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To not strip beds in holiday home?

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Pteranodon · 07/08/2015 18:33

Arrived at holiday flat to find notes in both bedrooms requesting we strip the beds on leaving.

AIBU to find this cheeky? There's not so much as a spare loo roll laid on, the place isn't that clean & it's of course eye-wateringly expensive as it's August and by the seaside. (£800! For 2 bedrooms, for a week - and they charged us extra for towels!) Our choice, of course, to go ahead and book, but I didn't think I'd be asked to strip the chuffing beds at that price. AIBU?

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DevonLass70 · 08/08/2015 11:06

Whenever we did self catering, practically the first thing my mother did, was to wash all the crockery, cutlery etc before we used it, by hand, no dishwasher! Wink In fact one year she was told off by the cleaner for putting her out of a job, yup, mum did the cleaning before the cleaner arrived. Grin

Clutterbugsmum · 08/08/2015 12:58

I always stripe the beds, mainly to check that the DC haven't left something in the beds.

LumpySpacedPrincess · 08/08/2015 13:04

I wouldn't. We rent twice a year and have never been asked to strip the beds.

1hamwich4 · 08/08/2015 14:17

cleaners may well be having to clean several properties on one day and just because you check out at 10 and the next person isn't in until 4 doesn't mean that they have 6 hours to clean your property.

I very firmly view that as Not My Problem. Along with whether or not it is the owner's second home.

I've paid to live in the place for a week, the deal includes a clean when I leave, I expect to find it cleaned on arrival and I won't leave it in a complete state, but if it is a holiday let then I am On Holiday, which means I have a holiday from drudgery.

If the set up is that the cleaners only have an hour, and an hour isn't enough, they need to sort that out themselves. Because I have paid for that job to be done. They have set the price, I have paid it, the details are up to them.

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