Daisy Cottage,
6 The Street, Corpusty,
Norfolk, NR11 6QP
01263587203 (please only use in an emergency for outgoing calls.)
Central Heating and Hot water
The plug is in the cupboard in the bathroom. It will heat up very quickly as long as you have followed the instructions as to what to do when you arrive.
Control the temperature by the thermostat, which is in the Dining area. Adjust each radiator by turning the valves.
Gas Bottles: These are outside, behind the wooden gate in the corner. Hopefully they will not need changing during your stay. You will see a red indicator on the main valve if a cylinder is empty.
Please ring Jenny on 01223 276405 (07974 000379) if you notice that one has run out. She can then order a new one which will get delivered within a few days. The delivery men do not need you to be in when they bring a new bottle.
N.B. If you need to change over a bottle it is very easy. Pull out the plug in the boiler cupboard. Turn off the empty bottle. Turn the dial to the full bottle and open the valve on top of it. Reinstate the plug in the cupboard and it should all work.
Dustbins
These are collected on a Tuesday from where they stand in the drive.
Green Bin: Read the label on top of the bin carefully! This should only have recyclable materials and NOT any Garden Waste.
If you want to recycle papers and bottles separately there are bins at the Village Hall (turn right at the pub). There is also a bottle bank next to the pub. Batteries can be recycled in the SPAR.
Black Bin: This is for normal household rubbish.
Brown bin: Garden rubbish only.
The Stop-Cock
Inside the house this is under the sink unit in the kitchen – on the left-hand side.
The outside stopcock is at the front of the cottage on the right-hand side.
Electricity Main Distribution Board and Incoming Mains
These are in the kitchen, high up on the right by the doorway to the Dining area. This is an overhead mains so there is an incoming circuit breaker.
Appliances:
Instructions for everything are in the back of this file or in a red file in the Dining Room cupboard.
There are small fan heaters around the property.
Hot Water bottles
There is bag of them hanging on the inside of the boiler cupboard door.
Shower
The switch for the boiler is very high up on the left-hand side of the doorway into the bathroom. Press the oval shaped button for the shower to start and stop.
Please ensure that you switch the on/off shower switch (the one in the kitchen) when you leave.
Towel Rail
The switch is in the kitchen, just by the bathroom door, on the lefthand side.
Please switch this off when you leave.
The wood burner
This is a multi-fuel stove and very easy to use.
To light it: Load the fire with small amount of paper, kindling wood and firelighters. Make sure the levers are pushed to the right to start with and then gradually move them to the left as the fire builds up. Empty the cold ash by taking out the tray at the bottom. You can sprinkle the ash onto the flowerbeds if you like.
Wood and coal: There should be a good supply in the garage and woodshed. Both can be purchased from the Spar shop in the unlikely event that you should run out.
Inside the stove: Please don’t remove the little bars inside. They are the very devil to get back properly!
To clean the glass: Use the bottle of Hobrite or Jif to clean off the soot when the glass is cold.
Stairgates
There are two - one at the bottom of the stairs and one in the kitchen doorway.
The TV
The switches are behind the Television. The DVD slot is in the side.
Be patient when you switch the controllers on - It seems to take awhile to warm up!
There should be a blue light on both the screen and the BT box.
Control the sound with the LG controller and the channels with the GRUNDIG controller.
Remember to unplug the TV when you leave.
The Telephone and Wi-Fi box
Please use the telephone as little as possible. It is really there for emergencies and we don’t want to have to send you a bill! Feel free, though, to give the number to people so they can call you.
The number is on the front page of this file and the wi-fi code on the box.
Sofa covers
These are washable at 30degrees and there is a spare set in the pine coffee table box. If you do need to wash them please use NON bio detergent.
Upstairs Loo
Sadly, after three disasters caused by visitors, we have had to close this loo and lock it. It has just become just too expensive to keep repairing the damage.
This is a ‘Sani-loo’. It does make a noise when activated, either by flushing or by water being released from the washbasin. Please think about whether there are neighbours next door or if you want that noise at night. Even just ‘weeing’ will make it flush automatically so be aware!
The macerator in the workings of the loo mince solids and loo paper up so that it can all go down a very small tube. If you put ANYTHING AT ALL in it like sanitary products, nappies or even wipes of any description down the pan it bungs everything up and breaks the machinery. This is very costly to repair and last time cost £430. BEWARE!
If you don’t keep it switched on and then flush the loo it will overflow onto the floor and soak through to the Red Room downstairs - again, expensive to put right.
Just use the downstairs loo instead!
IN THE KITCHEN
The Microwave
Press START and the intervals go up in 30 seconds.
Tea Towels etc
In the basket under the microwave.
The Hob
Please try not to use scratchy pads to clean it. I find that oven spray works really well.
1st Aid Kit
This is in the Kitchen. Some bits are in the Medicine cabinet in the bathroom. Please let me know if anything needs replacing.
The Oven
Self-explanatory really. Be aware that if the power has been off you will need to adjust the oven clock in order to get the oven working. I usually don't worry about the clock and just use the oven dials for temperature control.
The ‘Henry’ vacuum cleaner
This is in the cupboard in the bathroom. Extra bags and other attachments are in the fireplace cupboard in the dining area.
Bedding
A double duvet, pillows, blanket, linen etc for the sofa bed in the Red Room, in the large pine box. There should also be a set of linen and an alternative weight duvet for the King Sized bed in the main bedroom, in a box under the bed.
Thicker/thinner duvets for the twin beds are under the twin beds along with spare sets of bedlinen.
Toys
There is a selection in the Red Room and a few beach things in the garage . Please feel free to take the garage toys to the beach if you want to. Crayons and paper are in the toy boxes as well as lots of toys and games. There is a selection of children’s (and adult) books in the bookcase.
Books and Magazines in the Red Room and the Sitting Room
Please feel free to borrow. If you haven't finished a particular one by the time you leave do take it with you and return it another time.
Washing Machine
Controls are pretty clear. Soap powder etc. in the little cupboard by the bathroom door or under the sink.
Prewash goes in the corner compartment, conditioner in the smallest and main powder in the biggest outside curved compartment.
Iron and Ironing Board
The iron is in the Bathroom boiler cupboard. The ironing board is behind the sofa bed in the Red Room. There is a drying rack, basket and pegs there too.
Washing Line and Pole
The line is by the front door and the hook for it is near the Key safe. The pole is in the woodshed - The key is by the front door.
Travel cot
There is one in a bag under the single beds or in the wardrobe in that room or the main bedroom.
Music:
Feel free to use the guitar, ipod doc and the kitchen radio.
Lawn Mower:
There is an electric mower and a strimmer in the wood shed. PLEASE use the electric circuit breaker and plug by the door into the house. It is really helpful as if you do manage to cut through the cord it means you won't get electrocuted! If the grass looks as though it could do with a cut whilst you are staying please do feel free to give it a haircut - it only takes a few minutes.