Arizona Home With Buried Prepare Vehicles Has Rapidly Discovered a Purchaser

It solely took about two weeks for the ranch with the infamous railroad-car bunker to be claimed. A suggestion has been accepted on the Arizona landmark that was listed just lately for $1.35 million.

Positioned in Cave Creek, AZ, about an hour north of Phoenix, the bizarre property provides much more than the well-known treasure within the yard.

The house’s peaceable setting and mountain views include a trio of buried Santa Fe railroad vehicles, says Ryan Buckley, who’s itemizing the property with Lori Cedarstrom. Each are with the Scottsdale workplace of Coldwell Banker Realty.

The ranch is conveniently nestled near city, a brief drive to leisure and buying, Buckley says.

Interested by that bunker? The previous Santa Fe railroad vehicles had been buried three to 5 toes deep on the property. The unique intent was to make use of them as a fallout shelter, they usually had been as soon as linked by way of tunnel to the primary home.

Now they’ve taken on a clubhouse-type vibe. The boxcars are outfitted with electrical energy, plumbing, a rest room, bar that seats 4, full-size pingpong desk, and efficiency house for a small band—since you’ve obtained to have some sort of leisure whereas hunkering down, proper?

The tunnel is gone, however stairs and an above-ground entry had been put in for simpler entry. Nobody is aware of precisely when the vehicles had been buried, however it’s estimated to have been within the Sixties or early Seventies.

The home clocks in at 4,091 sq. toes. There are 5 en suite bedrooms with their very own personal patios—an particularly charming amenity when the property was run as a bed-and-breakfast.

This isn’t your typical ranch home, by any means. There are stone flooring, partitions, and counter tops, with a lot of the rock having been sourced domestically.

The house is awash in pure gentle from its many home windows, which additionally provide sweeping desert vistas.

The first suite’s personal deck overlooks the pool space, the place there may be loads of room for lounging and soaking within the iconic Southwestern panorama.

The property additionally comes with a totally outfitted horse ranch. These services embody coated and uncovered stalls, turnouts, an automated horse-watering system, an area, coated hay storage, and a tack room. There are additionally quite a lot of driving trails on and close to the property.