Wanna Get A Safe

If your building your own home, plan on an area that is sort of not necessary for anything. Like a small area between two rooms. Regardless of where, just make a fake room somewhere. A real wall in back and a fake, movable wall for the front. You see them all the time in movies. Possibly a floor to ceiling book case that can move either side to side or just swing out. In such a situation a safe may not even be necessary since if no one can see it, no one knows it's there, just as safe as a safe and possibly safer. If people see a safe delivered, they suspect massive valuables in the house. If anyone comes over and sees a safe, again, suspect your keeping millions in it. If you have kids, they will tell the world about the big safe.
And to a small fake room, you can add shelves of any size, kind, material you want. Always possible to redo such an area too. AND you save on purchasing a safe. And if you move someday, you save on moving a large, heavy safe.
I've made such a fake wall around my furnace area. I used really small wheels on the bottom so almost impossible to know the wall can be moved. This entire wall slides away from the furnace, hot water heater, small tool room and no one even knows anything is there. Of course in my case I've had a few people ask don't you have a furnace in this house?

I agree with carl, I keep mine in a room underneath my manor. If you go into my study tilt back the head of my William Shakespeare bust , press the little red button, behind you the bookcase will slide open exposing two poles . Slide down the poles into my secret " man " cave. All my worldly possessions and secrets are hidden there ............

Just carl, so let me get this straight, your secret room where your valuables are stored also contains your hot water heater and furnace? Do you have humidity control in there as well? Any worries about a leak in the plumbing potentially getting on your valuables and potentially ruining them? I had some galvanic corrosion cause a pinhole leak in my basement plumbing a few years ago... Have since replaced all the old galvanized pipe.

thank you guys,
your suggestions are all valuable and really helped me

I'm a contractor by trade & I have actually built a couple of areas for customer's safes. One being a hidden room w/ a door, that when closed you would never know it was there. It was a fun project to do. And a lot of thought & planning involved. Feel free to drop me a pm.

chris12018, mdpmedia thank you so much, the ideas you gave me are really brilliant

I too am a general contractor and have been part of many secret rooms and hidden doors.Some for security and some for fun.

The problem here is , don't plan and build a $10,000 safe to secure $5,000 worth of valuables. Secret safes and secret rooms are fine but try telling your wife you are cutting the size of her walk in closet in half , so you can build a secret room for your coins and see what happens.

I have the money and ability to build whatever I want, but find a mid range safe, anchor bolted to a wall, secure enough for any needs I may have. Along with not advertising what valuables I have in the house.

denco7 your idea is great too, thank you :)