Property Porn

Okay so been a bit lack on this mainly because there's no interesting properties about. Although we would like to see who might buy the £25 Million house up for sale on Cheyne Walk in Chelsea.

Remember the information is taken from a number of sources and should not be seen as direct fact and the views are of the author's own and should not be taken to seriously.

Crime Pays: Berine Madoff's New York Pad

Where: East 64th border Midtown East/ Upper East Side

Previous Owner: Bernie Madoff

Price: $9.9 Million (About £6M)

Basic Voyeur: 7 Room Duplex Penthouse, High Floor Apartment on the Upper East Side, 3 Bedrooms, Large Terraces in a White Gloved Co-op.

Boyfrapp Views: They say that crime pays, although judging by the living room decor, doesn't always bring good taste, this is the New York, soon to be former, home of everyone favourite Ponzi Scheme operator's Bernard Madoff. Whilst he was downtown blowing people's life saving in the lipstick building in NYC financial district Madoff's wife lived a life luxury in this 3 bed duplex with it large terraces great for relaxing on in those warm New York summer nights. Bernie was even the president of the Co-op board, the strange apartment system, that judges whether your good enought to live there, oh dear! Well now that Bernie's has been bang up for the remainder of his days poor old, of course 100% Innocent wife ;-), who apparently has a bit of reputation in the UES social circles is being kick out in order to pay some of the debts owned. The only major selling point we can see is that it offers good space for UES standards, its on two floors and has those terraces, of course if it was on Fifth or Park Ave it would have a few more millions on the asking price. Anyhoo this is just the tip of the iceberg for Madoff's properties his Palm Beach vacation home is also on the Market for $8.5m whilst another New York state property away from Manhattan is also on the market for a few million. Of course whoever wants to buy this tainted penthouse, will have to prove themselves worthy of the co-op board, the very same co-op that had Bernie as president!

Update.............

Okay we have some property Porn updates for you:

1) A couple of months back we told you about how Madonna's former Los Feliz home, which was the singers LA base for between 1996-2000, being on the market for a cool $9.99m yet had no pool. The house was then owned by lesser known showbiz people including Leela from Futurama, well at the time we said the price was a bit steep! Well it now has had a major price drop and the lovely Wallence Neff 1920's Spanish style home could be yours now for a more reasonable $6.99m (about £4.2m) we told you they should off found some way to put in a pool!

2) Elle Finally Sells in Notting Hill: Everyone knows that the UK property market has been going through a rough time of late. Well a couple of months back we told you that strapy Aussie model Elle McPherson had her stylish Notting Hills townhouse on the market for around £7.5 mil, after originally putting it on for a piss taking £9.5m, well she has finally sold it but for another price cut we heard it went for around the £6million mark know doubt to some rich London based European or American after a taste of the Notting Hill lifestyle.

Uppers & Downers

Uppers


1) Norway

Has the highest standard of living in the world according to the United Nations. Time to pack the fur coat and leave this dump behind.


2) Jewish Superstars

First Sacha Baron Cohen took over the world with Borat and Bruno. Now Barbra Streisand beats Mariah to number one spot in the US.

3) Cagefighing Cross Dressers

The News of the World reports that Jordon's new lover like to put on the suspenders and then a couple of Cagefighter colleagues dish some drag justice on the streets of Swansea. How Butch! If they feel like outsiders they should head to Manchester on a Saturday night.


Downers

1) Champagne

High profile Tory's banned from the Harvey Nic's Champagne tent at the Conference in Manchester. Poor Champagne its hard when friends turn on you


2) Cougar Cash

The Sun reports that Madonna has given toyboy Jesus Luz 1.7 M to buy an pad near the singer new Upper East Side home. If he were a girl and she a man , gold digger and foolish

3) Silvio Berlusconi

The man who divides the Italian Intellectuals from the rest of Italy had been strip of his legal immunity. I don't know you would never have a British PM that could accused of breaking any kind of law.......................................

The Pitfalls of a Single Gay Man?

Last week I wrote an article on how despite all the images and claims about the fantastic living of single life in the city, the reality is that its better to be a two or three or a four than a one. Shortly after came the sad news of the suicide of Kevin McGee better known as the former civil partner of Little Britain's Matt Lucas. Suicide is horrific regardless of who's done it and for what reasons and must be devastating for the loves ones, friend and family of the Vitim. However in a world where equality is forever being fought after the sad truth is that certain social categories are more likely to be vitims of suicide than others.


Gay man, thanks to those who suffered major discrimination and whose campaigning, brought such issues of inequality to the fore, have experience great leaps in equality over last 10 t0 20 years. Most gay man recently asked thought that being gay had no impact on employment chances, at least in the sectors that they wanted to work, whilst in certain areas such as media, fashion etc.........being a gay man was seen as a distinct advantage. The passing of civil partnership's meant that now gay couples could be legally recognised and in most major cities gay man feel free to go about the business without the need to feel they have something to hide. This is not to say that homophobia has completely gone, as that would be foolish, there is still a problem in schools and in certain areas of the country, but its a lot better than it once was. Yet despite this great leap forward gay people are still more likely to face certain problems than heterosexuals. Gay people are still more likely to suffer from mental health issues such as depression and, relating to my previous article gay people, when either very young or as they get older are also more likely to find them alone and isolated not necessary in terms of their careers or even social life, but in terms of the personal .

Yes there are gay couples who have a long term loving relationship throughout the vast majority of their adult lives but in reality this is only the luckily half of the gay world. Gay people are still less likely to find themselves in a life long relationship than straight couples. Gay man are still much more likely to find themselves single throughout their 20's,30's and 40's. There is still a stereotype of the single gay man having fuck and go relationships, which although is not the case for many, there is an element of truth in it and there nothing wrong with this after all if you are young and single what is wrong with having fun, as long as it safe, with other single people. Yet most psychologists would still argue that in reality this is no substitute for a loving relationship and is what, including gays, most people still want. The sad truth is that the gay world now louder and prouder than ever helps creates lonely gay single men. Ian McKellen said in a newspaper article that whilst it was great that gay men now could be open and proud with nothing to hide, and that the growing equality was also great, there were elements of the bad old time he missed, when the gay world was underground there was a comradely about it, everyone working for the common cause of freedom and equality, the down side was that many gay men never became a part of it having to live secret lives. However now the gay community has let equality bring in bad elements, with freedom has come body fascism's, the need for gay guys to have an image of success, the idea that they don't need of have to contribute to a gay community and instead just get on with their own goals and lives and as such more elements of selfishness and bitchiness. The problem with this is that fuck and go relationships of free proud gay men starts to wear thin after a while and instead we have free and proud but still lonely gay men spurned by the gay world's image to look fashionable and to keep face. This leads to hidden loneliness and hidden isolated. Reasons for suicide are always very personal and i have no idea about McGee's circumstances, whatever they were they didn't deserve such a young ending, but loneliness and personal isolation, even in a world of freedom and friends, can still be a killer for the successful, accepted single gay man.

Its Official Single Life Sucks!

Last week one those pointless social researches that gain press exposure by stating an outcome related in way some to modern human life, but that either states the bleeding obvious or something that we all knew or suspected already. This time it was the result that after months of social research Sociologist found that people who had fewer friends and less contacts were on average far more likely to die younger than basically popular people. There were a number of reasons for this from the just fucking depressing: people who spend a lot of time in own company are far more likely to blow their brains out- see farmers- to more social demographic reasons for example less likely to exercise because they don't have anyone to go to the gym with and are more likely to have shitter diets- lets be honest people can't be arse putting the effort in when cooking for one.

Then there is what Sociologist would call Social Capital, now this was often use as one the reasons for class diversions but can also be applied to the popular and the unpopular regardless of class. Popular people have more, unpopular people have less. This is completely organic, people with lots friends, regardless of quality, are more likely to learn little bits of information that can make all the difference over a life time, pointers on simple things such as the best exercise group nearby, good cooking books, even which therapy is good and which is not, and important economic capital i.e the more people you know the more chance one of them could lead to a new and exciting job opportunity etc.........all these little bits of social information can make a big difference to the quality of a life in all respects whether financial, health or quality in terms of going out and having fun. I mean there is an advert for a phone provider at the mo that only gives you a good deal if your popular so HOW MANY FRIENDS YOU HAVE EFFECTS WHAT FUCKING PHONE CONTRACT YOU CAN GET!

Now we're not against the idea of individualism the need not to be in a group I have actively champion the idea of being a lone wolf but lets be honest the lone wolf in cartoons and books always dies first just like humans according to this research. Yes there was Sex and the City which showed how you could be single whilst still having lots of sex and better quality sex, and certainly more variety, and yes there are people, girls in a a particular who jump into any old dull relationship with boring missionary shagging with someone who is steady but boring, but again lets be honest, the single attractive well educated, well cultured and intelligent friends i know are not going out of having the best sex of their lives every weekend. Whilst Tracy Emin says that the only reason why single people don't miss nightly sex is because they forget how good it is. The modern world of Facebook, Myspace and Twitter all have some aspects of a popularity contest about them regardless of what people may say. Finally I once read an psychologist say in an newspaper that if they was an advert to avoid risk of suicide the tag would be 'keep old friend and make new ones'. So lets be honest lone wolfs, sex and the city girls, single life in this modern world sucks!

Uppers & Downers

Uppers

1) Regal Madonna

Looking fabouls and relax on the Letterman show although saying she not a cheese person might be disagreed by some. Also celebrated 11th UK number Album now 3rd on all time list!


2) David Letterman

First the Madonna interview then turns out he been Shagging the staff and gets away with it. What a good PR week


3) Indian Summer

Better late than never


Downers

1) Never mind the Buzzcocks

James Corden should not be allowed on TV! Even Noel Fielding looked laboured. Plus really annoying guests

2) The Sun and News International

Think its still as important as it once was. Also ganging up on poor Gordon like that!

3) Tories in Manchester

private schooled toffs and a socialist city shouldn't mix!