David Beckham Information Central

For years this blog has avoided referring to or writing comments about David Beckham.

This has now changed, and while we still do not provide commentary about DB here, we now do have links to the David Beckham Information Central website.

Beck and Call Opens Algarve House Sitting Service

Beck and Call, the Algarve on-demand property owners' support service, has partnered with Algarve House Sitters.

The affiliation of the two services will provide a more comprehensive owner facing facility in the south of Portugal than has previously been available.

Full details of both services are available here - Beck and Call, Algarve House Sitters

Hans Beck of Playmobil Fame Dies Aged 79

Hans Beck, the inventor of the Playmobil range of toys, has died at the age of 79.

His Playmobil toys, designed to fit a child's small hands, initially failed to take off when launched in 1974, but following the purchase of the entire first year's production by a Dutch toy firm and the re-launch the following year, Beck's Playmobil became a resounding success.

More than 2 billion of the units have been produced since then.

Read more here.

House Sale Hits Bum Note For Beck

Beck, with two homes on the market, has cut the asking price of his Malibu home from $2,399,000 to $2,345,000. On a grander scale, he has slashed the asking price on his Hancock Park house from $9,000,000 to a much more modest $7,350,000.

Seems like even musicians are at the mercy of the monetary meltdown. Shame.

Read more here.