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- Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:09 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Argh - stink bugs!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1768
Re: Argh - stink bugs!
Thanks for your response, CSE, I appreciate it, but unfortunately, sealing up the holes would be impossible. The building is a large, 12 bedroom, 100 year old chalet with wood lambris eveywhere, and, on top of that, the stink bugs are perfectly capable of wriggling in between the numerous window and...
- Sat Jun 10, 2023 10:45 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Argh - stink bugs!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1768
Argh - stink bugs!
Anybody got experience of getting rid of 'punaise de bois' aka stink bugs? They've been gradually increasing in numbers in our gite over the last couple of years but this year, they're impossible! Has anyone any ideas on how to get rid of them? We've tried deterring them with a mix of clove, thyme a...
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:50 am
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Gites connected to main house
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1053
- Sat Mar 07, 2020 11:01 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Do guests ever arrive on time?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6857
Ecosse, that was not the case. Days before we was due we were asked for when we would arrive. We would rather have been non-committal because of things like traffic delays, maybe weather conditions. In the end we gave mid afternoon, just because she insisted on a time. Our arrival was within the ti...
- Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:34 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Do guests ever arrive on time?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6857
- Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:28 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: Disabled access for gites
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3348
A gite taking more than 15 people is classed as an ERP so has to comply. That may officially be the case, however I know of examples here in Haute Savoie where, because the building wasn't suitable in any way for disabled access, the authorities have applied common sense. One particular example whi...
- Sat Nov 16, 2019 10:50 am
- Forum: Scam email enquiries
- Topic: Mark Cooker
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3073
The language and format say scam to me. Any clues in the from and reply email addresses? Nothing obvious... It's a Gmail address and is something like 55'name'1955 so again, not as obvious as most but I'm pretty convinced now that it's a scam. These sort of enquiries, if they're genuine, usually co...
- Fri Nov 15, 2019 6:19 pm
- Forum: Scam email enquiries
- Topic: Mark Cooker
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3073
Mark Cooker
Anyone else received something similar? Despite the good English, I'm suspicious (use of the word, 'establishment', '7 nights' when the dates are a Monday until a Sunday, no introduction as to who he is and, most telling, trying to book an expensive ski package when all we provide is self catering a...
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 4:27 pm
- Forum: The Cafe
- Topic: We've done it!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9193
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 10:23 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Two problems: Cleaning advice please
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8012
- Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:57 am
- Forum: Managing your guests
- Topic: We have a situation
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11512
An alternative reading of the situation: guest arrives, for whatever reason, have changed their mind about their last minute holiday and don't want to stay (argument en route, sick kids, etc.), and either deliberately or perhaps accidentally (it's the final straw) break the lock. Have justified that...
- Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:41 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Advise please B and B related.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2755
- Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:48 am
- Forum: Managing your guests
- Topic: Avoiding Bookings from Deviants
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4690
Even with the link, I'm not sure what you mean, either - do you mean swingers, or prostitution, or something else entirely? Either way, it seems you have the law on your side, how willing are your local law enforcers to act if you were to contact them concerning a let that makes you unconfortable? I...
- Thu Jun 06, 2019 7:24 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Private Water Supply, Drought & Testing !
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1050
I'm not up to speed with legislation regarding private water supplies, but having lived in a number of houses in the Highlands with them, I understand the problem during a drought. What type of source do you have? Is it an underground one with a pump or is it straight off the mountain via a stream? ...
- Mon May 20, 2019 6:55 pm
- Forum: Bookings
- Topic: Does anyone use Eviivo?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5659
Re: Post Truth
Stewart wrote:I suspect the previous contributor (just one post in your puff?) works for them. Could be wrong and don't throw milkshake over me