Tips, insights, and best practices for rental inventory management.
I moved my Edinburgh 1-bed to 3pm check-in for nine months and tracked last-minute bookings and operational stress. The answer depends on your cleaner, not your listing.
4 September 2026
My first year filing I declared £800 more than I needed to. Here's how STR income reporting works post-FHL, with the exact deadlines and expenses list my accountant uses.
3 September 2026
I avoided the fire extinguisher question for fourteen months. Here's what UK regs actually require and what I now run across five properties — including why the fire blanket is the right first call.
2 September 2026
I switched from individual Baylis & Harding minis to pump dispensers refilled from bulk. The per-turnover saving is real and the waste dropped dramatically.
1 September 2026
I added 5cm memory foam toppers to three Airbnbs last October and tracked every comfort review for six months. The results were more complicated than I expected.
31 August 2026
I wrote handwritten welcome notes for every guest for nearly two years. Then I added a fourth property and started producing rushed notes that weren't doing what I thought. So I ran a test.
30 August 2026
There's no law requiring a first aid kit in a UK short-term let. The smoke alarm and CO detector rules are a different matter. Here's what the law actually says, what guests notice, and what I've added across five properties.
29 August 2026
Six white king-size sets binned in eighteen months. Three went grey, two went stiff, one came out smelling faintly wrong. Here's what I changed and what I've used ever since.
28 August 2026
My first three months of hosting I had no idea when Airbnb was going to pay me. Then a supplier invoice came due and my account was emptier than expected. Here's how the timing actually works.
27 August 2026