What we provide
When it comes to making sure you have everything you need for a comfortable and convenient stay, we’ve left no stone unturned.
All our houses are meticulously cleaned and we check all the equipment between each set of guests, so that we know everything is perfect for your stay. If there is anything amiss, or if there are any breakages/damages during your stay, please email photos immediately. Any damages we discover and have to repair on changeover day will be taken from your deposit.
- Persian oak dining table that seats 12
- Additional round table plus 4 more chairs that can extend dining area to seat 16
- 2x dishwashers
- Fridge freezer
- Wine fridge
- Microwave
- Aga dual Control 3-door, 2 hotplate oven
- Standard electric fan oven
- 4 ring induction hob
- Comprehensive set of cooking equipment including pans, knives and gadgets
- Serving dishes, glasses, plates and cutlery for a multi-course meal for 16 (at Barford we supply 20 of everything: dinner plates, side plates, dessert plates, small bowls, lipped pasta bowls, large and small knives, forks, spoons, tea spoons, large wine glasses, small wine glasses, champagne flutes, water glasses, tumblers)
- A cocktail shaker and a box of Martini glasses
- A set of plastic champagne flutes and plastic tumblers for use in the hot tub.
- Nespresso coffee machine plus plenty of French press Bodum cafetieres
- Magimix and hand/stick blender
- Outdoor Corten oxidised woodburner with pizza oven above (pizza shovel is kept in the larder cupboard)
- ½ barrel BBQ, BBQ tool set and scrubbing brush. A specialist BBQ cleaning kit is in the outdoor kitchen; please leave the BBQ as clean as you find it. AND REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR OWN CHARCOAL
- Herbs growing in the garden - please help yourselves!
- Consumables – we provide cling film, foil, baking paper, a few black bin liners, tea towels, a hand towel, washing-up liquid, a few dishwasher tablets, dish cloths, a sponge, washing-up brush, and salt and pepper in mills, plus a small amount of tea, filter coffee, a few coffee pods and sugar, to get you off on the right foot.
NB: we do not allow any open flames in the house, such as candles. However, we do provide a set of sm, med, lg LED candles for you.
- All beds have 400 thread count Egyptian cotton bedding with feather duvets and two down surround pillows per guest.
- Each guest is provided with a generous waffle bathrobe, a large bath sheet, a hand towel and an orange swim towel for the beach or pool; please do not take white towels to the beach or the hot tub.
- Amphora Aromatics x Tregulland & Co. Rosemary, Sage & Burdock shampoo, conditioner and hand soap supplied in every bathroom.
- Each bedroom has a light-up magnifying mirror
- Each bedroom has a 2000v hairdryer.
If you book for more than 10 days we can offer a complimentary clean and linen change on a mutually convenient day, if requested.
The house is set up for 12 people in 6 double rooms, the additional full size single beds (2 bunkbeds and a double high level mezzanine bed can be made up on request for an additional charge - £110 per bed for short stay and £175 for 7 night breaks.)
- Thankfully, we’ve moved on from the previous, archaic phone line connection and have now installed a fully-functioning connection, thanks to clever line-of-sight technology.
- However, the only way we could get this to operate is ‘café style’, requiring you to sign in each day.
- Pleasingly, our new system should be ample for everyone, with mbps speeds good for movies and online meetings; but maybe not for everyone at once (although, our film streaming system uses a different wifi, so it’s always perfect).
- The Wifi password is displayed in the house and is also in the leather bound guest info booklet, copies of which can be found in the sitting room and kitchen
- If you have any questions about our wifi, please email us
- Phone signal in the house is virtually non-existent due to its clever silvery super insulation, you can usually get a signal in the atrium
- The Kitchen has a portable music player with CD and radio player, bluetooth and AV-In jack.
- The Sitting Room includes a 47" HD LCD Smart TV with Freesat HD and allows access to your streaming services accounts like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
- Widemouth, the master bedroom, has its own Smart TV, with access to Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, etc.
- The Cinema Room has a projector, TV and Apple TV box, which allows access to free channels and streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime, etc.
- We have a USB and HDMI port on the front of the Denon amp, which is connected to the cinema equipment; you can connect your own devices as you wish.
- We provide a HDMI cable which you are welcome to use. We ask that guests do not pull any of the equipment out from the amp.
- There’s an Apple TV box for accessing smart features.
- Washing machine, tumble dryer
- Ceiling mounted iron pulley maid clothes airer and floor standing concertina clothes airer
- Iron & ironing board
- Recycling facilities (no food waste - sorry)
- Mop, bucket, broom, dustpan and brush and Henry hoover.
- A Chubb combination safe big enough to hold standard laptops.
- Plenty of doggy bowls.
Please note:
We have 3-pin plug socket on the drive behind the hedge for charging electric cars, please bring your own lead.
- Outside children's playboat.
- Access to private beach.
- A small selection of children's toys, books, and games.
- Flat lawn and equipment for boules, cricket and croquet.
- Selection of board games.
- Substantial collection of books; as with all things at Barford, do enjoy them, but please leave them for others to discover.
- Seaside and landside outdoor tables and chairs.
- Changing room, shower and cold bucket drop in The Spa Room.
- Sauna with ocean views.
- Yacht-style sofas around the outdoor corten oxidised wood burner
- Wood-fired Dutch tub.
- Giant bean bags in The Spa Room for indoor and outdoor use; please return them to The Spa Room every night.
- Travel cots are available upon request, but please do contact us in advance of your stay to arrange, and please bring your own cot bedding and sheets.
- High chairs are also available upon request.
Despite featuring lots of glass, when all the doors and windows are properly closed, Barford has been designed to be supremely well insulated against the cold and the wind. However, on hot days, all that glass can make it feel a bit like a greenhouse, and when the weather is unseasonably hot, the specialist heat recovery system may struggle to keep the house cool; we recommend keeping the tilting Atrium windows open, wedging open all the internal doors, and locking open all the seaside sliding doors with a 1 cm gap, to allow a decent flow of air. Happy days.
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