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Hire Terms. |
All terms are quoted in £ sterling per week occupied. As
soon as your Booking is confirmed by the Estate in writing the hire
terms are guaranteed with the exception of 2. Below. |
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V.A.T. |
Hire terms include V.A.T. at the current rate and are subject
to change if the appropriate national V.A.T. rate changes. |
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Provisional Bookings |
Provisional Bookings
will be held for five working days awaiting written Confirmation
and the Deposit from you |
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Deposits. |
A non-returnable Deposit of £50 per week booked is payable
to secure the Booking. |
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Balance of Payment |
Balance of Payment,
which is non-refundable, is payable 28 days before the start of
your holiday. (We offer cancellation insurance at a low cost). |
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Last Minute
Bookings. |
When Bookings are made less than 29 days before the
start of your holiday the Full Rate is payable at the time of
booking. |
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Number of Persons. |
The maximum number of persons allowed to sleep in
each holiday home is shown in the Brochure. This number may not be
exceeded and the Estate reserves the right to terminate hire without
notice and without refund for breach of this condition. |
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Extras. |
Primary space and water heating is free. Secondary space and
water heating is paid for via £1 coin slot meters. |
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Groups. |
Non family groups are charged a refundable Housekeeping
Deposit of £50. |
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Pets. |
Pets by arrangement in
Cottages, Bannerdale and Martindale only. A £20 fee is charged.
Maximum of 2 pets per property. |
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Occupation. |
All holidays start at 4pm on arrival day. If the Estate
is prevented by circumstances beyond its control from making the
holiday home available and cannot provide a suitable alternative all
monies paid by you will be refundable but no further liability can
be accepted. |
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Departure. |
Your holiday home must be vacated by 10.30am on the final
day of hire and must be left in a clean condition. Weekend bookings
finish at 6pm on Sunday |
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Minors. |
Bookings from persons under 21 years cannot be accepted. At
least one occupant must be over 21 years, be the responsible person
and stay throughout the holiday. |
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Unsuitable Hirers. |
The Estate reserves the right
to decline a Booking or refuse to hand over a holiday home to
any person who, in its opinion, is not suited to take charge. In
this case the hire terms paid shall be refunded in full and the
Contract shall be discharged without further liability on either
party. The Estate reserves the right to repossess the holiday
home at any time where damage or nuisance has been caused by the
Hirer or any member of the Hirer’s party or, in the opinion of
the Estate, is likely to be caused by the Hirer or any member of
the Hirer’s party. In such a case the Estate shall not be liable
to make a refund of any portion of the hire terms paid |
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Modifications and Descriptions.
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Every effort is made to ensure that
descriptions contained in the Brochure are correct. In the interest
of continued improvements the Estate reserves the right to alter or
delete furniture, fittings, amenities and facilities without prior
notice. |
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Hirer’s Responsibilities.
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The Hirer is responsible for the holiday
home and its equipment during the period of hire and is expected to
take all reasonable care of it. You are advised to check on arrival
and report any shortcomings, damage or missing items immediately to
the Estate Office. The Hirer must undertake to report and pay for
any damage caused to the holiday home, or for equipment lost,
damaged, broken or stolen during the occupancy of the home.
Unsuitable substitutes are not acceptable. All equipment, utensils
etc must be left in a clean condition at the end of the hire period.
You are expected to "leave as found" |
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Hirer’s Property.
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The Estate does not accept any liability for loss
or damage to personal effects, baggage or vehicles belonging to the
Hirer or any members of the Hirer’s party except in so far as the
loss or damage arises from a substantial defect existing in the
holiday home or its surrounds and which was known or should have
been known to the Estate but for its negligence |
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Disputes.
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Any disputes, difference or question which may arise out
of the Contract or the subject matter thereof may be referred to a
single arbitrator to be agreed upon between the parties (or failing
agreement to be nominated by the President for the time being of the
Law Society on the application of either party in accordance with
the provision of the Arbitrator’s Act 1950 or any statutory
modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force).
The above does not cancel the right of either party to use the less
expensive small claims court procedure |
