This morning, my daily update is written for the first time from
Well House Manor. Our
hotel opens in a month's time, with a
C course followed by a
C++ course in the first week we're running, and a
MySQL course followed by a
Python course in the second week. And rather than the gentle opening we expected, we're going to hit the ground running; we're getting fully booked already.
It turns out that this is an opportune time for us to be opening accommodation. For the first time I can recall, a delegate on the current course, staying locally at a hotel we've often used with success but is now under new ownership, decided to move to another location after one night. Basic facilities were missing / not working / dangerous, and he found it difficult to sleep because of the noise. Giving that place a score of 1, we'll be aiming to provide a score of 100 at Well House Manor, and we'll expect our clients to tell us if we slip below 75. Forms provided, and we'll ask too!
But isn't it a bit daft me being up at "The Manor" a month early? Not really; I'm getting into practise, and we've got so many deliveries and workmen arriving it's an excellent chance to catch up with them and guide the work along. In fact, a lorry load of window shutter expected first thing has just arrived; I had better go help get them unloaded into goods inwards.
(written 2006-09-07, updated 2006-09-12)
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles
M350 - Well House Manor - project diary [550] 2006 - Making business a pleasure - (2006-01-01)
[555] Hotel novelties - (2006-01-05)
[571] Well House Manor - (2006-01-21)
[677] Sympathetic development - (2006-04-09)
[720] Planning a hotel refurb - an example of a Gant chart in PHP - (2006-05-14)
[721] Residential - (2006-05-15)
[739] The eye - (2006-05-31)
[744] We can offer a room, but we can't operate on a dog - (2006-06-05)
[756] Seeing the bricks for the trees - (2006-06-11)
[776] Naming Rooms - (2006-06-24)
[816] Above the parapit, Well House Manor - (2006-07-28)
[844] Hotel, Melksham, Wiltshire - (2006-08-24)
[855] Fitting our bathrooms - (2006-09-04)
[862] 4 weeks to go - (2006-09-11)
[881] Coming together. - (2006-09-29)
[890] Open - (2006-10-09)
[894] Where quality costs less - (2006-10-15)
[902] Brand new hotel and training centre, Melksham - (2006-10-22)
[931] Before and After - Well House Manor - (2006-11-18)
[932] A tale of a wee wall - (2006-11-19)
[941] Snagging - (2006-11-24)
[1069] Rail trouble forced me to buy hotel - (2007-02-07)
[1087] Telling a story in different ways - (2007-02-20)
[1098] Three big events - TWSW, Business of the year and the police - (2007-03-03)
[1211] A lot has happened in a year - (2007-05-31)
[1975] Well House Manor Hotel - on plan for 2009 business guests - (2009-01-03)
[3014] Well House Manor - the next six years - (2010-10-24)
[3585] The changing Hotel and Bed and Breakfast business in Melksham - (2012-01-18)
[3645] Keeping our hotel looking like new, by using our gained experience - (2012-03-09)
[3847] The Accidental Hotelier - (2012-08-24)
[3963] National TV - Melksham - 9th January 2013, Pre-alert. - (2012-12-27)
[3968] Expecting nothing, but prepared for anything - (2013-01-05)
[4012] A course is not just for a year - its for a career - (2013-02-20)
[4739] A year of changes for Lisa and Graham Ellis, and Well House - (2017-05-27)
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