The Cornerstones Guest House in Manchester is just one hour away from Bakewell the ancient capital of the Peak District. The concurring Romans claimed the fertile land on the West bank of the river Wyr at a spot where it was fordable, and where there was Romans there was trade and commerce and so the [...]
The Cornerstones Guest House in Sale Manchester is just 15 minutes away from The Palace Theatre; by car or park your car, walk round the corner to the Brooklands Metro Station (just 5 minutes) and it’s just a 5 minute walk to the theatre at the other end of your 12 minute journey. The Palace [...]
A Guest House in Manchester near the old villege of Plumley; just 20 mintues away from Cornerstones Guest House is the old English villege of Plumley. As you leave the Cornerstones turn right on to the Old Roman Chester Road the A56 drive just 14 miles down the road where you’ll arrive in the tranquilly [...]
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 [...]
Guest House, Hotels and Installing an en-suite in bedrooms You will find a video on how to do this but on this occasion it’s the materials that are used to do the job I want you to get right . You could install a fully contained unit so there’s no chance of a leek but [...]
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 [...]
Back to Creating Your Guest House Sorry¬†I was side tract for a few days. If your mate’s a builder, with a few good recommendations to his name and knows what he’s doing, tell him what you want, and let him get on with it, although I would still recommended you engage an architect if the [...]
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