Builders, did someone ever ask you to make a secret lair for them?

I used to do some construction work on schools during the summer.

The principal wanted, in his closet, a door to slide up where he could keep a safe for special school records, and a mini-fridge.

Although it wasn't very big or even that cool, it was the coolest work I was ever involved with in that summer.

Plus, who wouldn't want a mini fridge hidden in their wall?

Electrician here. I've done a few. The coolest was a secret passageway and attached room in a very nice house.

It was hidden by a movable bookshelf on both ends. The guy said he didn't have a specific

reason for building it, he just always thought it would be cool to have a secret passageway

in the house. The other one that stands out was an underground survival bunker accessed through

a hidden door in the back of a garage. It had an additional exit by means of an underground

tunnel that led almost a hundred feet to the bordering forest.

The strangest thing about it was that it was a survival bunker that he had us wire with outlets and lights,

despite there not being any kind of backup or off-the-grid power.

Makes me think that he actually had an alternative purpose for his shelter.

Step one, build this hidden bunker.

Step two, sell the house without telling the buyers.

Step three, live in the bunker stealing their electricity and small amounts of cash and food.

I built a Narnia closet for someone.

Their daughter had one request for the new house. She had a built-in armoire, white and modern-looking with nice shelving units on the right side, and a bigger

opening on the left. However, when you pushed the back of the left, closet side, it opened up

into an actual closet that was about 5 by ten feet on the inside and not too

shabby at all. It was a pretty fun build, albeit somewhat challenging. Friend of the family works as a

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