🏡 During Your Stay

We’ve equipped the cottage with essentials to help you stay safe and comfortable during your visit.

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🔒 Cottage Safety

• First Aid Kit: Located in the kitchen with band-aids and basic supplies. Let us know if you use anything beyond band-aids so we can restock.

• Fire Extinguisher: Located in the laundry room. Please notify us if used.

• Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors: Installed throughout the cottage. Please do not tamper with or disable them.

💧 Water System

• Water is supplied from a private well. It’s generally safe for bathing and swimming, but we recommend using bottled water for drinking, brushing teeth, and food prep.

• You’ll hear the pump when water is in use. If it runs continuously or doesn’t run at all, contact us.

• A switch on the pressure tank may occasionally stick—call us and we’ll walk you through resetting it.

🚽 Septic System

• Only flush septic-safe toilet paper.

• Do not flush tissues, sanitary products, or large wads of paper.

⚡ Electricity & Power Outages

• The main electrical panel is in the basement utility room.

• Flashlights and lanterns are in the kitchen near the first aid kit.

• Avoid opening the fridge/freezer during outages.

• Water and toilets won’t function during a power outage.

• If power is out for more than 4 hours, contact us. A backup generator is available.

🌡️ Heating

• Radiant in-floor heating in the basement (thermostat beside the TV). Keep at or below 20°C.

• Forced air heating upstairs (thermostat outside the master bedroom).

• Upon arrival, adjust thermostats as needed. Before departure:

  • Set basement thermostat to 15°C

  • Turn off upstairs thermostat

• The oil boiler also supplies hot water, so it may run in summer.

🍽️ Kitchen & Cooking

• Fully equipped with cookware, dishes, utensils, toaster, drip coffee maker, espresso machine, microwave, stove/oven, fridge, and dishwasher.

• Provided: dish soap, sponges, and 3 dishwasher pods.

• Help yourself to spices and staples (flour, sugar, etc.). Let us know if supplies run low.

• Please don’t leave food out—it may attract mice.

• If anything breaks, let us know. Accidents happen!

📶 Wi-Fi & Entertainment

• Suitable for streaming and video calls. Limit active devices for best performance.

• TV: Smart Google TV. Log into your own accounts and log out before leaving.

🍔 BBQ

• Located on the deck. Extra propane tank beside it.

• BBQ utensils are in the kitchen.

• Clean after use (brushes under BBQ), close the lid, and don’t cover when wet.

• Pull BBQ away from the cottage siding to avoid damage.

🗑️ Waste & Recycling

• Collection Day: Monday by 9 AM

• Don’t put bins out the night before—animals may get into them.

• Garbage can is stored in the front shed; secure the lid when in use.

Garbage

• 1 standard-size clear bag/week (max 2 small opaque privacy bags inside).

• No oversize or contractor bags.

• Bags (garbage, compost, recycling) are stored on the floor to the right of the lower kitchen cabinets.

Organics/Green Bin

• Use compostable bags only.

• Large bags in the shed; small bags under the kitchen sink.

• Acceptable: food waste, small yard waste, food-soiled paper.

• Not accepted: uncooked meat, bones, diapers, kitty litter.

Recycling

• Daily recycling can be collected in bins under the kitchen counter.

• Transfer to large bins in the shed.

• Paper and containers can be mixed.

🎲 Games & Puzzles

• Games: Basement cabinet in games room.

• Puzzles: Basement cabinet in games room.

• Please return items and keep pieces together.

🐾 Pets

• Pets welcome with prior written permission.

• Keep pets off furniture and clean up after them.

• We cannot guarantee the cottage is allergen-free.

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🌅 Screened Porch

• Great for relaxing bug-free!

• Don’t leave food out—crumbs attract animals.

• Always latch the porch door and close the main door at night.

• Move furniture away from windows during heavy rain.

🛠️ Front Shed

• Where the garbage and recycling is stored

• Use the shed to store bikes and gear.

• Contains basic tools and garbage storage.

• Leave unlocked if you wish, but loop the padlock through the latch to keep animals out.

• Lock before you leave.

🚫 Garage Access

• The garage will be locked and is not intended for guest use. Please do not attempt to access it during your stay.