Here’s a great way to get yourself a free house. Pose as an artist, say you want to create a gallery/meeting space that’s environmentally sound and get your local community to donate all their scrap wood and raw materials that would otherwise end up lying in a skip somewhere.
Now that’s not entirely what German designers [...]

Shoreham Harbour
Last year (October 2007), I heard a rumour that a super-size me development could be sprouting forth from Shoreham Harbour.
This was hardly news to me, a coastal dweller whose daily commute requires travelling past the Harbour along the narrow and congested strip (the A259) between Shoreham and Brighton.
Back in 2003 the kibosh was put [...]

“Evan, EVAN, could I just finish answering the question if that’s ok….”
Housing Minister Caroline Flint was on a hiding to nothing this morning as she tried to avoid questions about the Government’s housing policy and the likelihood of actually building 3m new homes by 2020.
She was, however, given a bit of a mauling by Evan [...]

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 [...]