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How to Winterise Your Holiday Home

How to Winterise Your Holiday Home

Reading Time: 5 minutes Over winter your holiday home will be unoccupied for long periods and exposed to harsh weather. By implementing a few simple precautions you can avoid unnecessary damage (and costs) to your holiday cottage. Below you will find a range of tips we have put together to prepare and protect your holiday home to ensure it is safe, secure and clean …

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Holiday Cottage Fire Risk Assessment Guide

Holiday Cottage Fire Risk Assessment Guide

Reading Time: 5 minutes As a holiday cottage owner, it’s your responsibility to recognise, remove or reduce fire risks at your accommodation and to ensure your property is safe for guests and visitors. If you’re new to holiday letting and haven’t already completed a fire risk assessment it can be difficult to know where to start. We have created this guide to help you …

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Rise in Holiday Cottage Heating Oil Thefts

Rise in Holiday Cottage Heating Oil Thefts

Reading Time: 3 minutes The sharp increase in domestic heating oil prices has led to a rise in criminal gangs stealing heating oil to cash in on the fuel crisis. Police in Cumbria say there has been an 89% rise in fuel thefts since the beginning of the year. Off-the-grid holiday cottages that rely on heating oil instead of gas or electric heating, many …

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How to Furnish a Holiday Let and Make Your Property Stand Out

How to Furnish a Holiday Let and Make Your Property Stand Out

Reading Time: 19 minutes How your holiday home looks and is designed is undoubtedly always one of the key factors to influence any holidaymaker’s decision to book your property (or not). However, getting the right look for the right target audience isn’t easy – how do you design a holiday home that absolutely everyone will like? The simple answer is that you can’t. But …

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Electrical Safety Advice for Holiday Let Owners

Electrical Safety Advice for Holiday Let Owners

Reading Time: 9 minutes As a holiday let landlord you must keep your property and guests safe, ensuring that all electrical appliances, circuits and fixed installations within the property are safe. Faulty electrics can result in serious injury, death or fire. If you fail to maintain electrical installations and appliances you could be held responsible. According to leading electrical safety experts,   53.4% of …

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Holiday Home Security Tips: How to Beat the Burglars

Holiday Home Security Tips: How to Beat the Burglars

Reading Time: 6 minutes Holiday homes are a prime target Although many of us have a perception that the idyllic rural locations where holiday homes are located are virtually crime-free, this is a mistaken perception that may cost you dear if you don’t take precautions. A break-in is probably one of the most dreaded scenarios imaginable for any holiday cottage owner. Unfortunately, these factors make …

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Coronavirus: Deep Cleaning Tips for Holiday Rentals

Coronavirus: Deep Cleaning Tips for Holiday Rentals

Reading Time: 8 minutes (Updated 9 October) Providing a safe and clean property has always been one of the highest priorities for holiday let owners and managers. It’s now more important than ever to re-evaluate your cleaning procedures and take measures to clean and disinfect your rental to protect yourself and your guests. It’s essential to regain the trust of travellers that you reassure …

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