Bank Vault for use as a gun safe

[vinniec4]

I have a client who, through his recent aquisition of a closed down bank, has come to own a bank vault and over 900 safety deposit boxes that he doesn't have a use for, in fact they are taking up usable space in his building. So now he has a bank vault that he would like to sell, and I feel that it would make an excellent gun safe... Not to mention the awesome asthetic look of having a bank vault to house your firearms in.

Any suggestions as to how I should go about trying to sell this would be helpful. Also, he has over 900 safety deposit boxes which could be used to house smaller firearms individually. I know that there is a market for these items and getting an outragious price for them is not a big deal to him, he really just needs them gone. Any feedback would be helpful. Thanks!

 

[Sam1911]

You should really contact member a1abdj:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=7045094&postcount=3

Any suggestions on what's a fair price?

Removed and restored you'll be looking somewhere between $50,000 and $100,000 (if it's even possible to remove). I believe the owners e-mailed me wanting to sell them at some point.

You're also going to need some extensive construction on your end, as it will probably take a 18" reinforced wall to hold them.

You could go with a lighter version that is much better suited for home use, restored, in the $30,000 range.

 

[CapnMac]

The architectural detailing of a vault is fascinating, and sometimes complicated.

The safe deposit (not safety; they are in a safe, not inherently safer) boxes are usually just fastened to metal racks that hold the stacks of boxes in various arrays of sizes.

Unless you have a location suitable for an entire block of the boxes, the two-key face plates are functionally inseparable. The internal deposit box is generally just simple sheet metal, and only has protective value from being in a vault.

The vault itself, if you were lucky, will be of precast concrete panels, which makes disassembly about the same effort as assembly. If, under the existing wall finish, the vault is precast concrete, or solid-filled concrete block, that could be a different kettle of fish to deal with.

 

[vinniec4]

So essentially the cost to remove the vault may very well outway the revenue generated by it's sale?

What about just the vault door? I have seen some posts about using the door to a bank vault to construct a gunsafe from scratch.

 

[Sam1911]

Well, it could cost more to handle it. Some of these things weigh many tons.

I'd seriously at least ask for a few words of advice.

Here's his site: http://www.zykansafe.com/