We shall be pleased to discuss any aspect of the cottage and its suitability for your holiday, and describe the cottage and its features to you over the telephone.

Please call us on 01600 860341 within the UK or +44 1600 860341 from overseas.

Inside the cottage, we maintain a visitors guide to the facilities, information about the locality as well as other important information including contact numbers for the local emergency services and hospitals.

We welcome Assistance dogs and the information pack also includes contact details for Vets that we are able to recommend.

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Car Parking

Private off-road car parking

• o Clearly signed “Vanilla Parking” on a Car style number plate – Black letters on a white background
• oSuitable for one family estate (eg VW Passat) or two compact vehicles (eg Nissan Micra)
• oFirm flat asphalt surface
• Steps to the garden adjacent to the car parking
• o 50m from the cottage front door at the foot of the steps to the garden

Access to the Cottage

• Four steps

Edged with flagstones and rough gravel inserts

Hand rail on the right hand side going up the steps and a solid wall on the left hand side

PIR light sensors operate at night to illuminate the steps

• At the top of the steps
• Rough gravel area at the top of the steps approximately 2.2m wide
• Gateway into the Garden
• Metal gate into the garden hinged on the left as going into the garden with a latch on the right hand side.
• Paved path approximately 46 m in length.
• Slight incline from the garden gate to the cottage.
• Path comprises small flagstones
• One step up from the path to the Patio
• White lines painted on the edge of the step
• Height of the step 23cm
• Patio
• Large firm flat flagstones
• Edged with white lines to denote edges
• ·Patio seating
• Metal garden seats with armrests

Seats are of stretched mesh fabric

• Seat backs are angled backwards and cannot be adjusted
• Seats and backs are “firm.”
• Steps to the Cottage
• One further step up from the Patio
• White lines painted on the edge of the step
• Height of the step 15cm
• Step up into the cottage
• Height of the step 25cm

Front Door

• Illuminated by porch light operated by PIR movement sensor
• Door Lock
• Gold finish set against a white front door
• Digital key pad requires keys to be pressed in a sequence
• Located approximately 1.2 m from floor level
• Door opened and closed by turning a knob.

Inside the cottage

• Lights
• Standard rocker type switches
• Operate wall and ceiling mounted lights in all rooms and entrance hall

Door heights

• The lowest door height in the cottage is approximately 1.53m
• Internal doors
• Locks and latches
• Black in colour set against white doors
• Traditional latches which have to be lifted up
• Swivel “toggle” latch in one instance
• Flooring
• Downstairs
• Slate style tiling throughout
• Stairs and Upstairs
• Fitted Carpet

Bathroom (Upstairs)

• Tiled floor with wood-grain effect surface
• Ventilation
• Windows
• Turn handle to operate
• Push to open and pull to shut
• Heating
• Radiators
• Independently controlled using twist thermostatic valve on each radiator.
• Décor and colour contrasting
• Walls and doors throughout the cottage are painted White, except as follows:
• Sitting room
• Medium blue walls
• Seating Dark blue
• Floor Dark grey
• Kitchen
• Kitchen units are white with mottled grey work surfaces
• Kitchen table – black and white checked pattern with white surround

Floor Dark Grey

• Stairwell
• White walls
• Bannister rail
• White
• Blue carpet
• Bathroom
• Green tiled walls
• White bath, basin and toilet
• Light grey floor
• Bedrooms
• Cupboards
• White with wood top surfaces
• Blue carpets
• Single bed
• Black cast iron frame
• King size double bed
• Silver frame and four-poster.

Entrance Hall

• Cupboard off the entrance hall
• Wooden swivel lock
• Door opens outwards into the hall
• Cupboard contains
• Freezer
• Front opening door
• Sliding drawers for food storage
• Cleaning equipment except Dyson which lives upstairs
• Iron and ironing board

Sitting Room

• Sofas and Chairs
• Comfortable easy chairs

Footstool provided

• Entertainment system
• Text service on TV
• Remote controls for TV, Video, DVD and Sky
• Lights
• Ceiling mounted pendant supplemented by wall mounted units
• Mood lighting from two table lamps
• One floor operated uplighter with dimmer control
• Woodburning stove
• Controls
• Slide lever
• Lift up handle
• Knob that needs to be turned to control airflow
• Door opens outwards
• Cupboards
• latches that lift or knobs that have to be pulled to open the doors
• Payphone
• There is a raised dot on the number five button
• Located on a table 75 cm from floor level.

Kitchen

• Kettle

Corded Electric kettle

• Toaster
• Push down “pop-up” style toaster
• Dishwasher
• Push button operation
• Drop down door
• Baskets slide out
• Microwave
• Dial and push button controls
• Hanging from the underside of top wall mounted cupboards above the work surface
• Electric Hob and Oven
• Dial controls
• Pull down door
• Washer / Tumble dryer
• Dials and push button / rocker switch operation
• CD Player
• Remote control
• Cupboards
• Crockery
• Stored in floor-mounted low level cupboards
• Cutlery
• Stored in a slide out drawer located in a floor-mounted low level cupboard

Cooking utensils and glassware located in high level cupboards above the work surfaces

• Cooking knives located in a knife block on the work surface.
• Sink taps
• Swan neck mixer tap with separate hot and cols screw taps
• Lights
• Two ceiling mounted units each with 4 halogen spotlights.
• Dining room chairs
• Hard back chairs without armrests.

Stairs to the bedroom and bathroom

• Stairs- Twisting
• Thirteen steps
• Each approximately 23 cm in height
• Handrail / Bannister rail at the top of the stairs on the left hand side going up.
• Light
• Central light over the stair well
• Controlled from switches at the top landing and the sitting room

Bathroom

• Lights

Central light fitment

• Four halogen spotlights
• Ceiling mounted pull cord operation

Washbasin

• Separate hot and cold screw taps
• Plug on a chain
• Bath
• Height of the bath
• Step down into the bath
• Separate hot and cold screw taps
• Plug on a chain
• Shower screen
• Four panelled folding screen
• Electric Shower
• Ceiling mounted pull cord operation to power the unit
• Press button to activate water flow
• Dials to control rate of flow and temperature of the water
• Showerhead is detachable from the support rail
• When attached the height of the showerhead can be adjusted by sliding it up and down the rail.
• Toilet
• Lever flush

Double bedroom

• Lights
• Two wall units mounted provide main room lighting
• Two bedside lights operated by push switches
• TV and DVD player
• Remote control
• Dressing tables and bedside lights
• Drawers slide out by pulling knobs.

Single bedroom

• Lights
• A wall unit mounted provides main room lighting
• A bedside light operated by push switch
• Bedside cupboard
• Drawers slide open by pulling on knob
• Hairdryer
• Rocker switch operation

Smoke Alarms

• Audible type