The end is nigh.

Not really. But there’s no harm in being prepared, especially now that Trump has the nuclear codes.

A few years ago we brought you the story of the Oppidum, a massive 323-ooo square foot residential Doomsday shelter, located in the Czech Republic.

Since then it seems like luxury Doomsday bunkers have really taken off, tapping into the market of people who want to ready themselves for the apocalypse and have the cash to burn.

Larry Hall, who previously developed networks and data centres for government contractors, decided to get ready back in 2008, when he purchased a retired missile silo for $300 000 (R4,2 million).

He then converted that silo into apartments that could withstand catastrophic events from viral epidemic to nuclear war.

Here’s Business Insider:

Hall’s Survival Condo Project, located in Kansas, in the US, cost about $20 million (R286 million) to build and accommodates roughly a dozen families. Complete with food stores, fisheries, gardens, and a pool, the development could pass as a setting in the game “Fallout Shelter,” wherein players oversee a group of post-apocalyptic residents in an underground vault.

Let’s take a look inside:

The apartments are housed inside a missile silo that was built to withstand a direct nuclear blast during the cold war. It also housed a nuclear warhead from 1961 to 1965.

The construction costs were nearly $20 million. The once-vacant chamber now has 15 floors divided into 12 single-family homes, as well as common areas and space for operations.

The quarters are comparable in size to smaller city dwellings. A full-floor unit covers about 1,820 square feet (about 170m²), which is little more than a third of a basketball court. It fits six to 10 people

The typical full-floor apartment includes three bedrooms, two baths, a kitchen, a dining room, and a great room. Bunk beds are a necessity for fitting in the whole family.

Tenants will hardly be roughing it. The homes each have a dishwasher, washer and dryer, and windows fitted with LED screens that show a live video of the prairie outside.

A full-floor unit is advertised for $3 million (R42 million), and a half-floor unit goes for half the price. But good luck getting in. The units sold out before construction ended in 2012.

The bunker plans to feed homeowners for years to come. It raises tilapia in fish tanks and vegetables under grow lamps. A miniature grocery store is also in the works.

The bunker is also equipped with a number of entertainment zones, including a swimming pool that stretches 22 metres and has a waterslide.

Tenants can also make use of the gym, climbing wall, the arcade or the dog park.

There’s an armoury equipped with guns and ammo, so homeowners can defend themselves against intruders. They can practice their skills at the indoor shooting range.

Every purchase includes mandatory survival training, a five-year food supply per person, and internet access.

In the event of a crisis, Halls told The New Yorker that adults are prohibited from leaving the property without permission from the Survival Condo Project’s board of directors.

And as far as getting to the bunker goes:

In the event of a crisis, Halls told The New Yorker that adults are prohibited from leaving the property without permission from the Survival Condo Project’s board of directors.

Hall has a second silo which he hopes will be habitable by the end of this year.

Half of the units have already been sold, but if you have the cash and fear the end, half are still available for purchase.

You’ll have to move quickly, because when North Korea conducts a nuclear weapons test, Hall is expecting a surge of calls from interested buyers.

[source:businessinsider]