1. Placing a booking implies acceptance of all of the following terms and conditions: -

2. Bookings between the owner and the guests are valid after
a. A booking form has been completed, signed and received by the owners.
b. The appropriate deposit has been paid to the owners.
c. The booking has been confirmed in writing. Telephone reservations will only be held for a maximum of 7 days. The owners reserve the right to cancel the reservation thereafter unless a completed booking form and deposit have been received.

3. The guest may not sublet nor assign the property or share the property with persons other than those on the booking form or otherwise agreed with the owners.

4. A booking deposit of £100 per week is paid at the time of booking. The balance is payable not less then 8 weeks prior to the rental period, except where the booking instruction are received within 8 weeks of rental period, when payment, in full, must be made with the application. If the balance is not paid by due date then the owners reserve the right to cancel the booking. In this event the deposit will not be refunded.

5. In the event of a cheque not being honoured by the bank we will make a charge of £30 to cover charges.

6. Cancellations must be in writing. In the event of cancellation we reserve the right to apply the following charges.
a. Cancellation 10 weeks or more prior to rental period, loss of deposit
b. Cancellation 4-9 weeks prior to rental period 50% of total cost
c. Cancellation less than 4 weeks 100% of total cost

7. The owners reserve the right to instruct renters to vacate the villa (without refund) for serious breaches of rental conditions.

8. Rental period commences at 4 pm local time on the day of arrival, and the property should be vacated by 11am on the day of departure. Failure to vacate the property by this time may result in additional charges.

9. Guests are responsible for the property and are expected to take reasonable care of it. All damages and breakages due to misuse are the legal responsibility of the guest and the security deposit will be charged. The security deposit will be refunded following a satisfactory report from the management company.

10. Should the guest consider any reason for complaint whilst staying at the property they should first approach the management company. If the guest wishes to pursue the matter with the owners, the complaint should be submitted in writing within 7 days of returning home.

11. Neither the owners, management company or employee action on the owners behalf, can accept responsibility for any loss or damage to your property, or for death, or any injury sustained by any member of the party, however caused.

12. Parents or other responsible adults must at all times supervise children when using the swimming pool. All persons use the pool and surrounding area entirely at their own risk. Diving is not permitted.

13. The pool alarms must be kept on at all times. It is an offence under Florida law to disable these alarms.

14. If you have requested pool heat, the temperature is subject to local weather conditions etc, the pool cover provided must be used to retain heat when not in use, and this is the responsibility of the guest.

15. In the event of pool heater breakdown, or other circumstances beyond our control, we (or our agent) will do their utmost to rectify the problem as soon as possible. In such an event liability will be limited to refunding the pool heat payment for the number of days the heater was out of order provided the management company was informed immediately. No other compensation shall be paid.

16. Guest shall not interfere with the pool valves, timer, or other controls outside of the screened area. Guests will be charged for damage caused by unauthorised tampering.

17. All doors and windows shall be closed and secured whenever the guests are not in the property. Also the Brinks Alarm system should be activated when guests are not in the property.

18. Smoking is not permitted inside of the home due to local hotel licensing laws.

19. Pets/animals are not allowed.

20. The owners or agents will not be liable for loss, delay or cancellation due to industrial disputes, riots, the threat of hostilities, political unrest, acts or terrorism, natural disasters, aircraft grounding, closure of airports or ports, weather conditions or any other event beyond the owner’s or management company’s control.