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Coast & Country Cottages, www.coastandcountry.co.uk, with over 400 holiday properties exclusively throughout beautiful South Devon, are reporting a significant increase in the numbers of new properties being added to their portfolio at the moment. Since the launch of their 2009 brochure at the beginning of October, a further 30 new properties have been added, with another 20 or so in the pipeline.

Andrew Jones, Partner, comments ‘We are currently taking on new properties at a faster rate than ever before. The properties we are seeing are of a high standard and will offer those thinking of visiting this beautiful area of South Devon in 2009 an even greater choice of holiday accommodation.’

With some property owners now choosing to let their holiday home rather than putting it on the market to sell in the current climate, several stunning new properties are now available for rental for 2009. Others choose to let their property to make the most of the additional income they will receive –very welcome in these difficult and uncertain times. Property developers, affected by the quieter market, are also deciding to let some of their stock this year until things pick up in the housing market –it is often easier to sell a holiday property once it has a proven holiday rental history and in the meantime welcome income can be accumulated.

If you are thinking of letting your holiday property, contact Coast & Country Cottages for a Free Owners Guide or a free property assessment, with no obligation or ‘hard sell’.
www.coastandcountry.co.uk 01548 843773.

Recent new properties added to the Coast & Country Cottages portfolio include:

1 & 2 Edith Mews and Garden Apartment, Prospect House – Perched high, above the ruins of a tiny fishing village at Hallsands on the Start Bay coastline, Prospect House is a former hotel with a remarkable and romantic history…. Carefully restored and converted into stunning apartments and cottages, many with wonderful and dramatic sea views across to the lighthouse at Start Point, Prospect House is now a fabulous destination for a family holiday or short break throughout the year.

Each new property has been tastefully re-designed to provide light and spacious holiday accommodation in a contemporary New England style with sea-washed white colours and light wooden floors. Prospect House has beautiful, newly re-landscaped gardens, an outside swimming pool, tennis courts, private parking and an enclosed South-facing garden with breathtaking sea views. The nearby coastal footpath leads down to the unspoilt beach below and miles of wonderful walking beyond……

Coast & Country Cottages are delighted to be marketing 3 properties at Prospect House, with others in the pipeline. For example, sleeping from 4 -6, 1 Edith Mews is available from £500 in May for a week to £1200 per week in peak August but a Special Introductory Offer on all remaining weeks in June, July and August can save you up to £100 per week (£50 off per week in June & July, £100 off August weeks). www.coastandcountry.co.uk or 01548 843773

Apartment 2 At the Beach –The striking development ‘At the Beach’ includes luxury apartments and cottages on the very edge of the sea at Slapton Sands and is the transformation of the former ‘Torcross Hotel’, a prominent and well-known local landmark built in the late 1800’s. The development boasts stunning sea views, with the beach to one side and the freshwater lake of Slapton Ley to the other, and teas rooms and a thatched pub serving excellent fish and chips just a short stroll away. Sleeping 4-6 and boasting an outside terrace within just a few metres of the beach, Apartment 2 is available for £325 a week in February rising to £975 in peak August weeks. Other At the Beach properties are ‘in the pipeline’. www.coastandcountry.co.uk or 01548 843773

Little Cotton Farmhouse – Another two properties being developed by the owners of the highly successful small property, The Retreat, Little Cotton includes a farmhouse and barn, individually available or ideal for extended families or several families wishing to holiday together. Set in a delightful rural location with extensive grounds and with wonderful views, but with shops within walking distance and just a short drive from picturesque Dartmouth, Little Cotton will be the ideal location for a family holiday. Currently under development, the farmhouse will be available for holidays from July 2009. Sleeping 11 Little Cotton Farmhouse is available from £1350 per week in July. www.coastandcountry.co.uk or 01803 839499

35 Dart Marina –Available from April from £900 per week (rising to £2200 in August Regatta Week), 35 Dart Marina, sleeping 6, joins our 5 successful properties on this stunning waterside development. Beautifully presented and boasting stunning water views, this stylish apartment offers luxury accommodation for families or three couples plus the use of the Dart Marina Health Spa (indoor pool, Jacuzzi, steam & steam) including 10% off beauty treatments (pre-booking advisable) and is just a short stroll along the waterfront to Dartmouth’s well-known restaurants, art galleries and individual boutiques. www.coastandcountry.co.uk or 01803 839499

Editorial contact –additional information and high resolution images available from Karen Jones 01548 843773 or Karen@coastandcountry.co.uk

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For new parents, life can suddenly seem very tiring and demanding. With a new baby in the house, there is little time for relaxing or spending quality time together. In other circumstances, a couple might plan a holiday to recuperate but with the arrival of a new-born the prospect of a holiday can seem like an unrealistic idea, especially with all the travel involved, the health-protection needed and the exposure to unfamiliar climates. However, many parents are aware that there is now limited time for a holiday. Within a few years, the baby will be at school and the opportunities to travel will be more or less dictated by the school term-times, meaning that holidays will have to be taken at the most expensive times of the year. Yet there is a compromise available by holidaying in the UK.

Holidaying in the UK instantly reduces the time spent travelling, which means there is less stress involved for both the parents and the child. It also ensures the parents peace of mind, knowing that the baby will always be in their care. In addition, there is no need for immunisation against foreign diseases, which can cause great discomfort for both the child and mother. Whilst the child is building up its own immune system, the mother’s system is also recovering from the process of giving birth and can take up to a year to do so fully. With this in mind, a holiday in the UK also means that the mother and child do not risk stomach upsets from drinking water or unfamiliar foods – an extremely important consideration if the mother is breast-feeding as she can pass on any upsets through her milk. There is also no need to worry about finding electrical adapters for items such as bottle-sterilising units and baby monitors.

Many new parents are discovering holidays in Devon as the ideal location to holiday with a baby. While the temperatures can be very warm during the summer months, they are never as extreme as certain sunspots abroad, ensuring that the baby is protected from potentially harmful effects of extreme heat and extreme cold. With its warm yet temperate climate, baby friendly holidays in Devon offer the chance for parents to enjoy a change of scenery without being too far from home and familiar medical facilities, should they be needed.

Baby friendly holidays in Devon are becoming more and more popular amongst new parents and they are very easy to research. An obvious port of call is friends and family; if you know someone who has taken holidays in Devon with a new baby, ask them for recommendations as to which companies to use. They will be able to inform you as to the facilities offered by self-catering, bed and breakfast and hotels in the area. Alternatively, by using a UK holiday company you can visit their website to see whether they offer facilities such as high chairs, cots and pushchairs, in which case you won’t have to take extra luggage of your own. You can also see whether there are stair-gates and anything that might concern you, such as outdoor ponds and swimming pools.

A baby requires constant attention, but holidays in Devon can offer new parents the feeling that they’ve had a break from the often-punishing regime that children enforce. With beaches, countryside, good restaurants and many attractions, holidays in Devon provide the perfect solution to fatigue without the stress of a holiday abroad.

Coast and Country Cottages offer a wide range of luxury self catering baby friendly holiday cottages in South Devon; with over 400 properties across the South Hams, Dartmouth, Salcombe and Kingsbridge.

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A recent survey of accommodation providers in the South West found that the majority of local businesses were reporting a decrease in the number of visitors booking with them for the Easter period in comparison to last year. This year, many schools are taking the two week school holiday which usually falls around the Easter Bank Holiday, during April, meaning many families have been unable to book their usual week’s break in Devon. With Easter falling earlier and the weather to-date so unsettled, a break in the UK may not have appealed to many visitors this year. With potential visitor numbers apparently reduced in this way, businesses have had to work harder to attract bookings. Locally based Coast & Country Cottages are delighted that their efforts are paying off, reporting increased value of bookings of 14% for the Easter/school holiday period combined, compared with this period in 2007, which in itself was a record year. With almost 400 properties, exclusively in the South Hams, including many fabulous new luxury properties in Salcombe, Dartmouth and throughout the area, an extensive national and local advertising campaign, highly rated website and glossy brochure, contact Coast & Country Cottages at their Hannford’s Landing ‘head office’ for a free brochure or Owners Guide. 01548 843773 www.coastandcountry.co.uk

Source: Coast and Country

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