Your Own Holiday Home

Join Jon in Scarborough amongst the seagulls as he explains the next consideration on your list when buying a holiday home, where? Your location can affect many aspects of your visits and your business, so Jon is here to map out the factors that you need to consider when deciding where to buy.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Beachfront, town centre, national parks and beauty spots and overseas offer your traditional summer locations. 
• Metropolitan cities, historical and cultural cities, and event locations offer extra money all year from visitors and workers.   
• Jon picked Scarborough for its proximity to his main residence, travel infrastructure, professional winter contractors and good summer business.

BEST MOMENTS

‘This is sunny Scarbados, this is finally where we picked. I’ve been thinking about the various locations of properties you could pick and broken them down into about eight different areas.’

‘You’ve also got very much your rural places, so this is very much out of the way, far away from people, places like the west coast of Scotland. They present all sorts of challenges as well.’

‘That comes very much down to why it is you’re looking to buy a holiday home.’ 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

● Website: https://www.spaproperties.co.uk/

ABOUT THE HOST 

Jon Stanton

Jon left a successful career spanning thirty years in IT to pursue his passion for property management and has been leading the team at Spa Properties for almost fifteen years.

As well as leading the team at Spa Properties, Jon is an advocate of ongoing business development and professional networking, as well as a senior member of the Scarborough Hospitality Association.

CONTACT

● LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-stanton/

● Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonspap

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There are a lot of factors to consider when choosing a holiday home to purchase. If you are buying for your own use you only have to consider your own needs but if you are buying as an investment what factors do you need to consider to get the best return on your money and your time? Jon is here to guide you towards a clear vision before you start the search for your property. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• A one-bedroom apartment can be ideal for couples with small children. Jon started with one of these and he will give you a tour. 
• A cottage can offer a rural experience and will let well but will be more remote so harder to serve and turn around and being older will have higher maintenance costs. 
• A larger apartment can offer more flexibility with larger groups and extended families with low maintenance costs.   
• A family house offers a family with older children a little more space and privacy but can be harder to let outside of the summer as the clientele changes more to retired couples or young couples with very small children.
• A group house with four or five bedrooms facilitates larger groups of adults and outside the season can work very well for contractors.
• A large guest house can cater for events or can be used in the serviced accommodation market.
• Serviced accommodation is where you visit regularly to provide a change of linen and towels etc. This allows you to keep up with maintenance during winter so you have fewer problems when the property is relinquished. 

BEST MOMENTS

‘There are certain things that a particular type of home are going to give you. I’ve basically looked at holiday homes from a point of view of six distinct types.’ 

‘What we did find is we had to learn how to make the most of the property during the winter, and that can be a tricky one.’ 

‘A large apartment, for instance, a three bedroom apartment can have quite high heating bills particularly if it is one of the large Victorian properties of which there are plenty in Scarborough.’ 

‘It’s a conversion that was done in 2004 but it’s a large Victorian building so we’ve got big plate glass windows which are lovely from the point of view of being in here in the Summer, but in the winter it can mean that the heating bill is quite high.’

‘When you look at it it doesn’t have a very large footprint but actually has the feeling of a very large flat.’ 

‘The two bedrooms have a habit of going first. Once the two bedroom flats have sold out  the people who are looking for a two bedroom flat for four people are left in a bit of a quandary because they can’t find anywhere. So they’re looking at nice one bedroom flats.’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

● Website: https://www.spaproperties.co.uk/

ABOUT THE HOST 

Jon Stanton

Jon left a successful career spanning thirty years in IT to pursue his passion for property management and has been leading the team at Spa Properties for almost fifteen years.

As well as leading the team at Spa Properties, Jon is an advocate of ongoing business development and professional networking, as well as a senior member of the Scarborough Hospitality Association.

CONTACT

● LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-stanton/

● Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonspap

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Welcome to Your Own Holiday Home, the podcast to help you navigate your way through the possible benefits and potential pitfalls of owning your own holiday home. Join Jon Stanton as he shares his 15 years of experience running Spa Properties, a Scarborough-based Holiday Property Management Company. 

In this episode, Jon starts right at the beginning, before you even start to look for a property, by helping you become clear on your reasons for purchasing a holiday home.     

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The two main reasons for purchasing a holiday home are a very emotional rationale and the other is a business proposition. 
• The concept of a ‘bolt hole’ to escape from everyday life is a common reason for a holiday home but there is always the potential for the provision of a second income if handled correctly. 
• You may inherit a holiday home or perhaps want to own a second home in a relative’s town to facilitate visits.  
• The holiday lettings model has a number of advantages over traditional lettings including less expensive maintenance and better financial returns.

BEST MOMENTS

‘We’ve come to the conclusion that there are two distinct reasons why people want to do this, certainly from what we’ve experienced.’

‘With the difficulties and financial implications of life being what they are people are now starting to recognise that as long as they get the structures right it actually can provide them with a very good second income.’ 

‘Our continual maintenance of the property, because we are making sure it’s prepared for guests each time there’s a changeover, has meant that the maintenance of the property is a much more gradual process and consequently much more affordable.’ 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

● Website: https://www.spaproperties.co.uk/

ABOUT THE HOST 

Jon Stanton

Jon left a successful career spanning thirty years in IT to pursue his passion for property management and has been leading the team at Spa Properties for almost fifteen years.

As well as leading the team at Spa Properties, Jon is an advocate of ongoing business development and professional networking, as well as a senior member of the Scarborough Hospitality Association.

CONTACT

● LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-stanton/

● Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonspap

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If you’re considering a holiday home or apartment in a seaside resort as an investment for your future, this podcast is for you.

Scarborough’s Spa Properties are going to boom over the next 4 years, despite the current economic doom and gloom in 2023. Company Director Jon Stanton introduces his journey so far and – along with some sage advice and top tips from ‘the boots on the ground’ – and explains how you too can make your property pay, as well as have free holidays for life!

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Join Jon Stanton overlooking Scarborough as he introduces you to Your Own Holiday Home. 
• With 15 years experience of running and managing over 50 holiday homes, Jon is here to share his knowledge in this podcast which will help you make your own investment in your well-being and your finances.  
• In the next few weeks listen in to explore that initial set-up of a holiday home and then further on to find out about all the opportunities that owning a holiday home can bring you.

BEST MOMENTS

‘So we set our business up with the intention of having a company in place that would run our holiday home the way we wanted it to. So, here we are, 15 years later.’ 

‘The purpose of the Your Own Holiday Home podcast is to give you the opportunity of learning from our experience and the lessons we’ve learnt.’ 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

● Website: https://www.spaproperties.co.uk/

ABOUT THE HOST 

Jon Stanton

Jon left a successful career spanning thirty years in IT to pursue his passion for property management and has been leading the team at Spa Properties for almost fifteen years.

As well as leading the team at Spa Properties, Jon is an advocate of ongoing business development and professional networking, as well as a senior member of the Scarborough Hospitality Association.

CONTACT

● LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-stanton/

● Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonspap

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.