Product Description

If you're interested in buying a holiday home for your own use and as an investment, this book will provide you with a step-by-step guide. It will show you how to: source the right property for income and capital growth; prepare your property for letting; take your property to market; get the best from agents if you decide to use one; take bookings and deal with cancellations; manage the maintenance and cleaning; receive guests and secure repeat business; and manage the finances and make a profit.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69664 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 220 pages

Review
"Simply the best guide to investing in a second home..."

From the Author
My husband and I first ventured into the holiday let market approximately eighteen months ago when we purchased a harbour side cottage in Cumbria. The search for the property itself, although enjoyable, was at times daunting. We put a lot of hard work into preparing the property and sourcing the right agent to use to market it. As a result we not only have many advanced bookings we also have a visitor's book full of positive comments from very happy holiday makers.

There are however pitfalls to watch out for when buying, preparing and marketing a property to let as a holiday home and this book will help to guide you through these potential hazards and help you to focus on your aim - to make money from your investment and keep your customers happy and wanting to return again and again.

From the Inside Flap
If you're interested in buying a holiday home for your own use and as an investment this book will provide you with a step-by-step guide. It will show you how to:-
Source the right property for income and capital growth
Prepare your property for letting
Take your property to market
Get the best from agents if you decide to use one
Take bookings and deal with cancellations
Manage the maintenance and cleaning
Receive guests and secure repeat business
Manage the finances and make a profit

Allison Lee first ventured into the property market with her husband several years ago.

They have since bought and sold two properties to enable them to be in a position to purchase a harbour side cottage in Cumbria. With many advance bookings and a booming UK holiday market it has been an enjoyable- and rewarding - experience

Customer Reviews

superb info
This book is full of superb info on everything you need to know on a practical level.

Excellent book but beware the tax situation
This is an excellent book with lots of detailed information and helpful advice but the tax information appears to be somewhat out of date. Apparently the holiday let tax situation is due for a substantial change in April 2010, undermining the economics of running a holiday let business and potentially the value of holiday cottages.

Helpful advice
Informative as a starter reference book for anyone contemplating a new holiday let business, a little basic needs more detail. I found the advice helpful and the style very easy to read but more information would have been useful