Jun 10th 2010 1:00PM
Americans might scoff at the frenzy surrounding the World Cup soccer tournament, but for the rest of the world "the beautiful game" is serious business. So serious, in fact, that one British real estate agency expects the U.K. housing market to see a significant jump in activity immediately following the tournament.... Continue Reading »
May 7th 2010 12:30PM
It was a simple plan: Two fake renters (or should we call them "plants"?) lease a house and the real tenants turn it into a cannabis factory. The owner thought he was renting his home to two young women. Instead, his house and garage was being used to grow over 200 marijuana plants worth thousands. The Workingham Times... Continue Reading »
Nov 16th 2009 5:00PM
Ugly is a relative term. And when you're talking architecture, some critics might bash a building because it's out of scale or context with it's location or it's time in history. A big no-no. But sometimes it's simply not attractive; a bad idea or a Frankenstein-like mix of too many styles. Travel & Leisure compiled... Continue Reading »
Oct 1st 2009 3:30PM
A three-bedroom fisherman's cottage on half an acre of land in Kent, England sounds just about perfect -- if you happen to forget to mention that it sits next to two nuclear power plants. That's what Geering & Colyer, the estate agents who listed the "bungalow" at a modest £247,000 (about $395,000), seemed to... Continue Reading »
