Fix the roof first
Everything else in a house like this follows the roof. We deal with water before we deal with paint, every year, in that order.
How the houses are kept
How we work
How the houses are kept, from the roof down.
The order of things
The roof. The kitchen. The rooms. The bar.
Cook what the county grows
The menus are short and they move with what is actually good that week. A kitchen that tries to do everything ends up doing none of it properly.
Rooms that are quiet
A bed, hot water, a door that closes properly and a breakfast worth getting up for. Guests forgive a great deal except a bad night.
The bar belongs to the village
If the people who live here do not drink in it, it is not an inn any more — it is a restaurant with chairs nobody uses in the afternoon.
Ground rules
Three things that do not change.
Own the buildings
We keep the freeholds, so nobody else decides the future of the house over a rent review.
Keep the people
The same faces behind the bar are worth more than any refurbishment. We pay properly and we are patient.
Stay open
An inn that shuts in January is not an inn. The doors stay open through the quiet months.
The fit question
The right conversation, early, is cheaper than the wrong one late.
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