Hot tubs - Holiday lets - are they worth it?

[Fat hen]

I know Hot tubs are supposed to increase bookings and asking price but are they worth it?

I gather they need testing for legionnaries,etc twice daily to comply with HSG282.
Then there is the weekly empty and cleanse...maybe there is more work with them?

I'd be interested to know how people manage them to reduce the maintenance and testing. Are they worth it?????

 

[Nearly]

The discussions on here have nicknamed them 'sex ponds'.
Do you want to encourage hot tub type people?
No Ta.

 

[steveR]

Dairy chemical by the IBC??

 

[Johnnyboxer]

Dairy chemical by the IBC??

A lot of farmers I know with holiday lets, have put hot tubs in each property

 

[Kidds]

The discussions on here have nicknamed them 'sex ponds'.

Hadn't read that one but like it

 

[B R C]

Not sure I would be bothered about one in this country but they are certainly a plus after a days skiing

 

[SilliamWhale]

I hover over it now and again.

You have to empty the water each time and with lots of shorter style bookings that can be a major ball ache.

Ive been tempted but always decided not to have the hassle. I'm sure I'd get more bookings if I had them but probably wouldnt be able to charge heaps more.

 

[Badshot]

I stayed in a let in Yorkshire.
Fantastic place, wood fired tub with each place, proprietor emptied them every morning, rebuilt the fire so one match had it alight in the evening.
Absolutely brilliant.
Also a sauna, and indoor pool.
Definitely be going there again.

 

[davidroberts30]

I stayed in a let in Yorkshire.
Fantastic place, wood fired tub with each place, proprietor emptied them every morning, rebuilt the fire so one match had it alight in the evening.
Absolutely brilliant.
Also a sauna, and indoor pool.
Definitely be going there again.

High class sex pond

 

[GeorgeK]

High class sex pond

= Romance reservoir? Lurve lagoon?

 

[Fat hen]

I hover over it now and again.

You have to empty the water each time and with lots of shorter style bookings that can be a major ball ache.

Ive been tempted but always decided not to have the hassle. I'm sure I'd get more bookings if I had them but probably wouldnt be able to charge heaps more.

Sykes & HolidayCottages say confidently that they boost occupancy by 20 % ditto for rental price. Its tempting but its extra management thats for sure

 

[Fat hen]

Fantastic place, wood fired tub with each place, proprietor emptied them every morning, rebuilt the fire so one match had it alight in the evening.

Every day! I imagined once per letting. That sounds like a lot of extra management.

 

[Badshot]

Every day! I imagined once per letting. That sounds like a lot of extra management.

Saved the hassle of adding chemicals and testing the water.
A cube of water is cheap compared to some of the chemical required.

 

[PSQ]

= Romance reservoir? Lurve lagoon?

'Human soup'.

 

[Nearly]

= Romance reservoir? Lurve lagoon?

'Human soup'.

Gene Pool?

 

[steveR]

Every day! I imagined once per letting. That sounds like a lot of extra management.

Lot of work and a lot of energy heating that tub from 7C to..... 35C?

Quick Google.. https://bloglocation.com/art/water-heating-calculator-for-time-energy-power

To heat 1 cubic metre from 7Cto 35C

32.56 Kwh (equal to 117208000J / 27906667cal / 32558Wh / 111092 btu)

 

[Nearly]

You'd need to light it at lunchtime and feed it with logs?
Nice if you have a biomass boiler.

 

[farmerm]

Saved the hassle of adding chemicals and testing the water.
A cube of water is cheap compared to some of the chemical required.

A cube of water is also cheap compared to the cost of heating a cube of water

 

[SilliamWhale]

Lot of work and a lot of energy heating that tub from 7C to..... 35C?

Quick Google.. https://bloglocation.com/art/water-heating-calculator-for-time-energy-power

To heat 1 cubic metre from 7Cto 35C

32.56 Kwh (equal to 117208000J / 27906667cal / 32558Wh / 111092 btu)

If I had one I'd fill it from the oil boiler. If you could buy one where you didn't have to change the water every week but had good filtration instead I'd buy one. To be honest its not even logical to clean the water each time

Hotels don't clean their jacuzzis for each customer do they? Is it the law?

Everyone who has one in holiday let seems to hate them.

 

[An Gof]

'Human soup'.

I tend to think of them as Bacterial Soup containers