Lay My Hat

Since putting out hot tub, our bookings have gone through the roof. This year, we have twelve days still free.... So it's worth it, IMHO. But, I do have a real concern about HSE inspections and what they may mandate. What if, God Forbid, one of our guests does contract something like Legionella? I n...

Ah, well - the tub is some 80m away from the house and our biomass boiler - see www.facebook.com/littlesilvernugget - with only an external tap connected to our borehole supply. The huts we put in will be ~200m from the house, as will their hot tubs. So... hot water must be generated locally. Actual...

A suggestion I was given is a hot pressure washer (electric for the pump and diesel for generating heat) to refill. Still too much work for every changeover, I have guests staying 2-3 days out of season, they leave by 10am and the next set arrive from 4pm for another 2-3 days. A water change and reh...

Hi, do you have any update on this? I'm about to buy three tubs to complement three shepherd's huts that will go on our land and obviously need to make sure we have something that complies. It's likely I will have made my choice and placed an order and had them delivered in September so the timing c...

PS I can't find anywhere the reference to washing at 60C on any website include the HSE (UK). It's a passing comment from my sister in law with whom we're now somewhat distant so I can't ask her; I suspect it's a policy with the pub chain to which she belongs and not any actual legislation. I checke...

Thank you all for your very helpful comments. I will certainly be checking out the 18Kg equine washer! That seems ideal

Hello, just to add I've said 'I know we need to wash at 60C' but in fact that is via someone I know that runs letting rooms over her pub. I can't find anything that says it is an HSE mandate, or some other requirement. Can anyone comment on that, specifically...? I imagine it's do to with control of...

We're hoping to install three shepherd's huts in our orchard, planning permission awaited, and have decided to do our own laundry onsite rather than use a 3rd party linen service. On changeover, we'll want to kick off the washing of existing bed linen, towels, etc. This will mean getting some dedica...

Thanks all for your comments. We prefer the idea of small, extremely luxurious, sleep-2 glamping huts so a railway carriage is something we've thought of and decided not to do. We have in fact thought of planning, drainage, water supply, electricity, fire prevention, internet, access roads, heating ...

I wonder if anyone here has any experiences or information about Shepherds Huts for glamping? We already have a holiday let on our grounds, being an attached annexe to the main house, which is going very well but were thinking of landscaping part of a steep orchard we have next to our house that has...

Thanks again. Zebedee's post reminds me of the JD Power survey of cars - Skoda do really well, because people's expectations aren't as high as they are for, say, Mercedes, and are frequently exceeded. Therefore, they score higher; plus the cars are basically less sexy Volkswagens and Audis and there...

Thanks for all the replies and I don't know why I didn't find those earlier topics. My wife phoned QIT on their 0845 number and spoke at length to their assessor and that's what she was told: what bed to get, the quality of mattress, the hand built nature of the kitchen, and so on. Definitely a surp...

I scanned but didn't find suitable posts on this, which could be my mistake. By dint of circumstance (i.e. I built an annexe on the side of my house for my Mum which is nearly complete, and she then changed her mind about moving in) I am shortly going to step into the world of holiday lets with a 1-...