Once again, time seems to have flown by – and it has been an eventful year! Trips to South Africa last Easter and the Philippines over the 2022 summer months were possible once again and it was great to catch up with my project management work after what felt like too long away.
There have been several changes for the rental agency as Travel Chapter has now taken over from Original Cottages, who took over from Wyke Dorset Cottages…. What this means in practice is that there is less of a local presence and far more onus on me as an owner to manage guests and mishaps… So far so good, but it feels a little less supported than knowing there was a local team ready to help.
A burst pipe under the floor in July tested the system (and me!) to the max. A major shout out to plumber Jamie Mcdonald who worked tirelessly to find and fix the problem, which involved rerouting all the pipework for hot water (yes, all of it) in an amazingly short time period before the next guests arrived. Unfortunately, my beautiful tiled wet room was the main casualty, along with the underfloor heating. I’m hoping that insurance will enable us to restore that room to it’s original state later in the year, but it’s functional for now. I might well ‘do’ the bathroom too!
Many thanks also to some awesome guests who were most understanding and accommodating while the watery drama deprived them of showers and interrupted arrivals.
Here’s to a quieter 2023 summer season!!