Doomsday hideaway for sale - and someone has been living in it

Missile bunkers come onto the market in the US every now and again.

But the latest listing, in Nebraska, is eye-popping because a doomsayer has been living in it.

Usually, these bunkers and the ginormous accompanying silo are vacant, and appreciated as a nostalgic lens into Soviet-fear riddled old America.

Rarely have they been an actual home for someone.

At 1200 Silo Lane in the town of York, the Zillow listing declares the 1962 property, “A blast from the past and built to last!” and promises it is constructed to withstand a nuclear attack.

Instead of a living room, it has a “launch command centre/residence”, which is habitable thanks to running water and electricity.

It has a toilet, a bath and a kitchen, and with a bed, dining table including a place setting, rolled towels, a television and odds and ends scattered around, it has quite obviously been a house for someone.

However, there are no laundry facilities.

The bunker costs US$550,000 ($794,865) and has been for sale for six days.

The decommissioned Atlas-F missile complex once housed Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.

The bottom level has 1256 square feet of unfinished space and a 12-metre tunnel that leads to the missile silo.

The silo itself is 174-foot deep and 52-foot in width and encased in thick, reinforced concrete.

“Talk about security! Unlimited potential”, the listing spruiks. Now that is a scary thought.