Lay My Hat

"The VMC is quieter" What is VMC? Is this a polite term for the loir?

The towels don't seem to have come off as badly as the sheets and pillow slips this year which turned up yellow after lettings. Maybe sun tan lotion? Always upsets clients when they have their deposit chopped, but the yellow does not come out. For towels, yes I have had white, but I would chose a ni...

I have a siret and I am expected to pay cotisations on the renting of my own home of 22% of my earnings, and then of course impot as well. So how come I do this and others don't? I also have an S1 and so what I am paying buys nothing I don't have. I was told this was what I had to do some years ago ...

Find out what percentage of the course you are entitled to. I work in Formation. I train French execs in the English language, both on line and on immersion courses at my home. The courses are handled differently. Workers in France are entitled to a training "Passport" But how much this is...

Having read this thread, at least as far as property sale prices go, I have to say I have managed to sell my stone property this summer, actually to one of my guests directly, and I am buying another stone property in the neighbourhood, which will suit me better. Happy days, here in north Dordogne.

I phoned URSAAF today and they say that cotisation from gite earnings is 22% of the revenue. Prestations de services commerciales ou artisanales. My friend says her accountant says it should be 12 % Please can anyone tell me where I can find some indication in writing what I should be paying? Thanks.

Thanks for your suggestions. Yes my T&C's say pool only for named guests, house only for named guests etc. Insurance reasons are also mentioned there, along with the local authority regulations. A term of phrase I coined myself. I am planning on the insurance route. I am registered for six peopl...

Thanks Mouse. Yes I take £300 damage deposit, but how much would I charge for a day rate? The three bedroomed gite is let out for £995 per week. It is actually my own home, with quality furnishings and fittings. These things are delicate. I don't want to appear to be being awkward with the guests, b...

Thanks for your response Ecosse. My reason for not wanting babies if the fact that with no high chair or cot, I envisage food all over the place. I have seen people allowing babies to daub everywhere. This is what I mean by not being geared to having babies. I have now been offered a high chair by m...

Thank you all for your prompt replies. The gite has occupation limits in the t&c's and has six people in accommodation for six people. I delivered the information to them as they sat in the garden at night and suggested the neighbouring property could accommodate their friend. I pointed out the ...

One of my bookings through Holidays Direct had said their child was at least two at the time of booking. Although I have sent my own booking form three times, the people have not returned the information about their party. However in a conversation when they wanted me to find extra local accommodati...

What is supposed to happen, and how do you handle it, when the guest has booked for two adults and four children, but then on day two their mate arrived to join them for a freebie? I am managing a place for a friend, and this is happening here tonight. At my own place someone has booked for themselv...

It is loir. They are not on the roof but in the roof space, and kitchen wall according to the guest. I can only access the roof space from the trap door in the bathroom ceiling in the gite. A humane trap would need to be checked daily and the place is let until September. I am just glad the current ...

Thanks Gillian. The eaves are sealed. The place was pointed, and it isn't at all easy to see where the loir could get in from the outside. I read they can get in, along with snakes, through the roof tiles? Roof seems in good state. I like your radio idea. Maybe I will get a tranny. There is a light ...

It seems there are loir in the attic. I broke my femur on July 2 and have been in hospital, until just now, and I am still not able to walk and go to see. The first guests on July 8th complained about the noise. I sent a man twice to check out the position. The guests left disgruntled at their lack ...