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- Sat Apr 14, 2018 8:11 pm
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Throws and bedspreads
- Replies: 6
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I understand bed runners in hotel rooms - people sit on the bed during the day as usually there isn't anywhere else, and they keep the foot area clean. But in accommodation with a living area they probably won't do that, so a runner is just decorative and a bit superfluous really. As a guest I'd sti...
- Sun Apr 01, 2018 8:38 pm
- Forum: UK & Ireland
- Topic: Re: Tax on holiday lets
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13008
- Wed Mar 28, 2018 8:55 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Waste disposal
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2504
Waste disposal
I need to sort out waste disposal arrangements for my FHL in Devon. The thing is, lettings are very sporadic, and as it's only couples the amount produced is quite small. A small carrier bag each stay is typical. What do other people do? How much is it? And can the recycling stuff still go in with m...
- Tue Mar 13, 2018 7:40 am
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Is it too late to start a holiday cottage business?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4904
Have you considered a camping barn rather than cottages? Previous owner had done that in ours. Minimal conversion costs, just weatherproofing, a shower room (could be composting toilet), kitchen sink and a bit of worktop, concrete floor with some covering, and some form of heating (woodburning stove...
- Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:52 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Is it too late to start a holiday cottage business?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4904
Here is something out of 'Country Life' from June 2014:- The changes mean that if a building had an agricultural use and was constructed before March 20, 2013, and formed part of an agricultural unit at that date, planning permission is not required to convert it into up to three residences as long...
- Mon Mar 12, 2018 4:18 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Is it too late to start a holiday cottage business?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4904
I've never done a conversion, just renovation for residential letting, but even then there were some major expenses that we hadn't anticipated. I imagine that's even more likely with a full conversion. So it depends on how much you have in reserve, and also how much you think the finished let will a...
- Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:38 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Is it too late to start a holiday cottage business?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4904
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 7:26 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: How to even get started?!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3008
- Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:03 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Bedding
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4505
Having ascertained that the cost of laundering duvets (they won't fit in domestic machines) was actually more than the cost of a cheap new duvet, I've opted for the latter. Natural fillings are more likely to trigger allergies anyway. I've got a 10.5 tog which has been fine for winter (a well insula...
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:51 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Bath AND shower cubicle (in same room)?
- Replies: 17
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- Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:31 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Mattisons Cosmopolitan mattress
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2009
- Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:24 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Magic Merlin
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1109
Magic Merlin
I'm not somebody who normally gushes about domestic products, but I just had to thank those people who have mentioned Magic Merlin stain remover (from Out of Eden) in previous posts. I haven't needed it in the holiday cottage yet, but one of the bedroom carpets in our own house that we bought last y...
- Sat Jan 20, 2018 7:41 pm
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: UK properties requesting non UK visitors passport details -
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4807
- Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:10 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Longer holiday let - paperwork?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1367
- Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:26 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Longer holiday let - paperwork?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1367
Longer holiday let - paperwork?
We let our place through Airbnb - it went on in Dec and we had our first guests over Xmas & NY. A neighbour has enquired about her daughter moving in for a while as she is breaking up with her partner & has to move out, but doesn't want to commit to a new long term lease immediately as she m...