£29,303...Enough is enough!

WelshKitty85

Oops I’ve not updated for a while. So a brief overview:

Sky increased our broadband prices so we’ve switched to a cheaper deal with BT saving £8.50 a month. Sky haven’t closed our account though so am battling with them at the moment.

EDF didn’t close our account properly when we moved and they messed up our bills. I escalated my complaint and am now expecting a £100 refund (instead of having to pay the extra £140 they were trying to say I owed).

Our chickens have arrived. We were initially getting 6 but increased to 10 at last minute. We’re getting between 5-7 eggs a day at the moment, which is great, especially as egg prices are expected to rise soon.

The accommodation isn’t here yet.

savingholmes

Exciting on the £100 refund instead of bill

Enjoy your chickens.

WelshKitty85

It’s been a busy few months, hence the lack of updates. 

The chickens have settled in well and we’re averaging about 7 eggs a day from 10 chickens. We’re selling enough to cover the cost of feed etc, plus we have eggs left for ourselves. I’m happy with that.

Our holiday let is now up and running and our first guests left today. They’ve left us really good feedback and have promised they’ll be back again before the end of the year. We’ve got no one else booked in now until September though so need to really push the advertising.

I got a bit overwhelmed with everything yesterday. I’ve had 5 days off work but seemed to be busier than if I was in work. I tried to take myself off for a bath but DC1 & DC3 (who’s old enough to know better) were bickering outside the door. So I ended up going to sit in the bottom of the garden (there’s a corner that’s completely overgrown and full of wild flowers and reminds me of a place I frequented as a child. It’s magical, I call it my fairy/dragon forest) with dripping wet hair to calm down. 

Decided today that I need to reset So have gone back to my list method. I made list of 6 (easy) business tasks to do, 2 home and garden, and 3 for my well-being. Business and well-being have been ticked off, but I decided home and garden can wait for another day. In my defence, 1 was gardening and the weather has been dire. The other was to declutter our bedroom & I just didn’t feel like it today

savingholmes

Glad you have had your first paying guests. I imagine demand will be high once advertised. It sounds a tranquil space

Drawingaline

Yey to paying guests!

Honeysucklelou2

Good news about getting the chickens and having guests to stay. 

WelshKitty85

Thank you all.

We’ve got another confirmed booking for the weekend, somebody else who says they want to book but hasn’t paid their deposit, and a few other queries. No bookings yet for the summer holidays so hopefully they’ll fill up closer to the time.

Olio collections are still going well but it makes meal planning difficult because we never know what we’ll be left with. I meant to do a stock take and meal plan today, but got sidetracked with prepping for our next guest. Maybe I can squeeze it in before bed…

savingholmes

Good luck with the new business. 

Nice to have free food. I think I'd find it overwhelming.

savingholmes

Love the photo by the way - saw it in grayscale on my phone the other day so wasn't the same. 

WelshKitty85

Finally having somewhat of a relaxing weekend. I still need to cook dinner later, pick DD up from work, sort uniforms etc. But compared to the last few weeks, it’s pretty chilled.

We’ve now had our third lot of paying guests in our accommodation. The latest were workmen and they’ve asked to return tomorrow (for 4 nights) and possibly again next week. We also have a booking for next weekend, so things are looking promising. I’ve taken my foot off the pedal with the gifts business so that’s been quiet recently and we missed a lot of Father’s Day business. I have been busy baking though and sold £50 worth of goodies this week.

The bank’s looking healthy at the moment. DH sold his car and we’ve replaced it with a cheap run around that DD can learn to drive in. She doesn’t turn 17 until later this year but we’ve land that she can use to start learning the basics to give her a head start. We considered replacing my car for something cheaper too, but it’s so economical and reliable that we’ve decided against it for now. I still have some outstanding finance on it, but with what we’ve got left from selling DH’s car, and my H2S account maturing, we should be able to pay it off in full before the end of the year.