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Difficult to say, I find showers are essential so I'd be really annoyed if there was no hot water. But other may not be so bothered. You could ask them or you could offer a set amount for each day its out of action. Definitly offer them the use of yours though, no matter hor grotty at least they can...

and box of chunky felt tips :shock: Presumably you only market to parents who never take their eyes off their toddlers Weardalebeka! :lol: Well I figure better the washable ones we supply than a box of cheapo staining ones from the local garage. You can't avoid kids having some kind of drawing impl...

I'm afraid I would expect enough soft seats for all bed sleeping (excluding sofa beds)

So if we go for ours it should sleep 5 adults + one child/cot. I'd expect a minimum of 5 soft seats and a dining table that seats 4-6.

Speaking as a parent of a toddler I'd be very put out if you charged for putting the cot up. Mind you I'd wodner why it was an expensive italian jobbie rather than a travel cot! I like to move the cot around too, for naps or if its DH turn to be woken up by the littleun! My baby/toddler friendly lis...

I'm on the mismatched sets brigade. I like a 'set' made up of different toning colours, blues or browns seem to work well. Less stain and greying worry than whites but they work well everywhere. Mind you I tend to decorate with a colour palette for the whole house ie our house is all in shades of bl...

Glad its been useful for me to share it, I do find it the little things that have bugged me in holiday lets. I dont' care if the floor is solid wood or laminate as long as its easy to clean. I do care if there is no washing machine. Likewise although certain furnishings may not be to my taste its fa...

we have to do this all the time! DH snores VERY loudly and with a toddler who sleeps badly as well holidays are a real catch up on sleep chance for me. At home we have seperate bedrooms cos otherwise I'd never get any sleep and we always book enough rooms for us to sleep seperatly in hotels and cott...

well I've just realised we left our sons potty behind in the downstairs loo!

Should I contact them and apologise? I don't want it back cos the expense of postage would be more than the potty I would imagine!

Hi all, I thought it might be useful/interesting/amusing to share my latest experience of a self catering holiday let (as a renter) we tend to visit 1 or 2 a year and for the past 4 years we've been collecting a 'good and bad' list for our own possible future investment. The good: homemade bread, bu...

At 00:54 on Wednesday 27th February an earthquake struck North Lincolnshire / South Yorkshire Many were woken, well before their giro arrived. Several priceless collections of mementoes from , Florida and Spanish Costa’s were damaged. One resident, Donna-Marie Dutton, a 17-year-old mother-of-three ...

We have 10 beds in 5 bedrooms. We have a sofabed and a mezzanine with two convertible futons, so, in theory we can sleep 14! But we never advertise as this. I do occasionally mention it if someone asks, as I think we might consider 11 or 12. If it was a big family, for instance. They're more for ou...

We have heard countless similar stories and now we always say to friends and family other than immediate family, yes of course you can have it, but I am afraid you have to pay because we can't afford to let you have it for nothing. People do not value things they do not have to pay for.[/list] Yes ...

what's the point of a holiday if you have to be in constant contact with work? When we last visited our rental, the wifi allowed us to stay twice as long as we would have ordinarily been able to. My father was able to get some necessary work done and generally stay on top of things, in just a coupl...

If s/he didn't, s/he probably does now! :D I don't for this visit but I'll keep you in mind for next holiday. Its just so frustrating! todays update: emailed another cottage on a farm this time which says it is childfriendly. Well I tried to email them, they have a listing on a site but there is no...

...... a semiblog thread chronicling my attempts to make a booking for a self catering cottage. Janaury 2008, start hunting for holiday cottages in the area. Frustratingly many don't have their own websites and the listings on other sites don't tell me what I want to know. We are taking our toddler ...