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Water temperature is the IDEAL level for legionnaires disease and other serious bacterium. Read the HSE 2017 government regulations on hot tubs and spa pools in holiday lets. It's put me off for life. I'm informed that additional regulations on cleaning are coming in this year. 2 known prosecutions ...

Good luck. Suggest you keep a log of who said what to you at what time.

Your rep sounds as if he's not interested, or does not have any authority to help you. Go to the top - MD or CEO level. They may be unaware of this mess up by their staff. (Often the staff concerned will try to hide mistakes). Squeeze what you can out of them. In my opinion they OWE YOU BIGTIME afte...

And don't forget to factor in cleaning/changeover consumables, plus items for any welcome pack provided. My cleaners leave tea/coffee/sugar/milk and locally made biscuits.

Have your key safe cemented in. Our first one was stolen as it wasn't installed properly.
Good luck. As Zebedee says, try not to worry. Most guests are lovely.

I'm all electric. Annual charge is around £2,500, probably high as I have a mixture of night storage and wall panel heaters, plus immersion heater which I think holiday makers leave on 24/7. Large house, 4 bedrooms, kitchen, 2 lounges, 2 bathrooms, 2 extra WCs. Property is heated (on low) when empty...

Casasantoestevo, thanks for this. The new legislation says you only fall within the "linked travel arrangements" if you . offer your guests an extra service from another source and . your guest pays for it within 24 hours of their original payment to you. I give my guests information on lo...

If you run you FHL as a business according to HMRC criteria, then capital gains tax on selling is currently 10%. I can't comment on comparison of capital gains achieved compared to other property. I have seen discussions that a successful FHL property might sell for an extra 10% of annual turnover c...

As far as I am aware you can holiday let your property on an occasional basis as long as you declare the income on your tax return. It's only once you hit the 15 weeks that HMRC may class you as a business. Up to that point you may not be able to claim expenses etc. Good idea that you are phoning HM...

PS. By the way, business tax relief for FHLs is not guaranteed. It was brought in by George Osbourne and, like any UK tax, is subject to political decisions in the future.

Hi Vic38. In order to qualify your FHL as a business the HMRC rules state (amongst many others) that you have to . make your property available to let for 140 days per year. And . Let it for 105 days per year You will only qualify for business rates if you can prove that you ARE achieving, or have a...

I'm 71 and started 20 years ago. Age is not a problem, but the business is not easy. I only went into holiday letting in order to keep the family holiday home after going through a divorce. It' s a lot of work, with added issues and costs due to being an offsite owner. I make a very small annual pro...

2 days before the start of their holiday I send the lead guest a very short email reminder of the postcode, the key code and house telephone number, plus wishing them all a safe journey. Seems to work, no one has ever got lost - YET!

[quote="casasantoestevo" Sounds extremely slow to me. May you should write a book about it over that time you must have many a story to tell of the ups and downs.[/quote] Or get on a TV show. Lots of them around dealing with setting up businesses abroad or renovating houses. You have the a...

Our Health and Saftey rules specify no candles. We rent mainly to families with children so won't take the risk.