Cold War underground shelters adapted to modern comfort by property developers Armoured doors form security doors in which the exit and access are controlled Image Credit: The Kurator The underground shelters of the Cold War have found themselves the object of an unexpected passion among property developers –monumental buildings adapted to modern comfort and made ultrasecure. When a bunker is being purchased, the depth, the thick-ness of the rock, the ventilation and the energy self-sufficiency replace the more prosaic concerns about the state of the roof and the floor area. In Cherbourg harbour, Chavagnac Fort will have no problems with her neighbours. This 37-room bunker-island that the navy has just sold is accessible only by boat. Neither the price nor the buyer, a Parisian promoter, have been revealed. In the port, the figure of €50,000 is rumoured. With its obsession about being invaded, Britain is covered with military facilities and nuclear shelters. In the current geopolitical turmoil, promoters in London have noted that these properties are snapped up by a rich clientele sensitive to the apocalyptic scenarios of nuclear war or disruption by artificial intelligence. In Yorkshire, the Warning and Monitoring Organisation – the civilian agency that provided communications about radioactive fallout and was dismantled in 1992 – put one of its shelters up for sale. The starting price: €22,600, for the equivalent of a studio flat. The closer you get to the capital, the higher the prices!