We went down to the static during the week to make a start on getting it ready for renting out and found workmen constructing the decking.
The panels facing the lake will be glass so as not to disrupt the view of it from inside the static.
I replaced the hideous Dimplex room heater with my art deco, chrome, HMV heater. It was a wrench, but it goes well in the room. It needs to be raised off the floor by about 5 inches so as to hide the plug, but I can achieve that with some leftover limestone flooring slabs from our kitchen from when we built the house - I still have acres of it.
Despite Hay insisting we don't use pristine, white bedding (for practical reasons), what we eventually compromised on works quite well, but not as well as white.
The twin beds are a nightmare in terms of changing the bedding, being jammed against the bulkheads. We considered taking them out and replacing them with a double, just to make access easier for change-over, but perhaps not when you consider it might be inhabited by kids.
The living room TV we took down is far too small (we're not particularly enamoured with large TVs, but many people are), so we upgraded the master bedroom and twin bedroom TVs with some judicious musical chairs and will get a 43 inch living room TV.
The Three 4G router (below) has been received and I've tested it at home; it works, but the speed ain't that great as our house isn't in a particularly good reception area for the Three network, but the caravan is. Next time I go down there I can connect the Smart TVs and get the entertainment working throughout the caravan.
A couple of workmen arrived while we were there to attempt to fix the jemmied patio doors, but declared them well and truly broken. A new pair are already on order, but God knows when they will arrive. We were given a gratis bottle of Calor gas as compensation by the park management company. Only about 80 quid, but a gesture.
Still plenty to do before we can put it on the rental market- the artwork still needs commissioning for a start and we still need to select some objets d'art from the house to adorn the space, although there aren't many places where you can put nick-nacks in such a confined space such as a caravan.
Does anyone have a recommendation for the fixings to use for hanging heavy mirrors in caravans? I'm thinking of using the fixings that splay out on the other side of the wall when screwed in, but caravans are tricky things with flimsy walls.
I ordered this half price rug I spotted.
Way over the top, but ideal for giving the living room a bit of bling. Surprisingly, Hay liked it, but doesn't know I have ordered it. You simply have to provide some Dictators' Homes style.
We've even supplied it with the latest must-have vacuum cleaner from Lupe, although it's doubtful anyone staying there is going to bother to vacuum the place, unless there's a disaster.
My mate's parents will be the first people to rent it at mates' rates, before the patio doors are fixed, in order to rip it apart from a commercial perspective. We're aiming for the £220 a night segment (£1,540 a week - high season), so it has to be the highest spec. Over deliver and under promise will be the order of the day from start-up, as it's impossible to recover from initial bad reviews.
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Butterfly fastenings are best for thin wall boards. Sometimes it’s better to secure a vertical timber baton of about 10mm thickness first and then hand the mirror/ picture.from that.
Just what I thought, Roger, although I was going to hang the batton horizontally. Vertically is a good idea.
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