STORM2K

Jodi Foster starred in the movie Panic Room. It was about a house that had a secret room behind a wall that no one would know was there. The purpose of the room is a hiding place in case someone would break into your house, etc.
You would have a place for your family to hide and be safe. It would have a phone, etc. to contact people of the breakin. I am sure it had other purposes too.

I have never heard of this. Has anyone seen a house or apartment that had one? I have never heard before anyone talking about them.

More and more high end houses seem to have them these days and they seem like a good idea. Why not have somewhere totally safe incase of an emergency?

Some now seem to be centered around rooms that can also withstand high winds so it becomes a hurricane/tornado shelter.

Wow, I have not see them. Thanks

Maybe people just don't tell you for safety reasons.

they're pretty common in bigger cities. we have one in our house here but it's intent here is to be used as a shelter...

I've seen this movie a while back...but have not thought about it. I thought it was like a fictitious kind of room in a house, Didn't realise that a "panic room" actually existed... sounds like a good idea though.

-justin-

Yes, if you were building a house, you could just add an extra room, small like a bathroom but big enough to hold some chairs, etc. You could hide it behind a closet or somewhere.