If the camera never lies then Charles Zuill wants to know what has happened to his house and why it it has vanished from a new luxury resort brochure to be replaced by lush, verdant vegetation.

He has his suspicions. It obviously looks more aesthetically pleasing to prospective buyers if there is an uncluttered landscape fringing the brochure?s model image of how the new hotel and residential resort will eventually look.

In the eyes of Mr. Zuill, the image, which is presented as a mock-up aerial photo of the development once it is completed some time in 2006, has taken one liberty too far to complete its predicted utopia, .

A ?now you see it, now you don?t? effect appears to have wiped out Mr. Zuill?s house from the bottom left-hand corner and replaced it with palm trees and colourful bushes.

The developers say the picture, which is a photo of a scaled-down model of the site, is only meant to show the new resort facility and not the adjacent properties.

However, the omission of his house from the latest Newstead Belmont Hills resort brochure has not impressed Mr. Zuill.

?It has crossed my mind that maybe it is wishful thinking on their part, but it may well be a tactic to make their property seem less developed than it actually is, which will really be a gross over-development,? said Mr. Zuill.

He has owned the house since 1984 and before then it was owned by his mother, and her mother before, going back through many generations.

Mr. Zuill said he has not been approached by the developer to sell the house and said it would not be his intention to sell up anyway.

The new development will see the building of a 104-room facility in place of the demolished former Newstead Hotel, with 41 suites and five cottages. There will be 50 guest rooms alongside residential homes. Suites are currently priced between $90,000 and $290,000.

Newstead Belmont Hills managing director Clarence Hofheins said: ?The picture is of our own model. It?s only a representation of the resort property.

?The model shows the spa building above Mr. Zuill?s but we have not included adjacent properties we don?t own. It is only a reflection of the resort property. There is no hidden agenda in it.?

Relations between Mr. Zuill and the developer are not particularly rosy at the moment and the brochure image has not helped matters.

?There have been a series of annoyances, including the general horror of the way they have gone about doing this development,? said Mr. Zuill.

?Recently they knocked down the boundary wall between my property and theirs. In the future there will probably be other annoyances. I understand that the Government has given permission for guests to own cars.

?This could really cause a lot of difficulty, especially as they have designated the Ferry Lane as their primary entrance for cars. This is a very narrow lane and I see potential trouble ahead.?

Mr Hofheins said: ?Any planning issues have all been addressed.?

The scheme has previously stirred up controversy with Harbour Road residents objecting strongly to the development, with particular concerns about sewage disposal, access to Harbour Road and the size and style of the buildings