This $14 Million Atlanta Home With Bunker Is ‘Safest in America’ - Bloomberg

Have trouble sleeping at night? Perhaps the anti-ballistic bedroom doors, 15,000-square-foot bunker, and off-grid water and power access at this Atlanta home will make you feel a little more secure.





Call it the Wayne Manor of the South.



The cream-colored, colonnaded facade of the Rice House, situated on 3.5 acres just outside Atlanta, hides far more than a private theater, bowling alley, and infinity swimming pool.





A rendering of the sprawling car vault.Courtesy of Paul Wegener

The master and guest bedrooms have ballistic doors that can withstand fire from an AK-47 assault rifle. The car vault is large enough to hold 30 vehicles and has an entrance designed to be concealed by a waterfall. Secret doors lead to a 15,000-square-foot bunker  in which an embattled owner could conceivably hole up for years, with off-grid power and water drawn from three artesian wells drilled 1,000 feet into the ground. The house had its own security architect who spent two decades designing secure buildings for the U.S. Department of Justice.



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