Lay My Hat

for myself and husband 11-15 June. Any offers?

Hi, we've just put our very successful one-bed, 5* Gold, Barn - along with our 5 bed farmhouse and 13 acres - on the market. House could lend itself to B & B too. Time for a lifestyle change. Anyone interested, PM me and I'll send you the estate agent's link.

No, don't have a tree house but would love one - picture please?

did mine yesterday - knew if I left it in the drawer it would be there in 57 days and hanging over me like a cloud :-( I do not have certified accounts but have an accountant 'cast an eye over' my accounts before submitting my tax return each year. I enclosed three years worth of accounts and said t...

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Yes, good luck Roz, be interested to hear how it goes.

Having read all your stuff on Sykes, Roz, it makes me even more satisfied with the Hoseasons Group. They too have a booking/cancellation fee but the commission is not much different and the prices charged are!

This is my friends cottage that has also been reclassified as 'no bedroom' as its a mezzanine bedroom. I will ask her if its affected her bookings or if she now has a lower level as she has converted a second one bedroomed barn on site. http://www.english-country-cottages.co.uk/cottages/chywood-farm...

We're (quite happilly with ECC) and I would say only about 10 per cent of our guests come from London and overall, about 20 per cent from the south east so I don't think that's why they can charge higher rates. Our guests come from all over the country. They get us 100 per cent occupancy usually fro...

The cottages look beautiful. We have a barn that we'd like to convert as a second let and have though perhaps it's too small. What are the outer dimensions of yours? We're also with ECC but quite happy with them, they seem to do a good job for us.

My two Easter weeks are now booked - one a while ago and the other this morning. Just end of May bank holiday to book, one week in July and most of August left - it always books late as its only a one-bed, couples only.

In yesterday's Guaridan (or at least, online) in their travel section. May be useful for you?


http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2013/j ... ls-cumbria

Yes, agree with all the yes-es. We have one and it gets used summer and winter even though we have full LPG central heating in our Barn. Lots of positive comments from guests and can save on gas heating bill on cool summer evenings.

Just another view. . . You know I'm with Hoseasons. yes, they irritate me (especially the website problems as they changed over in the past couple of months and the introduction of Reevoo which gives some quite bizarre ratings compared to comments) BUT for me (and that's the only person Ican speak f...

Hi Kendal I haven't worked it out in percentages but last year had 8 weeks of repeat booking, some through our agency some direct to me.However, as you know, ours is a couple only place so I'm not surprised or bothered that its low. While I think families like to go back to the same place again and ...