Join The Grove Cottages

What incentive does an Agent have in selling you. Of course he is happy to take his cut during the Summer when no proper marketing is needed but Summer is over quickly and what about the rest of the year ?

The business model for the vast majority of Agents is to make money by having more cottages to offer and not by selling the cottages they have for more days per year.

You can check this out by looking at their Availability Calendar when the winter months come around: just see how many cottages they have free for the next or following weekend and you will be shocked.

This simple test immediately puts us way ahead of all other Agents as we keep our cottages sold all year round because we do not take any money in commission until the sales have passed a minimum of £600* in the month, this means we have a real incentive to really sell your cottage.

So if you want your cottage sold all year round, then read on.

Remember that by Law you must rent out a Holiday Cottage for 105 days per year if you want it to be classified as a Holiday Cottage in the UK and be able to claim back expenses and get lower council tax rates, it must also be available for Holiday Cottage rentals 210 days a year.

Holiday Cottage lettings agent

As we are the only Agency that works on a productivity basis, whereby we take no commission until we have made owners £600 in a month*, we can guarantee that any cottage that we agree to take on will achieve very high bookings every month of the year.

Through the Grove Cottages Agency, earnings for owners have been up in the last 12 months in comparison with the previous 12 months and we are keen to have 3 more wonderful character properties to offer our guests.

Due to demand we are especially interested in taking on 2 larger properties sleeping 7 - 10. 

If you have a cottage that you would like to use as a holiday cottage then we can give you lots of help in the best renovation ideas to attract guests and a very good idea of what your revenue will be.

If you are looking for a place to buy then we can help define what you should be looking for to achieve the best return.

If you have a finished cottage and want to maximise sales and you have something very special to offer, then we can get the bookings for you.

All the cottages which have been on offer for the last year have achieved occupancy levels of between 80% and 99% solely through us.

This is way above normal occupancy levels and we want to be able to do this for you as well.

But you have to have something special to offer guests to join our site.

And your property has to be truly outstanding and characterful.

Your specialty may be:-

• A large sleeping capacity.
• Disabled access.
• On the coast.
• By a nature reserve.
• Wilderness location.
• Affordable luxury.
• 5 star luxury.
• Dog friendly.
• Open log fire.
• Romantic.
• Historic Location.
• Eco friendly.
• Quaint.
• Weird.
• Outstanding style.
• Affordable.
• Just great for kids.
• Very unusual.
   

Whatever it is we will showcase it in its featured category.

What we will do for you:-

• We will create a web page for you with as many photos as needed.
• We will create an on-line up to date Availability Calendar which will help swap-sell you if you are when others are full.
• We will create an online booking system for you.
• We will put up some interesting local information specific to your cottage.
• We will feature you on our Suffolk Guide website.
• We will answer all enquiries personally and take bookings personally so that we can be sure that the right people are coming to enjoy your cottage.
• We will advertise you and other top web sites - so no need to web advertise.
• We will market you through the web.
• We will market you through regular e-mail newsletters and offers.
• We will guide you with our recommendations that can bring your Cottage occupancy to the highest possible level.
• We will take all booking deposits.
• Get all the balances.
• Deal with all questions.
• Give Directions and arrival information to guests.
• Pass on details of every booking to you as they come in and settle up all earnings monthly.
• Be your only Agent and not tie you in if you want to leave.

We understand how important it is for you to get your cottage really busy and this partnership will only work if we make a success of your sales.

Remember if you have something special to offer we can help you.

If you would like to add your cottage to this website, please fill this application form and we will contact you shortly.

* The non-commission level of income per month that an owner gets is variable but in this case is based on a standard small cottage for a couple only.
   
   All sales taken in a month are calculated accordingly and the cottage earnings less commission are paid to the owner at the end of the month.
 
   Because of the system we run and the cottages we accept we are able to very accurately predict the owners average monthly earnings.