Cave Home for Sale in Arkansas, Would You Live In It?

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I'd be temped to. :p More here.

Looking for a new place to live, but tired of the same old, boring four walls and a roof? The so-called ‘World’s most luxurious cave’ has gone on sale, and yeah, it’s a far cry from the cave dwellings of our ancestors.

Located in a remote area of Arkansas, Beckham Creek Cave Lodge was originally built as a bomb shelter, but has been renovated into a luxury hotel. It can accommodate up to 8 guests in a subterranean maze of stalagmites and stalactites, its own waterfall and even a helipad outside for those who need to arrive in a hurry.

Lodge manager Rayne Davidson, who is also the listing broker, spoke to Bored Panda about his passion, he loves sharing the cave with people and seeing their minds just blown when they first enter it. He was there during the renovations to turn it into what it is today. “We nearly gutted it and started over to address some of the water issues we were having,” he explained. “Now, there’s rubberized membranes over the 3 downstairs bedrooms, hidden guttering systems where some of the major water drippage was occurring, and this falls into french drains along the perimeter walls. There’s also a very expensive geothermal unit that takes humidity out of the cave and warms it up a little – it’s still cool, can’t heat it up too much or it condensates.”

“The water for the cave comes from the 1.5 mile interior of the cave and flows into a holding tank which goes through a purification system. What is not used and is overflow, travels under the floor of the lodge and comes out into another holding pool beside the front door, then overflows down the mountain (in the times of heavy rain – it’s a waterfall of sorts) to then be held in the large pond down in the pasture beside the heli-pad. The water in the pond is a beautiful azure blue from all the rich minerals and it’s stocked with fish.”

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No, thank you!

The outside is very attractive but I would live in constant fear that the cave would collapse on top of me.
 

No, thank you!

The outside is very attractive but I would live in constant fear that the cave would collapse on top of me.

My thought as well, was just looking at the side of the mountainous side wall outside on my block and how it's deteriorating from the rains. All those landslides I've seen over the years.

Beautiful, but, no, think I'll have to pass I don't mind dying, but not like that.
 
It's creative, unique, beautiful, etc. but even if I had 2.75 million to buy it I wouldn't.
The typical key words realtors use also resonate with me...Location, Light, and Airy. I wouldn't want to live in Arkansas (landlocked), and I like big windows with natural light, skylights, sunrooms, veranda views, decks, etc. I also like land with fenced yards for pets, and gardens, etc.

A weekend there would be a lot of fun though.
 
No. I need windows, for natural light and to see the outside world. I’d feel claustrophobic in there but it looks like a nice gender neutral cave. ;)
 
Yep in a heartbeat!! I've got friends who live in Cave houses in Spain, and have visited many. They're fabulous!! Cool in the heat of the hot hot summers, and warm in the cool of the winters.

I'm not keen on the no windows in the bedrooms and bathrooms, most only have windows to the front..however they are fabulously quiet and cosy you never hear the neighbours through the walls.., walls as thick as you make them, and very often if you wish to make another room, you just bash it through into the mountain...
 
I am not typically claustrophobic, but just looking at the pictures I felt like I was suffocating. Too, it just looks cold, not warm and inviting. Perhaps that's more the decor than the cave, but it would be hard to decorate it in such a way that it could feel warm and inviting without the decorations clashing badly with the natural elements.

It's a no for me.
 


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