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Reduce ordinary ₤ 211 by reserving privately had holiday residential properties in the UK, straight with the owner. Kip runs as a subscription plan, costing just ₤ 14 a year or ₤ 2.99 a month and offering special access to the most charming major holiday companies in uk homes that all come with something special, whether that's an outdoor hot tub, barking log fire or homemade cake waiting for guests on arrival.

Red-brick homes covered in wisteria, grand estate houses set in manicured yards, converted barns with swimming pools - Luxury Cotswold Rentals curates personal houses to take control of in this pretty corner of England Owners Nigel and Maria Stengard-Green started business to advertise their own residential property, and now manage dozens of leasings.

The group at member's club Kip Hideaways edits a pared-back listing of holiday homes to hire out with residential or commercial properties that sleep 2-6 individuals and have sweet insides - a Scandi-inspired cottage on the Isle of Skye with beige shiplap and a home window seat overlooking the sea, or a coastline home in Whitstable with views right across the pebbles from the linen-draped bed.

The washroom has been upgraded with an expensive double-ended bath and the kitchenette is stocked with tea and coffee, however the rest of the house is 100 per cent back-to-basic You can also cut the fresh roses and natural herbs from the yard to add some fragrance to the area.

Sheepskin Life hires out honeyed-stone cottages in the Cotswolds and wise red-brick houses in Somerset, in addition to residential properties across Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the rest of the UK - a mixture home in capitals of Yorkshire with original features, or a 16th-century cottage in the Brecon Beacons with a big flat lawn that's ideal for video games in the sun.