A place people want to book

This runs like any other design here, from your photographs and measurements rather than a visit, but the brief is different. A home is designed around one family and how they live. A let is designed around a stranger arriving at nine at night, and around the photograph that persuaded them to come in the first place. So I plan for both: the wide shot that sells the room, and the small things people actually notice once they are standing in it.

Everything I choose has to earn its keep twice over. It needs to look lovely in a listing, and it needs to survive being cleaned every few days, packed away by someone in a hurry, and used by people who did not pay for it. That rules out a lot of what I would happily put in a family home. Hard-wearing fabrics, finishes that wipe clean, and a layout with nothing precious in the walkway.

You get the same as any design: a concept board, a final design board, a layout drawn to scale, a named colour list and a clickable sourcing list kept to your budget. One honest note worth knowing before you start. Furniture and furnishings in let properties have to meet UK fire safety regulations, which do not apply in the same way to your own home. I keep that in mind when I put your list together, but confirming compliance stays with you as the owner, and it is worth checking with your supplier at the point of purchase.