Holiday homes...

[SnowBells]

Do you have one? Where? Why did you choose to get one?

Thinking about having one in future...

We make money on our holiday home, 5 figures profit a year for 50% occupancy. We built it with holiday makers (families) in mind and it's part of a private beachfront complex with a pool (we have our own pool too). We have a great team that we share with the other 11 villas, they take care of cleaning, maintenance, gardening, pool cleaning, check in and out, security, car hire etc. They are a bit like a concierge service for our guests.

We have 3 double bedrooms and can add a travel cot and folding bed for a child if necessary - this is our limit, we don't let people sleep on the sofa etc. It's in a quiet part of Koh Samui with restaurants within walking distance but you need a car to get to bars / clubs etc so we don't get party people or stag / hen parties. We pay 700 a year to advertise online. It's here in case anyone's interested

Holiday homes overseas can easily work as investments - we just don't get to use ours any more because we are too far away. I wouldn't have a place in the UK though with such a short holiday season and for the reasons hereandthere has mentioned.