The Out Come Over the next few posts I’ll tell you the out come of the Fire Inspectors visit to audit our Fire Risk Assessment. If your thinking of opening a guest house or are running one, I ¬†thought I’d let you know the out come of our audit as the Fire Inspector (Late fire [...]
Anyone who runs a Guest House & Hotels hate the word leek. FACT!¬† What ever way you decide to tackle your refurbishment get all the big dirty jobs out off the way first. If you’r just starting of with one or two rooms but the roof needs replacing and a few walls and ceilings need [...]
Opening  Bed and Breakfast Accommodation do the Big Jobs First With money coming in from the guests and me still working ( progressed to running my own business selling potatoes door to door), we decided to take the plunge and start on the next floor where we had another three bed rooms. We looked into obtaining [...]
FACT!¬†¬† If you do a quick inexpensive job on your¬†Guest House to¬†open as quick as you can and make some money, you may find your self doing the same job in the not to distant future. I don’t like admitting it, I’m baring my sole here, I just don’t want anyone to make the same [...]
Do you need a Fire Risk Assessment? On the 26th January a entered a post, http://www.cornerstonesguesthouse.com/blog/how-you-can-make-money-from-your-own-house/guest-standards-for-your-own-house/ saying. “If you’re just having one or two guests don’t be put off when I mention Planning, Building Regs and Fire Officers this will not apply to you if you’re making any alterations”. That was before I had a [...]
All is reviealed in a Guest House in Manchester “Hello” I shout back, she sound’s a little rough this morning, must have cold. I switched on the kettle and went to ask Ms Lewis if she’d like tea or coffee, when I went in the dinning room Ms Lewis was sat in the large bay [...]
What Can Happen I’ve got to tell this story, defiantly a first. Date 03.06.09.¬†¬†Place Cornerstones bed and breakfast manchester. The names of the people have been change to protect¬†the innocent. This particular week we’re fully booked with a group of¬†people over¬†from America, they’ve taken the whole place except for one room which is booked out [...]
Time to Start Work on Your Guest House I mentioned the new Fire Risk Assessments in my last post about running a guest house, just a quickie on the subject of fire regulations, with planning for change of use it’s automatic that the Building Regulations Officer gets involved and consequently Fire Regulations so I will [...]
An open air performance of Shakespeare’s Comedy by the Globe Theatre will brighten up your day, it’s fast and hilarious. Tuesday to Saturday at 7pm; Sunday 3pm. The performance lasts about two an a half hours bring your own seats or a rubber mat for your bum that could double as a large umbrella, yes [...]
Fire Risk Assessment Procedure The Cornerstones Guest House have just had our F.R.A. (Fire Risk Assessment) reviewed by our local fire officer and I though I’d let people know what to expect, the procedure used to produce your own F.R.A., where I went wrong and how it was resolved. With this in mind and because [...]
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