Starting A Property Development Project Gifts

'We'll convert it into flats and revitalise the area.'

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'

' A good idea '

The Henderson's move to a vertical city took some getting used to.

A corner market is taken over by suburban sprawl.

"Our detractors call it suburban sprawl, but I prefer thinking of our plan as 'sustainable over-development!'"

There is nothing more satisfying that peeling the film off a brand new building.

"One day, my boy, all this will be retirement homes."

'You always bring me the same thing every year, toys games sports equipment. I never get what I really want!' - 'What's that?' - 'Real estate!'

'What kind of alteration did you have in mind?'

Travellers with a developer: 'I see ski slopes.'

'Unforeseeable future site of Hainesmore Industries.'

"This is a hell of a way to start a magazine."

The Big Book of Suspicious Crawl Spaces

'Son, someday this will all be yours. Or Wal-Mart's. Whoever pays Daddy the most.'

Man is successfully leaping over chasm.

"This is Mr. Harrington, our mortgage nerd."

"We're going to build in Rhinebeck, once Steven finds the right brick."

"It's a mixed-use facility: retail space, low-rent housing, luxury apartments, and an area set aside for making steel."

'I think this is deep enough for the foundations!'

'... Of course it's expensive. It doesn't grow on trees you know!'

'Oh look, the tide is coming in.'

Does your accountant share your enthusiasm for the future...We're fantastically excited about the new project!

"It's nice, but does it have a batcave?"

'I think this is deep enough for the foundations!'

Hard Hat Area/Hard Nosed Area.

Home Sweet Second Home.

"I've just bought five acres of prime oceanfront. Want to help me build on it?"

'The buildings are merging.'

'I can remember when there were only farms around here.'

'Your mortgage is under water...so what's the problem?'

An exaggeration of estate agents

"I'm a real estate developer and I'm just looking over this area."

"Hello, and welcome to 'Homes Under the Hammer. . .'"