 1960s during the Cold War). The structure was designed to withstand a 20 kiloton explosion within 800 meters (half a mile).
Inside there is a hydroponic garden with 70 varieties of fruit plants. The ventilation systems are equipped with air filters against nuclear, biological and chemical pollutants. Electricity is generated with a wind generator as well as with a diesel generator while the water is extracted and purified from nearby sources. Security is also ensured, with 223 automatic rifles and sniper positions. There are also two armored vehicles including the Pit-Bull VX tactical truck – an armored vehicle used by the police –
How much?
Each apartment is about 180 square meters large, It is equipped with all comforts and with dehydrated food able to meet the needs of a family for 5 years. The cost varies from 1.3 to 1.5 million dollars. And what are they compared to the prospect of being able to save themselves in the face of the end of the world? In the United States the race has already started:
Who bought it
Founded in 2014, purchase requests have been numerous, not only among “survivalists” – often mocked for their obsessions. The typical customer is a successful, educated and professional person who sees purchasing as a choice of peace of mind, in the event that human or natural disasters trigger a serious social crisis. Among those who have already bought it there is, for example, Nikos Halikopoulos, an Australian financial entrepreneur of Greek origin living in the United States, Tyler Allen, a Florida real estate entrepreneur as well as the creator of the structure himself, the entrepreneur Larry Hall.
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