Rental Rates

Booking Form   

Terms and Conditions of booking

Phone : 01608 682 555

Saturday to Saturday lets are the norm from about April to September and short breaks are only possible in this period if there are gaps close to the time (usually two weeks in advance of the date).  Please check the availability calendar.  Rates and minimum stay are displayed on the rates table. 5 nights are normally the same price as a weeK as I never do one night stays and rarely, two.  I will pencil you in if the period you would like to stay is more than a year ahead and then contact you to confirm approximately a year in advance of your stay - a deposit then will confirm the booking.

HOW TO MAKE A BOOKING Please email me with a request for dates .  I will reply within a few hours (normally, if I am not sleeping or travelling) to give you a quote and answer any questions you may have.  When you indicate that you definitely want to book I will ask you to fill in the booking form (link above) having read the Terms and Conditions of booking and rental.  At this time I will remove the period you require from the instant booking sites but leave the other sites on which the cottage appears open to enquiries. 

I would normally expect the booking form to be submitted within 48 hours and the transfer of the deposit (25% of the rental cost all periods except for Christmas and New Year when the deposit is 33%) to be initiated in order to secure the booking.***  If I don't hear back from you with notice of the initiation of the payment within that time, then I will assume that you are not booking after all and make it available to others.  (I do this because of past experience of  'definite' answers resulting in my holding periods, waiting to hear from people who then disappear, and missing out on other potential bookings!) Your booking will be confirmed on receipt and acceptance of the payment. If your deposit payment is made after the due period has passed, the cottage may have already been let to another.

*** In view of the current situation, my cancellation terms have changed considerably to be much more flexible and are in red at the top of my t and c's. This will apply to all bookings for 2020 to be taken before Christmas week 2020.  Bookings for 2021 will remain the same as regards terms. The flexibility of cancellations relates only to Covid so you are still advised to take out cancellation insurance for other reasons.

Payment of the balance is normally made by BT or UK Cheque 3 months in advance of arrival. Please add £7 for an overseas transfer to the bank as there is a receiving fee. A service such as Transferwise generally gives you a much better rate than the banks.  I have signed up to it myself for my overseas transfers.  See Transferwise for the very simple process of signing up and seeing what rate they offer. If you use my link, they now offer a tiny reduction (it used to be huge) but the good thing is there is no receiving fee at my bank for this. You can use a credit card for a small extra fee to them on Transferwise.  If you want to use a credit card directly, please book on www.houfy.com/1016 as I offer credit card payments there but please talk to me first!

You are advised to take out holiday insurance to guard against unforeseen cancellation as the balance payment is non-refundable once paid. However, I will endeavour to relet the cottage, in which case, up to the full balance is refundable, depending on whether I can let part or full time of the period. The deposit remains non-refundable, except in exceptional circumstances.

N.B. Please check the rates chart and availability chart before enquiring.  I am pretty well always on email but not always available on the phone which is 01 608682555