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The General Stores, Mill End,Mitcheldean, Royal forest of Dean. (Sleeps 10/15)

House Rates - Full Week - From £750.00 Friday 5.00pm to Friday 10.00am.

Weekends - from £500.00, Friday 5.00pm to Monday 10.0am.

Mid-Week Break - from £450.00, Monday 5.00pm to Friday 10.00am.

All bookings carry a £50.00 non-refundable fee for the use of the hot tub, and a £200.00 refundable deposit fee, against good care of the property, the hot tub and saniflow systems and no excessive noise nuisance to neighbours (fireworks etc). Any damages or mis-use will be photographed and repair receipts retained to verify non-return of part or all of deposit. Apart from changing bed-linen and superficial cleaning, please leave the property as you found it.

For full week bookings, it is essential to have a mid-week check on saniflow systems and hot tub chemical balance - this is both for the health and safety of guests and the hopeful avoidance of the need for deposit retention. Please make an appointment with the property caretaker for a mutually agreeable time during the week.

There are 5 bedrooms - and a children's bunk-room, with beds as follows:

Ground Floor 'Provence' Room - a twin room in cornflower & white, with cerise furnishings. (2)

First Floor 'Butterfly' Room - a white room, with a double & a single (3), which leads off an ante-room with bunk beds (2).

First Floor 'Japanese' Room - a large room, with solid,oak floor boards, sleigh beds, & red & black, japanese style furnishings, with a double & a single (3).

First Floor 'White' Room - a twin room, in white, gold and lilac, rococo style (2).

First Floor 'Chinese' Room - a double & a single, furnished in a soft, chinese style (3).

Linen, Laundry & Provisions:
Toilet roll & cleaning materials and duvets, pillows & quilts, plus extra for the children's beds, are included in the price. Clean bed-linen and one towel per person are included. The house is cleaned before & after you visit, & the bed linen is washed & changed, but please remove any used bed-linen & leave it next to your bedroom door on your departure. Also, the cleaning services included are for general bed linen and laundry, emptying bins and hoovering etc, and do not cover excessive mess, mess of a personal nature in bathrooms and bedrooms, washing up and cleaning of oven and microwave.

Kitchen:
The following basics are included - tea/coffee/sugar/milk & cooking oils/herbs etc. Please replace anything you finish. There are plenty of cookery books including Two Fat Ladies, Carluccio's, Culinaria Spanish and Italian & Marco Pierre White & a fresh herb garden outside, from which you are welcome to use the herbs . There is also plenty of cooking and baking equipment, including a full length fish pan, asparagus steamers, chocolate fondue sets etc. There is a local butcher on the High St, & the Co-op is open until 8.00pm. There is also a fresh fruit and vegetable shop next to the Mews, behind the library.

In The House:
Art work by Bristol artists and photographers, and Il Bordello members - www.ilbordello.co.uk - hangs throughout the house - including Nick Walker (Judge Dread, Eyes Wide Shut), Dan Buzzo, Julian Monoghan, & North Wales' painters Helen Job and Dave Merrils . It is a very creative house, with lots of things you can use, but please respect them. There are books in the bedrooms, including children's books, & board & card games in the sitting room for both adults & children. There are CDs and DVD libraries also.

In the Malt House:
There is table tennis and a scalectric set, and there are plenty of bat and ball type games. The Malt House provides excellent, safe storage for mountain or motor bikes whilst you stay.

Central Heating & Hot Water:
This night storage & is on 24 hours a day through the autumn, winter & spring. The electric fire in the sitting room can be used independently of the central heating system. Because the hot water is also on night storage, we would recommend that you put the hot water tank on boost after each bath. There however are three electric showers .

Hoover and Brushes etc:
These are all in the hall cupboard. Exterior brushes are in the porch. All cleaning materials are under the sink in the kitchen.

Washing Machine:
The washing machine is in the kitchen, and there is a tumble dryer in the japanese room. There is a clothes line outside for fair weather drying, & a couple of clothes horses in the under stairs cupboard. Unfortunately, as the house is 600 years old, the ceilings are too low to hang a clothes pulley. There is a laundry basket & ironing board (& hoover) under the stairs & an iron in the kitchen.

Dustbins:
Bins go early on a Thursday morning. Put bags outside the gate on a Wednesday night. There are boxes by the car-park gate for re-cycling. The re-cycling bins for other times are in the village car park behind the library. Please make sure that you put all your rubbish, bagged up securely, by the back gate. Thank you.

Smoking:
Please only smoke in the kitchen, with the outside door open &/or the extractor fan full on, and the door to the dining room closed. This is for the sake of children, and even smokers appreciate that the house smells smoke free. Please help keep it this way! Thank you.

Music and TV:
There is a TV and DVD player, & a CD/Radio system in the sitting room. There is also a radio in the kitchen. The General Stores is in a village location, and the courtyard garden is very private and not over-looked at all, but for the sake of the neighbours, please don't play music outside.

Al Fresco Seating:
There is seating & a table in the courtyard garden, which gets the sun most of the day in summer. There is also seating in the built-in BBQ area, which has a south facing wall, under the very rare 'bee skip indentations' in the old Malt House Wall. There is also seating in the top garden, which catches the early evening sun, until it sets over the malt-house. Please feel free to water the tubs whilst you are staying, summer or winter.

Courtyard Parking:
There is parking space for 6-8 cars in the parking area. If you park alongside the low outer wall, all cars can park and still go in and out, without having to move other cars. There is always free & safe parking in the quiet lane (New St) at the back of the house. Please park sensibly in the lane & respect local residents, as it is fairly narrow. Thank you.

Dogs:
Dogs are allowed, though not upstairs, & definitely not on furniture. Any fouling or damage to furniture will be charged for. Please also do not leave any dog mess in the garden. There are spare leads & towels in the gazebo porch. The quickest & nearest place to exercise dogs is out of the parking area, & up the lane in a loop repeatedly turning left, along the path round the primary school. There is a public right of way at the top of New St, at the back of the house, & straight up onto the hill with stunning views of the surrounding countryside. Also, if you turn right out of the car-park and cross the road, go through the church yard and turn left, then right, there is a path leading to the swings and playing field, and a woodland hill-top walk.

Kids:
There are plenty of things for children to do, both in the house and within the village. In the house, there are games, books & colouring & art things. In the Malt House there are various ball games. The village has playing fields and a play-ground. The upper garden is ideal for football etc as it is away from windows.

Maps:
There are plenty of local maps & guide books in the kitchen drawer. The village library on the High St, carries a lot of local tourist information.

Library & Wireless Internet Access:
The local library, on the High St, offers temporary visitor’s membership for loan of books & videos, & has free internet access & use of Microsoft Office programmes. There is also a wireless internet hub in the house, with broadband connection.

Arts & Crafts:
Harts Barn is on the edge of the village, & has lots of craft workshops & a cafe. The mohair centre is between Mitcheldean and Longhope, and Ruardean Pottery workshops are on the other side of Mitcheldean, towards Cinderford.

Eating Out:
There are three pubs in the village. The George, immediately at the end of Mill End St, is the safest bet, with a good carvery. There is a Cantonese Restaurant, The Emperor, which also does take-aways, English dishes & chips.

Cinema and Theatre:
The nearest cinema is in Coleford – 8 miles away. The library will probably have details of what is showing.

Shopping:
The nearest town with all the usual small, retailers, is Cinderford – 4 miles away. There are also the small local towns of Coleford and Ross-on-Wye, and slightly further afield, Gloucester & Cheltenham.

REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT:

Please pay your booking fee, in full, in advance & include your £200.00 refundable deposit for any damages or breakages, andyour £50.00 for the hot tub. Your booking is not considered confirmed until you have made full payment.

Please leave the property and it's contents as you found it when you arrived. We have put a lot of time and thought into providing as many things as possible tomake your stay enjoyable. Cleaning and laundry is included (beds, towels, hoovering, emptying bins etc), but we do not expect to have to clean up mess of a personal nature or excessive kitchen or bathroom cleaning etc. Excessive cleaning requirements will be deducted from the deposit at an hourly rate, as will damage to furniture, any necessary maintenance to the hot tub or saniflow systems as a result of misuse, or complaints from neighbours re party noise.

You need to shower before entering the hot tub - apart from personal hygeine issues, sun cream or beauty products can have a negative effect on the ph/chlorine balance of the tub. Please do not enter the tub if under the influence of alcohol, and use plastic beakers rather than glass in the immediate tub area. Finally, please do not increase the temperature above 36 degrees, or stay in the tub for more than 30 minutes at a time, to avoid the risk of hyperthermia. You use the tub at your own risk and discretion, and the owners will not accept any claims relating to it's use. Thank you.

Smoking is permitted in the games barn only - not in the house. Thank you.

If you respect The General Stores and leave it as you found it, your deposit will be returned in full on the Friday two weeks following your visit.

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