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Mon, 20/04/2009 - 13:46
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  • How the Other Half Live...

    Wed, 04/11/2009 - 12:08

    If you've ever complained that your apartment is a shoebox, Eunice Yoon of CNN suggests we consider the plight of Hong Kong resident Chung Lau who lives in a 58 square meter flat with 18 strangers.

    His "cage home" is sectioned into tiny cubicles made of wooden planks and wire mesh packed with all his worldly possessions... hard to believe, considering Hong Kong's exorbitant luxury property market with a record-breaking sale of a $57 million duplex.

  • Better in Blue

    Tue, 13/10/2009 - 16:45

    According to a recent survey, people who live in blue houses get paid more and are generally more successful than their counterparts living in houses painted in any other colour.

    A poll of 3,000 British homeowners also found those with blue exterior walls were also more likely to be in a long term relationship, have children and really close friends as well as taking at least two holidays abroad to exotic locations every year.

    Excuse us while we dash off to do a spot of decorating!

  • History Repeats

    Thu, 17/09/2009 - 11:55
    According to the Associated Press, a Pennsylvania history buff who recreates firearms from historic battles fired a cannonball outside his home only to have it ricochet and accidentally hit his neighbour's house 400 yards away. The cannonball, about two inches in diameter, smashed through a window and wall before landing in a wardrobe. Although remorseful, he has been charged with reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.

  • Hair Lair

    Thu, 17/09/2009 - 11:50
    According to the UK News, a lady in Suffolk has used human hair to construct an extension to her historic home. Locks and tresses discarded from local hairdressers were added to a special lime plaster and used to extend the walls of her 16th century house. She has also stirred in a few of her own hairs and that of her pet dogs for good measure. Gives a whole new meaning to recycling.

  • Every Day Is Play

    Thu, 17/09/2009 - 11:46
    One man is building the fantasy of children worldwide. James May of "Top Gear" fame and a toy fanatic, is constructing a two story house completely out of LEGO bricks. He's using 3 million bricks constructed out of 272 LEGO pieces each which will probably mean there'll be a global shortage of LEGO soon. As an added bonus, the house is located in a beautiful vineyard.

  • Nice Work If You Can Get It

    Thu, 03/09/2009 - 18:10
    Can you really be so busy that you can’t walk a 25 million dollar cheque into the bank? Believe it or not an American real estate agent deposited the cheque via a drive-through teller window. Apparently this was standard procedure for this real estate agent who often conducted large transactions in this way.

  • Down the Gurgler!

    Thu, 03/09/2009 - 18:09

    Ever have the urge to drink your own shower water? It may soon be possible.

    Eco-thinkers have come up with an amazing new way to create drinking water - by putting plants in the bottom of your shower.

    After you have washed in the special eco-shower, the water passes down into a series of physical filters and is treated by plants growing around your feet.

  • Skinny House... Fat Price

    Thu, 03/09/2009 - 18:08

    The skinniest house in New York City is for sale for the fat price of $2.75 million or  $2,777.00 a square foot.

  • The Presidential Patch

    Wed, 26/08/2009 - 10:31

    According to Marian Burros of the New York Times, Michelle Obama will be digging up a patch of the South Lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. And no one, including the president, will escape being conscripted to pull weeds.

  • The House with a Secret

    Wed, 26/08/2009 - 10:24

    Undertaking a spot of renovation can uncover nasty surprises which may even escape detection by a diligent building inspection according to Richard Savill of the London Telegraph.