Bed & Breakfast
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Topic: Bed & Breakfast
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Bed & Breakfast
Date Posted: 24 May 2008 at 9:13pm
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After some weeks of not being able to find a boarder for our spare bedroom (after the previous one moved out), we're now toying with the idea of converting it to a B&B. It's part of our house but is the only bedroom on the 2nd floor so it's separate from the rest of the family's "quarters", as it were. It's a master-sized bedroom, with a desk (workstation) built in, newish queen-sized bed with new bedding, etc. B&B is one of our dreams that we never thought we'd be able to do until we had enough land to have a 1 or 2 bedroom cottage on as well, but we're starting to reconsider.
Does anyone on here know anything about B&B's and whether there are any "rules"? Would we need any sort of hygiene certificate if we were to serve breakfast? Would you be interested in staying in a B&B which was in the same building as a family's home? Anything else? -------------  |
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 24 May 2008 at 9:25pm
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It's there some sort of hospitality association? They should have a website and any requirements. It sounds more like a homestay than a B&B to me though. Sounds like a good idea ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 24 May 2008 at 9:26pm
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I was gonna say that too Linzy, what about a homestay student? They pay quite well, you do have to feed them but sounds like you are happy to do that anyway. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 24 May 2008 at 9:35pm
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I think the technical term for what we're thinking is "homestay and B&B"
By homestay student, Emma, did you mean an international one? Our prob is that we are too far from university to have a uni student stay. Not sure about becoming a 2nd mother to a teenager still in high school  - did I understand you correctly?
32 weeks  Didn't you just give birth to twins???  ------------- |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 24 May 2008 at 10:04pm
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Yep, I meant international student, bugger that you are too far away! A friend of mine has them and she gets $200+ a week, and they're pretty much adults so not too stressful.
And yep, shock horror 33 weeks tomorrow! Make it stop! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 7:23am
| Hey, suddenly thought - we have Japanese students coming next term. now they don't need permanant homestays as they live at the dorms, nbut they do need the odd weekend homestay- not sure if they pay..or how much, but may be worth ringing the school and finding out. or I could ask if youwere intersted. |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 10:19am
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They are always looking for families for the various exchange student programs, and they're usually high school students who have come from a family situation.
They was in an advert in the Feilding Herald - I think its AFS that run them. As for a B&B, we've stayed in heaps and more often than not they have been nothing more than a converted room in someones house, they usually all have ensuites though so not sure if you have this. |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 11:14am
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http://www.bnb.co.nz/FILE3174.pdf - Here is the Laws & Regs guide for Home Hosting from the B&B website. Also http://www.athomenz.org.nz/faq.php - @HomeNZ (which is the equivalent of the NZ b&b association) would be worth a look as well for ideas etc.
The IL's started up a B&B not that long ago, but don't belong to the "association" or anything & didn't see the council about laws etc & nobody has said anything to them about it yet.
Maybe checking with your council first would be a safer way to go. All the IL's did was set up the rooms etc, set up advertising & website & they were away. They did want to get the official B&B transit signs for the main Rd but had to belong to the association for that Hope that answers some questions & gives you ideas. Good luck with what you choose. Ive always wanted to have my own b&b (I've worked in them, cleaned them etc & managed a hostel) such a cool lifestyle  ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 3:30pm
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We stayed in loads of B&Bs in England and they are all basically rooms in peoples houses (they had ensuites) so I wouldnt see the room being in the same building as your living quarters being a problem. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 4:13pm
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Liz, some more info on that would be great. They would be ok in Milson?
Everyone else  - we don't have an ensuite, so it would be host share facilities but right across the hallway (and we have a 2nd one downstairs as well).------------- |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 5:22pm
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I guess what you need to think about is that you won't be able to plan to go out as often, as you'll need to always be available if someone wants to stay.
I know I wouldn't want to commit to that while having young kiddies, but maybe it's different for you? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 6:00pm
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You could ask St Peters and Freyburg about students as you are the right area for that. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 7:23pm
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Kat, I guess it's because we're already used to having a boarder here. Also we often don't go out without much planning anyway, especially between dinner and 10am on any given weekend day! So long as we are organised about it, I don't think we'll have a prob. We don't need someone in there every weekend for income (although it would be nice) so we can always schedule it "booked" when we need a weekend to ourselves. ------------- |
Posted By: nictoddie
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 8:14pm
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Not sure why you think you are too far away from Massey as long as you live near a bus stop they are happy to go on the bus my friend lives in Kelvin Grove and she has one a couple of times a year and it is good money and quite often if they are here for a longer period ie 12 months they will quite often buy their own transport .............. ------------- 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 8:16pm
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Sounds like it would work out then, and you should go for it!
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