Today the Wall Street Journal Featured an article of Luxury Homes Tout Underground Tunnels.
“Sacha Blanchet purchased his 1920s-era home in Phoenix partly because of its distinctive 30-foot-long tunnel, which extends from the kitchen down to a wine cellar. The tunnel “was one of the parts I really loved,” says Mr. Blanchet, a 38-year-old real-estate agent at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. “It’s very unique for Arizona—you never see that.”
The Mission-style home was built around 1920, and Mr. Blanchet says he believes the tunnel is hand-dug and original to the house, though he doesn’t know what the early residents used it for. It’s possible they used it to hide alcohol during Prohibition, he says.
A spiral staircase leads to the entrance to the tunnel, which ends at a 300-bottle wine cellar and a small room with a wood-burning fireplace. Another staircase leads outside.
When entertaining, friends are “so amazed because nobody has seen something like that,” Mr. Blanchet says, adding that kids especially “love running through the tunnel.”
Even when tunnels are totally bare bones, homeowners are charmed by them.” Read the rest of the article Click Here
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