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- Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:50 am
- Forum: UK & Ireland
- Topic: Buisiness Rates
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5062
I'm just going through this myself, Rotaman. It's making me very nervous indeed...if I get a doubling of valuation (as has happened to some businesses), I'm going to be put out of business. Anyway, there is quite a lot of detail about how they value self catering properties in this document here htt...
- Mon May 16, 2016 5:50 pm
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Changeover company Pickering ,North Yorkshire
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1791
Hi Sapper, Is this for a clean or a meet and greet? Such companies are very thin on the ground in that area I'm afraid...I'm 15 mins south of Pickering and really couldn't find anyone. We ended up using a cleaning company who come in from Thirsk :o If you do find anyone, let me know! Maybe together ...
- Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:12 pm
- Forum: UK & Ireland
- Topic: English country cottages
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6341
Charles, you are right I think. Times are changing. My mother has run a holiday lettings business for years and used to use ECC back in the 1980s! Back then I'm pretty sure 25% was standard. I wish I could say it's my devastating effective negotiating technique but in truth I think you're right, sle...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:03 pm
- Forum: UK & Ireland
- Topic: English country cottages
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6341
I'm just starting with them. They are part of Wyndhams so they also list under the Cottages.com and Cottages4you brands, plus a couple of local brands. They gave me a relatively good deal at 18.5%. Which is still pretty expensive, but so far they have managed to get around 30% of my bookable period ...
- Thu Feb 11, 2016 4:19 pm
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Top Tips for a Successful Holiday Let
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5698
Agreed. This is a great thread. But particularly a standing ovation to French Cricket and Greenbarn: 'know and like your market' has to be a strong starting point. Gwilt, while I am taking dogs and take your point about getting a lot of demand for dog friendly property I don't think you're right abo...
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:44 pm
- Forum: Website reviews
- Topic: Review please
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8120
I think I'm looking at the site while you're updating it! I can see some colour in the background now...and are you experimenting with getting guests to book directly with you? If you're going to do that it's helpful to have somewhere where you outline the terms of booking on the site. Like you, I d...
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:17 pm
- Forum: Website reviews
- Topic: Gone blind now...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7065
Thanks Delilah You're right, of course. What I've got is not up to scratch now. More I think about it, the more I think I definitely need a pro photographer on this project. In the meantime, I'm not ignoring everyone else's fab feedback, I'm just not very quick at figuring out how to make the change...
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:36 am
- Forum: Website reviews
- Topic: Gone blind now...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7065
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:47 am
- Forum: Website reviews
- Topic: Gone blind now...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7065
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:46 am
- Forum: Website reviews
- Topic: Gone blind now...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7065
Ah, well the domain name choice is partly down to what's available, and partly down to a disagreement with my mother, who has only recently passed the house onto me and is convinced that if we publicise its details on the internet it will immediately be ransacked by pirates, or something :? I'm afra...
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:34 am
- Forum: Website reviews
- Topic: Gone blind now...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7065
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:33 am
- Forum: Website reviews
- Topic: Gone blind now...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7065
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:26 am
- Forum: Website reviews
- Topic: Gone blind now...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7065
Oh, and Annedab, you are exactly who I need to speak to re access. The main entrance has one step on the inside of the house. But there are two other entrances (closer to the car park, as it happens) which are flat. However. The downstairs bedroom is not the biggest and has rather a narrow door. Als...
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:23 am
- Forum: Website reviews
- Topic: Gone blind now...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7065
Well its a first draft that has been in gestation for six months before I dared to show it to anyone :oops: Thank you all! So much useful feedback - can I make a list? Typos (Polemi) thank you - I shall get to those. And actually terrible was a deliberate choice. I think I was channelling the Archer...
- Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:30 pm
- Forum: Website reviews
- Topic: Gone blind now...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7065
Gone blind now...
Well not literally, but you know what it's like when you stare at the same thing for hours and can't see blummin obvious? That's the point I've got to with the first draft of the website for our new holiday let. If anyone has 20 minutes to have a look over it and tell me what's missing, what's spelt...