Cheap Home, Nuclear Bunker for Sale!

[msmalls74]

Anyone want a nice cheap place to live or a place to get away from it all? Then this may be the place for you.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/8540755.stm

A nuclear bunker and surrounding land in Derbyshire is expected to fetch up to £25,000 in an eBay auction.

The decommissioned cold war bunker, built in 1959 into a field in the Peak District, has attracted hundreds of hits.

The bunker has lighting and a phone line and can be used as living accommodation for short periods.

It is described by the private seller as "a rare opportunity to acquire a valuable piece of Cold War history".


The bunker can continue to be used as limited living accommodation for short periods or adventure holidays.
Seller

The bunker was built as a master monitoring post by the Royal Observer Corps (ROC), amid the threat of nuclear attack, but decommissioned after the collapse of the former Soviet Union.

It is accessed via a metal hatch and shaft, and a 15ft (4.57m) ladder leads to two rooms - one for a chemical toilet and the other, of 15ft x 7ft 6in (4.57m x 2.28m), for the monitoring equipment.

Two ventilation shafts are built in and much of the original equipment is still in place.

The seller added: "The bunker can continue to be used as limited living accommodation for short periods or adventure holidays.

"ROC posts rarely come on to the market, especially in such well preserved condition."

The auction ends on 7 March.

 

[doggles]

cool!!!

i'd love a bunker! just need 25k now

 

[Cosimo]

I was looking for a cheap holiday home.

A little bit cheaper then the £5m they want for this place.

 

[Dr.EM]

Ideal purchasing oppertunity if security is of utmost importance to you!

 

[godinman]

Would be useful in the event of a zombie apocalypse i suppose.

 

[ac1d1ty]

why cant you live in it long time? Is there no adequate ventiliation?

 

[TaKeN]

What people don't realise, is there are thousands of these littered all over the UK

and it isn't realy a bunker, well.. it is but is isn't. People would have been stationed in these to report where nukes had gone off over the UK etc, scary stuff

Have a read > http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/roc/index2.shtml

 

[vincent1989]

man, i wish i had 25k, that'd be well worth it. built to last, they don't make 'em like the used to (lol)

wonder how much 'surrounding land' there is? could build a house over the top and have a bunker for a basement

 

[ReeVo.uK]

Sweet, there is 1 of those 2/3 miles away from where I live, we went down but it was too small to do anything with it.

 

[Reginald]

It's up to 17.3k at the momento..guess it would be alright for a weekend..but I cant see why anyone would buy one..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROC-Nuclear-B...Property_RL?hash=item4cede4e234#ht_1471wt_958

 

[Glaucus]

That would be awesome. Just a shame it hasn't got residential planning permission.
Although it is small compared to some of the other bunkers sold in the past. Meaning it's a bit pointless converting to a underground house.

 

[Guerrilla]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROC-Nuclear-B...Property_RL?hash=item4cede4e234#ht_1471wt_958

Would be great to own that!

Love the last picture on the listing with simulated nuke

 

[Keltik THC]

ooh, just the ideal holiday home for December 2012.

Anyone have any ideas why they say:

'limited living accommodation for short periods or adventure holidays.'

couldn't you just live there indefinitely?

EDIT: just checked the ebay listing, its only 1 room! not so good for £25k.

 

[TipTop]

Would be great to own that!

Love the last picture on the listing with simulated nuke

lol, that made me laugh.

 

[Tefal]

why cant you live in it long time? Is there no adequate ventiliation?

Because it has a toilet and one room smaller than a prison cell

 

[Glaucus]

couldn't you just live there indefinitely?

Planning permission I would have thought.

 

[starfighter]

You could make one in your back garden for cheaper. As it doesn't have planning permission it is a rip off.

But I would like one just in case.

 

[RS_Maverick]

One of those and a land rover and you're ready for anything...well, you'd need about 1000 tins of beans too, but that'd be it.
Yes, nuclear bunker, land rover, 1000 tins of beans. Bring it on!

 

[xBLiNG]

One of those and a land rover and you're ready for anything...well, you'd need about 1000 tins of beans too, but that'd be it.
Yes, nuclear bunker, land rover, 1000 tins of beans. Bring it on!

No water?

 

[Tefal]

plenty of water in the beans sauce.