Camp fans, rejoice, for I have news that will be music to your ears: the former Von Trapp family residence has been turned into a hotel.
Yes indeed, the one time Austrian home of Maria, The Captain and The Kids is about to throw open its doors so that you too can leap around a gazebo, [...]

Route 1 West in the real Anniesland-
not a pair of mouse ears in sight
Not content with sharing my name with an ingenious piece of eco design, I have just discovered, via a plug by Redrow for their Route 1 West  development, that there exists in Glasgow a district proudly bearing my moniker.
Anniesland - originally the [...]

Part of my job here at FAP Towers is to upload photos onto the FindaProperty.com area guide pages.
Most of the photos are as per the brief: they give you an idea of what it’s like to live in a particular area. So, house styles, local amenities, shops, pubs, green areas, transport links and waterfowl.
Wait, what? [...]

I read recently that Stuart Hill had declared independence for the island of Forvik.
You may remember Stuart. He was dubbed ‘Captain Calamity’ by some, following his disastrous attempt to circumnavigate the UK in little more than a rowing boat with a windsurf sail attached. You think I’m joking? I’m not.
His latest venture is an attempt [...]

Queuing to buy milk for my breakfast the other morning I found myself scanning the headlines and spotted a number of stories bemoaning the plans for fortnightly rubbish collections (again).
Treading my way home between the piles of festering rubbish and black sacks torn to shreds by seagulls I started to wonder why my mouth-and-no-trousers council [...]

Depending on how eco-friendly you really are, the following information could have you nodding your head in resigned agreement or furiously head-butting your swanky new flat screen.
It appears that the self-proclaimed Protectors of the Great British Bin Collection (The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail) have caught a glimpse of a top-secret report by DEFRA that [...]

Internationally famous tycoon Donald Trump and his equally famous side-parting descended upon Scotland this week for an inquiry into his plans to build the ‘world’s greatest golf course’ north of Aberdeen.
Of course, Scotland is widely regarded as being the home of golf but it turns out it’s also the ancestral home of Mr Trump, his [...]

Not content with heating Buckingham Palace with Geothermal energy Mrs Windsor has bought oneself a jolly big windmill, aka a 7.5 Megawatt Wind Turbine.
And not one to do things by halves she’s bought THE BIGGEST WIND TURBINE IN THE WORLD! Go Liz, go!
Appropriately enough, it’s called ‘Britannia’ and will be situated in the sea off [...]

I’ve been a big fan of Tom Waits for many years so I’m delighted to hear that he’s just announced a European tour.
What, I hear you ask, has this got to do with property?
Nothing at all aside from the fact that Waits is the author of the most hilariously macabre song/recitation on weird neighbours that [...]

Ah, the depths we have to sink to in the name of journalism. I found myself scouring a list of dubiously talented females the other day having been told that Location Location Location’s very own Kirstie Allsopp had polled in FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women.
Admittedly, Kirstie had managed to tack herself onto the lower portion of [...]