About Your Stay

We trust that you enjoy your stay at Hope Cottage.

A few important bits to start with - thank you.

For your safety, to ensure compliance with new Fire regulations & the terms of our insurance we would ask that the following are strictly adhered to:

• No smoking, vaping or E-cigarettes in or around Hope Cottage.
• Under no circumstances are electric cars, vehicles, scooters or their batteries to be charged from Hope Cottage. 
• No naked flames such as candles, tiki lights and tea lights are to be used either inside the cottage or outside in the courtyard.
• No disposable barbecues to be used in the courtyard. See BBQ below.
• Please do not obstruct the shared entrance lobby as access is required by our neighbour and this is an escape route for both properties. 

Electric Vehicle Charging

There are vehicle charging points in South Molton (5miles), High Bickington (5miles) and Barnstaple (9 miles)  

A useful app to assist and as more charging points become available: EV Charging Stations Map | Carwow

Phone and Laptop Charging

For our guests convenience most rooms have USB enabled sockets 

Parking

There is on street parking outside the cottage or in the large Church Square just 75 yards down from the cottage.
Please do not park where the road narrows outside Dinnicombs cottage as this will restrict the flow of local traffic.

Wood Burner/Logs

We provide one free box of logs for the wood burner, together with eco firelighters and kindling. An additional bag of logs are left in the Tap Room during the winter months. Do please read and observe the instruction leaflet on top of the kindling tub. If you need additional firewood, bags of logs may be purchased from most supermarkets and petrol stations. 

Please do not leave the door of the wood burner open once alight as it poses a fire risk and can set off the smoke alarms. 
We ask that you not burn anything other than the logs, firelighters and kindling we provide or seasoned logs from a supermarket.  

There is no need to rake the ash out of the wood burner as they work more efficiently on a bed of ash.

BBQ

A BBQ is provided at our 'away garden' just two minutes walk up Back Lane. BBQ coals, Eco firelighters, lighter fuel and matches can be found in the box to the left of the garden table. There are BBQ tools under the dresser in the kitchen. Please leave the BBQ as you find it and you can dispose of ash (once cooled) in a black plastic bag in the wheelie bin.  Thank you!

Disposal of Rubbish

There are recycling bags under the sink, please use these and the recycling boxes and main bin are in the entrance to the courtyard. The boxes are clearly marked so you can see what goes where. 

Breakages

Accidents happen, so if you break anything during your stay or damage any equipment, kindly let us know before you leave so that we may replace before our next guests arrive.

Tourist Information

There are lots of leaflets on the peg board in the kitchen, see also the 'Things to do' tab above, additionally Sainbury's in South Molton has lots of leaflets.

Alarms

For our guests protection there are ten radio linked/hard wired smoke and heat alarms in Hope Cottage as well as two Carbon monoxide alarms. 
There are also night light safety torches located in the landing and main bedroom. Please do not remove as these have been installed to help you escape in case of fire. 

In Case of Fire

Your exit will be via the front door or the back door from the kitchen. It may also be possible to exit via the window on the first landing. There is a fire blanket to the left of the cooker as well as a fire extinguisher to the right of the sink unit and on the landing beside the main bedroom. Please see detailed instructions in the guest folder in the lounge. 

First Aid/Doctor/Hospital

There is a first aid kit in the cupboard under the sink. If you do unfortunately need to use the kit do please let us know so that we may replace any items used. 
If you need to see a Doctor while you are on holiday the NHS currently recommend you call 111 in the first instance for further information.  
The nearest GP is South Molton Medical Centre - East Street, South Molton, EX36 3BZ
The nearest Accident and Emergency is in Barnstaple - North Devon District Hospital, Raleigh Rd, Barnstaple EX31 4JB

If you need to call an ambulance in an emergency, the Post Code for Hope Cottage is EX37 9QN.