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A father has moved into a nuclear bunker with his wife and four children but insists he isn’t a “doomsday prepper”. Father-of-four Ruben Romero bought the nuclear bunker for $300,000. Mr Romero, who works as a consultant, is renovating the bunker himself.
He moved in in July 2020 from the state of Georgia in the United States.
The father-of-four was joined by his wife Joan, 46, and his four children Eden, Enoch, Zion and Celestial the following month.
Speaking about the purchase, he said: “It’s extremely hard to get a mortgage on a property as unique as this so we had to find a workaround but we decided to just make it work.
“That’s how we’ve been doing everything. I still work full-time and the kids are homeschooled, so we just find time when we can to work on the renovation.
“We are doing this all ourselves. We’ve had no outside help apart from the internet.
“Luckily, we are all very self-motivated so we get on with it because we want to see it finished.”
They enter and leave the bunker through a 3000lbs blast-safe door and have to use a one-ton lift to get from the entrance to their living space.
Mr Romero is facing a number of unique issues which come with living in a nuclear bunker.
He explained: “The land is covered in 60-year-old markers that indicate something is underground, so we really need to excavate everything and make sure we know what we have on our property.
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He says he finds some relief in knowing that he will be safe, just in case the worst happens.
Mr Romero’s children, Eden and Enoch run a family account on TikTok, sharing their family’s ambitious renovation.
Speaking about their social media venture, the father-of-four said: “I like the community that you get online.
“Though I do think my kids safeguard me from a lot of stuff – when I post my mistakes online, there can be A LOT of attention.
“I don’t get social media 100 percent yet but I’m enjoying the motivation it brings me. I need to get up and do things to make content.”
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