Island Life Magazine Ltd April/May 2015 | Page 104

PROPERTY

Island Holiday Homes talks trends

W

ith more and more Britons
opting for the ‘staycation’ and
holidaying in the UK, the Isle of
Wight’s popularity continues to grow.
Island Holiday Homes, which offers
a wide selection of self-catering
accommodation from seafront
apartments to cosy country cottages, say
that people who first visited the Island as
children are now returning with their own
children and grandchildren, as the trend
grows for families to holiday together.
This year the company reports that
many of its larger properties were

booked up earlier than usual - in some
cases as much as a year in advance. This
means that some who did not book early
have been disappointed by the lack of
availability, and demonstrates the need
for more of the larger properties.
Holiday homes with five or more
bedrooms are in particular demand, and
one example of one of Island Holiday
Homes’ most popular and successful
larger houses is ‘Downedge’, pictured
above and featured in its Pure Wight
collection. Downedge has proved so
popular that it is now fully booked for the

summer except for two short breaks in
early June.
Boasting six bedrooms and extensive
grounds, Downedge offers the space
and accommodation for large family
groups to holiday together in privacy and
seclusion, and in a perfect setting for
alfresco dining and children’s play.
If you have a property of any size and are
interested to learn how much additional
income you could earn from holiday
letting, please call Cynthia or Anne-Marie
on 01983 866455 to arrange a free, no
obligation holiday letting appraisal.

Experience quality and value
F

looring specialists Carpets Direct,
with branches in Shanklin and
Ryde, have recently been able to
double their warehouse capacity on
the Island.
This means a much larger selection
and many more styles and types of
carpet can be stocked.
Amongst the new ranges on
offer this spring is a wide array of
fashionably bright and vibrant colours,
for the perfect seasonal pick-me-up
for your home. There are also lots of

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new ranges in their shops, available in
a wide choice of textures and colours.
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