Holiday-let refresh between seasons

Define the refresh before the booking gap

A between-season refresh can range from paint and repairs to a replacement kitchen or bathroom. The useful first decision is which parts of the property need work and which can remain in use. Tell us the available gap between bookings so the proposed scope can be assessed against it. We plan the agreed work and report progress with photographs every week.

• Painting and repairs to worn or damaged areas.
• Bathroom or kitchen replacement where it forms part of the agreed scope.
• Work planned around the booking dates you provide.
• A clean handover for the next guests.

What building work does not decide

This service concerns the physical condition of the accommodation. Tourist-rental registration, permission to operate and any booking-platform requirements are separate from a building-work quote. A refreshed interior does not establish that a property may lawfully be let. Keep the current operating documents available and check the route that applies to the property before changing its use or marketing it on a new basis.

Do not assume the VAT treatment of a private homeowner’s repair applies to a rental business. Tax treatment follows the legal conditions and circumstances of the supply. The quote should identify the proposed treatment; this page gives no blanket reduced-rate promise. The current statutory provision and the tax authority’s guidance are linked in the source list.

Choose the work in a practical order

Start with defects, then the functional changes, then the finishes. Repairing the origin of a leak before decorating avoids treating the visible mark as the whole problem. If a new kitchen or bathroom is included, decide the layout and fittings before relying on a completion programme. A fresh paint scheme is a different scope from moving services or altering walls.

Photographs from the last occupied period can help identify worn surfaces and broken fittings. Separate these observations from changes you would simply prefer. That distinction makes it easier to compare a repair-only option with a wider refurbishment without implying that either will produce a particular rental return.

How it works while you are abroad

Provide the location, access arrangements, available dates and proposed work list. We say what fits the gap and plan the agreed works around it. Weekly photographs let you follow progress remotely. Decisions about scope should be made before work starts; if findings change what is needed, consider the revised work rather than assuming the original gap accommodates everything.

Between lets, property care and maintenance plans can provide separately agreed visits. If your plans have changed from letting to sale, renovate to sell considers repairs and presentation against that different objective. Neither service promises a financial return.

Permission and community checks

Where the agreed work involves building alterations, the route depends on its scope. TRLOTUP articles 232, 233 and 241 distinguish licence and responsible-declaration procedures and their conditions. A service name is not a permission category. In a community of owners, LPH article 7 limits alterations affecting the building or other owners and requires prior notice to the community representative for works within the provision. Check shared elements before authorising the work.

How we price the work

Start with a free estimate, then a fixed-price quote after a site visit. The scope, access and findings inform the quote. Review what is included and what needs a separate decision before accepting it. There are no standard rates on this page: the price follows the property and the agreed work, rather than a figure detached from the inspection.