June 2019

Kim Kardashian’s bodyguard & new generation of celebrity security

Bomb-proof panic rooms, social media surveillance and ‘penetration testing’ — protecting the super-rich requires elite levels of security. Lucy Tobin meets the new generation of bodyguardby Lucy Tobin Click Here For Full Article Hear the word “bodyguard” and you think: beef. A  T-shirt-stretching, granite-muscled hulk of a guy. Mean eyes. Black jacket as uniform as …

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Hollywood’s Newest Home Trend: Safe Rooms

Tom Gaffney, CEO of Gaffco, was interviewed about Safe Rooms for an article in Hollywood Reporterby Ingrid Schmidt View Full Article Here:  http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywoods-newest-home-trend-safe-932749 “Safe rooms have become an important luxury ‘checklist’ item for high-end sales and a more common request in the past five years,” says Peter Maurice, estates director for Rodeo Realty in Beverly …

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A fortress against fear

Article covers increased interest in “Prepping” including safe rooms and bunkers.by Kevin Sullivan Full Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/classic-apps/a-fortress-against-fear/2016/08/27/97a45992-5d60-11e6-8e45-477372e89d78_story.html Don and Jonna Bradway recently cashed out of the stock market and invested in gold and silver. They have stockpiled food and ammunition in the event of a total economic collapse or some other calamity commonly known around here …

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The Latest High-End Real Estate Amenity? The Luxury Safe Room

Tom Gaffney interviewed by Town & Country Magazine about Safe Roomsby Adrienne Gaffney View Full Article: http://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/real-estate/a7282/luxury-safe-rooms/ If recent media reports 
of building plans featuring what looks like a secure bunker on the property of Mark Zuckerberg are true, 
the billionaire won’t be alone. As fear escalates worldwide, foreign royals, cautious executives, and Gwyneth Paltrow …

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Saferoom Sales Boom: Stuart Varney of FOX Business interviews Tom Gaffney

Video / News: Tom Gaffney is interviewed on Varney & Company (FOX News) by Matthew Wisner Video Link, Click Below to see video of Gaffco CEO Tom Gaffney being interview on FOX Business / Varney & Company: http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2016/05/20/bunkers-safe-rooms-going-for-300-400k.html NEW YORK (FOX Business) — With safety and security a persistent concern across the country, some builders …

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Prepping for Doomsday: Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Going Off the Grid

Tom Gaffney was interviewed by Realtor.com related to Safe Rooms & Personal Securityby Clare Trapasso Realtor.com — The apocalypse has become big business. And it’s getting bigger every day. In the ’50s, homeowners fearing Communist attacks built bunkers in their backyards and basements, hung up a few “God Bless Our Bomb Shelter” signs and called …

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Gaffco on ABC News: Inside look at safe rooms or panic rooms and how they can keep you secure

Video / News: Tom Gaffney is interviewed about saferooms by Stacey Sager of ABC Newsby Stacey Sager Check out Gaffco’s recent appearance on ABC News: http://abc7ny.com/home/inside-look-at-panic-rooms-and-how-they-can-keep-you-secure/1213709/ NEW YORK (WABC) — Homeowners across the Tri-state area are creating safe rooms or panic rooms to feel secure. “The heavy duty door and the special lock,” said Alan …

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Gaffco on FOX News: Demand for safe rooms grows

Tom Gaffney of Gaffco is interviewed by FOX News about Saferooms following Sandra Bullock Storyby Jodi Goldberg, FOX News NY Check out Gaffco’s recent appearance on FOX News: http://www.fox5ny.com/news/100298598-story (Please note: FOX News plays a brief commercial before the news feature) NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) – Sandra Bullock — like many other celebrities including …

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Gaffco on Channel 11 News: Concrete bunkers no more

Safe rooms go luxe — and that security will cost youby Joe Mauceri Check out our recent appearance on Channel 11 News: http://pix11.com/2015/05/26/concrete-bunkers-no-more-safe-rooms-go-luxe-and-that-security-will-cost-you/ NEW YORK (PIX11) — Forget outdoor space and a garage.  It seems more and more homeowners are looking for an unusual feature inside New York City homes.  Safe rooms are growing in …

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Gaffco on CBS News: Luxury Lockdown Rooms Hiding In Plain Sight

Tom Gaffney of Gaffco Is Interviewed by CBS Newsby Dana Tyler, Reporting Check out our recent appearance on CBS News: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/10/02/seen-at-11-luxury-lockdown-rooms-hiding-in-plain-sight/ NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — We all want to feel safe at home, but how far should we go to ensure that security? CBS2’s Dana Tyler took a look at a new building trend that …

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Safe rooms, now all dressed up

Foreign buyers demand extreme protection along with privacy by Claire Moses It might not sound like the most appealing amenity, but foreign investors are requesting them: safe rooms. While many people’s image of a safe room — or, as they’re sometimes known due to David Fincher’s eponymous 2002 thriller, “panic rooms” — might be more …

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Still Secret and Secure, Safe Rooms Now Hide in Plain Sight

Tom Gaffney, founder of Gaffco is interviewed by The New York Times about Safe Rooms / Panic Rooms.by Matt A. V. Chaban (N.Y. Region / “The Appraisal” ) While serving as president of the New School, Bob Kerrey, the former United States senator, needed a residence befitting his station. The university moved him into a …

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