Comments on: Gite maintenance http://www.francethisway.com/wp/gite-maintenance/2009/09/ Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Schofields http://www.francethisway.com/wp/gite-maintenance/2009/09/comment-page-1/#comment-15987 Schofields Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:50:22 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1284#comment-15987 Boris, Those sound like ideal guests. I think you are correct in saying that guests often don’t inform of breakages due to the fear of a deduction from the damage deposit. I expect most owners wouldn’t deduct for accidental breakages of small items and would rather know of any breakage before incoming guests complain about missing items. Philip Boris,

Those sound like ideal guests.

I think you are correct in saying that guests often don’t inform of breakages due to the fear of a deduction from the damage deposit. I expect most owners wouldn’t deduct for accidental breakages of small items and would rather know of any breakage before incoming guests complain about missing items.

Philip

]]> By: Johnny Norfolk http://www.francethisway.com/wp/gite-maintenance/2009/09/comment-page-1/#comment-15965 Johnny Norfolk Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:28:15 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1284#comment-15965 Something modern is not always better, It is very desireable to re use things rather than replace. We have just repaired our Norfolk flint wall. many of the old coping stones were crumbling and could not be used. Old replacements the best price to find matched ones was £18 each. No way was i going to pay that so I have replaed the lot with new rounded terracotta type. Sold the good old ones that paid for all the new ones with change. We have re used all the old flints and replaced some of the bricks the new Norfolk Reds. So I have a wall that is old and new and it looks grand.The new flints we used we found by field walking so they were free. Something modern is not always better, It is very desireable to re use things rather than replace. We have just repaired our Norfolk flint wall. many of the old coping stones were crumbling and could not be used. Old replacements the best price to find matched ones was £18 each. No way was i going to pay that so I have replaed the lot with new rounded terracotta type. Sold the good old ones that paid for all the new ones with change. We have re used all the old flints and replaced some of the bricks the new Norfolk Reds. So I have a wall that is old and new and it looks grand.The new flints we used we found by field walking so they were free.

]]> By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/gite-maintenance/2009/09/comment-page-1/#comment-15963 Boris Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:24:02 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1284#comment-15963 The guests who left here yesterday, after I'd written the blog of course, said exactly the same as usual 'We did break one glass'. Unfortunately because of the blog I then burst out laughing, which he seemed to think was a strange reaction... The guests who left here yesterday, after I’d written the blog of course, said exactly the same as usual ‘We did break one glass’.
Unfortunately because of the blog I then burst out laughing, which he seemed to think was a strange reaction…

]]> By: janet http://www.francethisway.com/wp/gite-maintenance/2009/09/comment-page-1/#comment-15962 janet Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:40:21 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1284#comment-15962 I too never realised that slatted beds could be a problem. We do still have some antique beds with flock mattresses in our seven gites, but until I read the comments on your blog, I was determined to replace them with something modern (ie slatted beds). Shan't bother now! We seem to get a lot of people who break just one glass. Funny to think this might be a ritual! Fair brightened my day! I too never realised that slatted beds could be a problem. We do still have some antique beds with flock mattresses in our seven gites, but until I read the comments on your blog, I was determined to replace them with something modern (ie slatted beds). Shan’t bother now!

We seem to get a lot of people who break just one glass. Funny to think this might be a ritual! Fair brightened my day!

]]> By: Johnny Norfolk http://www.francethisway.com/wp/gite-maintenance/2009/09/comment-page-1/#comment-15958 Johnny Norfolk Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:50:51 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1284#comment-15958 Boris It was a treat we stayed 2 nights on our drive back from Italy. i called in on speck and did a deal. Suite for the price of a room. The breakfast in the courtyard next to its medieval tower was fantastic.Oh and we had a private lift to our rooms. We have a different life style now. Boris

It was a treat we stayed 2 nights on our drive back from Italy. i called in on speck and did a deal. Suite for the price of a room.
The breakfast in the courtyard next to its medieval tower was fantastic.Oh and we had a private lift to our rooms.

We have a different life style now.

]]> By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/gite-maintenance/2009/09/comment-page-1/#comment-15953 Boris Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:23:55 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1284#comment-15953 That hotel certainly looks very nice and comfortable! If I hadn't been to Burgundy a few weeks ago I'd almost be tempted. Certainly the hotel I stayed at was rather less, shall we say, fancy... That hotel certainly looks very nice and comfortable! If I hadn’t been to Burgundy a few weeks ago I’d almost be tempted. Certainly the hotel I stayed at was rather less, shall we say, fancy…

]]> By: Johnny Norfolk http://www.francethisway.com/wp/gite-maintenance/2009/09/comment-page-1/#comment-15952 Johnny Norfolk Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:17:28 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1284#comment-15952 Boris I was not saying anything about your properties I was just sharing my general thoughts on how we have found things, and problems we have found. One of the best beds we ever found was at Le Cep in Beaune. It was the widest longest 4 posters we have ever seen. fantastic nights sleep. http://www.hotel-cep-beaune.com/uk/navigation.htm Boris I was not saying anything about your properties I was just sharing my general thoughts on how we have found things, and problems we have found. One of the best beds we ever found was at Le Cep in Beaune. It was the widest longest 4 posters we have ever seen. fantastic nights sleep.

http://www.hotel-cep-beaune.com/uk/navigation.htm

]]> By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/gite-maintenance/2009/09/comment-page-1/#comment-15950 Boris Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:33:54 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1284#comment-15950 Hmmm, I'm not sure I'd say we have 'bad beds' - we have a high rate of people coming back and recommending our properties so something must be OK. But the story wasn't really about our own gites, which I usually try to keep separate from this blog, but more about the acts of people who stay in them! Having said that I will certainly check them out during the autumn and make changes if necessary. Hmmm, I’m not sure I’d say we have ‘bad beds’ – we have a high rate of people coming back and recommending our properties so something must be OK. But the story wasn’t really about our own gites, which I usually try to keep separate from this blog, but more about the acts of people who stay in them!
Having said that I will certainly check them out during the autumn and make changes if necessary.

]]> By: Johnny Norfolk http://www.francethisway.com/wp/gite-maintenance/2009/09/comment-page-1/#comment-15949 Johnny Norfolk Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:39:14 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1284#comment-15949 We can live with a 'bad bed' for 1 night but a week no. We find it is nothing to do with price, some of the best beds are very old with lots of springs in the base. I have never found a slatted bed satisfactory.When we stayed in Austria the slats kept slipping through as your guest probably found. I am sure in france you could find some magnificent old beds. We can live with a ‘bad bed’ for 1 night but a week no.

We find it is nothing to do with price, some of the best beds are very old with lots of springs in the base. I have never found a slatted bed satisfactory.When we stayed in Austria the slats kept slipping through as your guest probably found.
I am sure in france you could find some magnificent old beds.

]]> By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/gite-maintenance/2009/09/comment-page-1/#comment-15945 Boris Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:14:14 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1284#comment-15945 We use the accommodation so that we find out about general problems, non-functioning equipment etc. but we haven't until now actually slept in the properties. I didn't realise slatted beds could be an issue. We have some family coming over at Christmas so we'll make sure they try out all the beds for us, I'm sure they won't be shy about telling us if there's a problem! We use the accommodation so that we find out about general problems, non-functioning equipment etc. but we haven’t until now actually slept in the properties.
I didn’t realise slatted beds could be an issue. We have some family coming over at Christmas so we’ll make sure they try out all the beds for us, I’m sure they won’t be shy about telling us if there’s a problem!

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