Ah, well, I suppose Cait doesnât mind staying in a budget guesthouse
Dear Budget Guesthouse Anon,
Whoa, Anon - hold your horses, here. I answered a bit enigmatically @bat-cat-reader Anon's question and you immediately jumped into conclusions. Oh, well....
There is no reason for her to stay in a budget guesthouse, either in LHR or GLA. I think she's competently, lovingly covered, in that respect.
Anyway: shoutout to whoever asked if C still owns the GLA Taj Mahal, because it prompted another session of rabbit hole tripping, which yielded rather surprising results.
Remember how one of the vilest trolls across the street poked fun at me, when I told you the Scottish property was not a home, but an investment?
[Source: https://www.tumblr.com/sgiandubh/770335666632523776/wasnt-the-taj-mahal-supposed-to-be-way-more-than?source=share - posted December 20, 2024]
That property was never a home, because it was not intended to be one. At that time, we knew it was bought in December 2022 with C's money, via one of her companies, 3BCB Ltd - the accounting documents are, to me, reasonably clear in this regard:
[Source: https://www.tumblr.com/sgiandubh/768174050261483520/so-now-tony-is-listed-as-director-at-all-of-caits?source=share - posted November 24, 2024]
A company which nature of business is listed and classified under a SIC code that denotes 'letting or operating of own or leased real estate':
[Source: https://www.tumblr.com/sgiandubh/778137652081917952/tony-is-doing-very-well-with-the-real-estate?source=share - posted March 16, 2025]
Despite all the accounting figures matching and the rest of the evidence above, the dung-flinging continued, on and on and on, to oblivion. At that time, we could not be 100% sure, which is what this inordinately high maintenance fandom usually demands. And off with her head, if unable to immediately provide.
But now, we can be absolutely sure, thanks to Glasgow City Council's transparency policy. Remember, these are public documents - the mining for data accusation is moot, null and void. However, I have hidden some specifics, as always - but left enough visible data to corroborate:
[Source: Supporting Statement -Glasgow City Council's website - posted on December 9, 2025]
The above supporting statement to his application cannot be more clear, even:
In layman's terms - an Airbnb. There are currently no apparent restrictions, in Scotland, concerning the maximum number of days/year the house can operate as such - so, it's all good. But things definitely become very interesting when you read the description of the house itself:
Being a 4 bedroom detached house, it falls in a particular use category, as defined by The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997:
[Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3061/made]
Therefore, only half of the bedrooms can be classified as short term rentals, according to the law, 'at any one time'. and by a maximum of 5 non related residents. According to the current Scottish case law, abundantly quoted by the supporting statement, the ambiguity of such legal provisions seems to allow a wider use by families 'of unlimited size', who could then occupy all four existing bedrooms:
Which begs a simple, yet logical question: supposing this is Tait's (Remember: 'Tait rhymes with Hate', ROFLMAO) forever Scottish home, who in their right mind could ever believe that someone as paranoically private as C would share at least half of it with regular, random renters?
Ergo, it is not and never has been. It was never intended to be anything else than an investment property, of this we can be sure.
The Certificate of Proposed Lawful Use has been granted by the GLA City Council on January 30, 2026:
I have a couple of thoughts, though. You see, on the application form, there is a wee detail that may - or may not - be further discussed:
The support statement we just briefly overviewed must include, according to the official checklist above, ' the name and address of any other person known to the applicant to have an interest in the land and whether any such other person has been notified of the application'.
So: where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego, in all this paperwork?
Not on the application form dutifully completed by McGill's agent.
Not on the support statement, as prescribed above.
And, considering the 3BCB Ltd. company is classified as a potential operator of its 'own or leased real estate' (as seen above), why is it nowhere to be found on those documents?
Only McGill. Ahem. Ok. But perhaps my thoughts go way too far, way too soon, here.
So, all of this strikes me as a bit odd, especially considering - and this is where I answer @bat-cat-reader's Anon - that the Scottish Land Information Service Registry is still listing that particular property as being jointly co-owned by 'Tait', on a 50/50 basis. Literally just checked -and paid for it:
No, I am not showing you anything. House rules apply: anything available for a fee is for the inquirer's eyes only. Period.
What is next, you might ask? Well, now that the planning permission for this particular use has been granted, a civic (short term let) license must be issued by the City of GLA Licensing and Regulatory Committee, in order for the Whachamacallit airbnb to legally operate:
[Source: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/media/5178/Short-Term-Lets-Policy/pdf/Short_Term_Lets_Policy_-_September_2024.pdf?m=1743507322783]
This is a rather tedious affair, that can take up to 9 months and includes an interview that would determine if the applicant is a 'fit and proper person':
[Source: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/6699/Licensing-FAQs]
This is something intriguing enough for me to loosely follow up. I have many thoughts and many questions, but overall little data to draw a definitive conclusion. Still: is it bizarre? Yes, but what isn't, come to think of it, when we're talking aboutThese Two and their Collateral Props, anyways?
