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Thinking of buying a house... this one is on the market...

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  1. Southern Dad

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    The Barker House in Cumming, GA is a beautiful example of combining the above ground with underground. The underground portion is 5 bedrooms. The whole place is beautiful. It is set atop of Sawnee Mountain with a great view all around.
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    I take it that the Barker House is not sited atop an ex-missile silo.

    Whether yes or no, the close resemblence of the above-ground
    portion to a mushroom cloud would be a truly strange (-love :D)
    reference to a still possible disaster.
     
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    No Mr. Barker built that house from the underground up. I met him a decade ago, he's passed now. The house is beautiful. The best part? His monthly loan payments on the entire mountain? Nada... He rented space to several companies for cell towers, radio towers, etc. Of course, all the towers except the forestry tower was on the opposite saddle from where his home is.

    Even the forestry tower is round. You can check it out in Google Earth or any other type program by looking up 1 Barker Rd, Cumming, GA. It really looks pretty neat from above.

    The house has been sold for $1.8 million to the City of Cumming to be used as a park facility.
     
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    Nothing like being one of the few survivors left in the country after a large nuclear war.
     
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    You do have a point Bra... I know if they do nuke Sacramento, my little bomb-shelter underground here ain't going to save me... nevertheless, it has made a great wine-shelter... :D
     
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    Oh don't get me wrong. I want to survive the nuclear war. Of course, I want to invite a few young ladies over for the weekend when it happens. Does the phrase, "Last man on earth..." apply?
     
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    Unfortunately... for me... I have heard that phrase previously... and... it wasn't - inclusive.

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    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXAK-khIfkI]Spaceship house on a volcano - YouTube[/ame]

    This one's on a volcano...
     
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    Wow, you guys have really bad taste in architecture.
     
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    I really want to build one of these Sis...

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    The landscaping is particularly attractive.
     
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    That house is the one that survived Hurricane Ivan Sis... all his neighbors weren't as lucky.

    Great design, good engineering, and tough as all get out.

    Monolithic Dome construction is not limited to one shape either...

     
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    Maybe so, but it's still ugly.
     
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    Soooo... ummmm... if YOU could draw what YOU wanted to live in... that was already made or made with a balloon... what would it look like Sis...

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    Thanks for sharing that video, Bob. That house is awesome!
     
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    If you build a house like that, do you take out insurance on it?
     
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    I would...
     
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    If there is a mortgage on it, the bank will insist on it.