OUR COMPANY:
- We are proud to have been in business for over 20 years!
- Our business was established in 2002, and we have secured a large customer database and good advertising avenues.
- We have a permanent office location at 73 Hastings Street North in beautiful downtown Bancroft, Ontario.
- We specialize in the Bancroft area since know the area best and are able to direct renters to services and attractions to ensure they have a wonderful time.
- By primarily renting properties within an hour of Bancroft, enables us to be more hands-on if anything needs to be looked after at the cottage, during rentals.
- We check phone messages in the evenings and on weekends, while renters are in the cottages, and are available 24/7 to help with any emergencies that may arise at your property!
- We have an extensive website where we will advertise your cottage in detail.
- We work on a commission basis for the weeks that we rent, so it is our goal to maximize rentals for you. If we don’t rent for a week, we don’t make any money either!
- We make every effort to ensure that your cottage is booked for the prime weeks that it is available to us.
OUR SERVICES:
We will:
- Visit your cottage to determine its market potential. Please try to have it “picture ready”. Ideally, we’d like to view your cottage in late spring or summer, so we can get good outside pictures.
- Photograph the interior and exterior of your property. This includes upgrades to your pictures when needed – we will look after this for you!
- Advertising
- Handle all phone, e-mail inquiries, and walk-ins including qualifying renters
- Secure all payments and all contracts with the customers.
- We update our website daily so that any bookings will be shown on the online calendar, as well as notifying you of each rental.
Extra Available services are:
- Property and general maintenance services can sometimes be arranged at an extra cost, or we can refer qualified contractors to you. It is always easier to hire someone yourself, so they get to know your property.
- Cleaning/Check: If you are unable to inspect/clean your cottage after each rental, you can have your property inspected/cleaned on a weekly basis after each rental, for a low fee of $35.00/hour plus tax (min 2 hours), and mileage. The things to be done by the cleaner, are as follows:
- A thorough check of your vacation property to make sure it was left as it was found.
- Furnishing & cottage checked for damages.
- Ensure the cottage is clean and ready for the next renters.
- Take away dirty dishcloths and tea towels and replace them with clean ones that you have provided. (if required, laundry service is extra).
- Check the BBQ and bring empty propane tank here to get refilled, as well as restocking cleaning products, toilet paper and paper towels.
- Lockbox to be checked and ready for the next renters.
- Make sure any recreational equipment is in good order and was put away properly, and that all campfires are out.
- If there is more than an hour of hard cleaning to be done, the charge goes to the renter and not you.
ADVERTISING:
- To give us more visibility, we advertise the cottages with a couple of online sites, which directs inquiries back to us.
- We are members of the Ontario Highlands Tourism Organization, and listed on their website, as well as their mobile app.
- We have 2 highway signs, one on Hwy #28 just south of Apsley and another on Hwy #62 just south of L’Amable.
- Everywhere www.BancroftRealEstate.com and Tim Fulford, Broker of record, and Josh Fulford, Sales Representative advertise for real estate, www.CottageRentals247.com is also advertised, and this includes billboards and every mail out.
- We work closely with the Maple Leaf Rally Club to provide accommodation for the organizers, committee members, as well as teams, and drivers for the local rally events including the Rally of The Tall Pines event held each year in late November, in L’Amable, ON.
Like any business, some ads and some locations, times of the ads etc. may change. We are in this for the long term, and we want CottageRentals247.com Inc. to keep growing as an honest reputable Cottage Rental company that you can trust and rely on.
I hope this helps you to understand our company a little better. Thank you for your interest in CottageRentals247.com Inc. We are open year-round to serve you better!