1. Power points which will take 2 pronged plugs sited so as to:
a. Prevent having long trailing cords
b. Eliminate risk of tripping
c. Eliminate risk of computer/phone/camera being dragged from desk/table/bench top
2. Pull-cords on curtains so they don’t get dirty when being opened/shut.
3. Instructions on how the lights work
4. Check wardrobe door handles, one of ours fell off and broke in the first couple of days
5. Swimming pool
a. Lots of steps which are traps for the new or unwary
b. When jets are going full force weak swimmers are swept to the wall
c. Easy to bark one’s legs on the lowest step beneath the jets
d. Provide easy, safe and elegant access and exit to and from pool
e. Provide exit which doesn’t disturb guests at tables or leave a wet trail which others may slip on
6. In 2 bedroom units consider having twin beds in the downstairs area
a. Can be used as couches if not needed as beds, would increase functionality and living space
b. If a double, and no-one sleeping in it, likely to be used as a dumping ground and spoil the design elements of the unit
c. Second bedroom more likely to be used for people for whom it would not be appropriate to share a bed (eg a grandson and granddaughter from different families).
d. Can be pushed together if needed as a double bed
Lounge /kitchen:
1. Ice cubes in freezer prior to guest arrival
2. Lower microwave, currently not safe for short people to use to heat anything liquid, and difficult with solids
3. Dish cloth, washing up liquid, cling wrap, foil.
4. Floor cloth, for quick wipe of spills so floor doesn’t stain.
5. A floor mat inside the balcony, so that water is not trodden inside
6. A mat outside the unit door, to decrease amount of grit brought inside.
Bedroom:
1. A stand to put suitcases on for unpacking (saves getting the beautiful bedcover dirty)
2. Drawers/shelves or somewhere to put shoes so that the foot smell doesn’t get into clothes, or perhaps provide shoe bags
3. More clothes hangers for suites with longer stay guests
4. Tissues
5. Offer guests the opportunity to decide how often they want the bed changed.
Bathroom/Toilet:
1. Soap:
a. Soap dish
b. Larger format soap so it doesn’t slip through bars of soap holder in shower
c. For short terms units if prefer to keep to smaller soaps, perhaps change the type of soap holder so soap doesn’t slip through
2. Tissues
3. Extra baskets by washbasins for personal items
4. Extractor fan for shoer/bathroom
5. Prevent seepage under shower door – it happens when the right hand shower is used (which defeats the purpose of having a double shower!), and when using the hand held left hand shower.
6. Consider swinging the shower door the other way, to make it possible for the left hand person to exit without squashing the right hand person.
7. Toilet brush in toilet.
8. Towels:
a. They were super absorbent and luxurious but would have been even better if larger
b. Provide more towel rails in bathroom- offer guests the chance to go green and hang up their towels if they don’t need to be changed
c. Provide some hanging space for beach towels to dry, so balconies don’t look like a chinese laundry – perhaps towels rails on the sides of the balconies
9. Provide an extending magnifying mirror.
10. Install a safety handrail in the shower – something to hang on to whilst washing soles of feet.
Balcony.
1. Provide a handle on the outside of the door so it is easy to open and shut (at the moment it is a finger nail destroyer!).
2. Water accumulates on the balcony during rain, and the balcony becomes very slippery. Perhaps provide a grated mat outside the door, so that guests can step out safely, and so they realise how deep the water is before trying to walk out and slipping.
3. Advise guests that the balcony furniture is waterproof so they don’t need to go out in a storm and try and rescue it.