Access Statement - Calamansac Sail Loft

Introduction

– Calamansac Sail Loft is a two-storey, detached house, situated in the 50 acre Calamansac estate of meadow garden and ancient woodland.
– The open plan living room and master bedroom have views to Port Navas creek.
– The house sleeps seven and is arranged as follows:

First Floor

– Parking for up to four cars. Wooden bridge to front door, (the door is 900mm wide).
– Entrance lobby. Lift access. Generator power controls (which will cut in automatically in the unlikely event of a power cut). Personal alarm re-set controls.
– Utility room with accessible wc, grab rails, basin and personal alarm.
– Large open plan sitting room/dining room with wood burning stove and kitchen. Internal stairs (13 steps – 840mm wide) to ground floor.
– Kitchen: The kitchen has a ‘rise and fall’ white Corian worktop on the north side of the building. Inset into this is the sink, drainer and induction hob. The winding tool to enable this section of kitchen to rise and fall is kept in the wine glass cupboard, to the right of the extractor fan.The NEFF oven has a ‘slip and slide’ door. Beneath it is a pull out shelf to enable easier transfer of dishes to another area of the kitchen. There is another pull out shelf underneath the adjacent microwave.
– Glazed balcony with table and six chairs. External, wooden, open tread stairs (13 steps) to ground level.

 

Ground Floor

– Lift access. The Orona, illuminated lift is utilised by fully closing the door behind you and holding down the ‘0′ button to descend to the ground floor. You must depress this button continually during the descent to keep the lift moving. To ascend to the first floor, depress the ‘1′ button as above. Please note that the lift doors will not open unless the lift has reached is furthest position.
– Hall leading to all bedrooms, plus glazed fire escape door to garden.
– The hall at its narrowest point (between the stair newel post and the adjacent wall) is 820mm.
– One accessible super-king (6ft, or ‘zip and link’ 2 x 3ft beds) bedroom with en-suite bathroom with wheel/walk-in wet room shower cubicle, (removable) shower chair, bath, wc with grab rails, basin, heated towel rail and personal alarm. The bedroom has glazed, swing back doors onto the outer terrace. Wall reading lights, recessed lighting, bedside tables, chest of drawers, dressing table, chair and clothes hanging rail. Bed risers are available (on request) should you wish the bed to be elevated to allow access for a (hire) hoist.
– Terrace, composite hard standing, wooden table and 8 chairs, plus barbeque.
– The bedroom adjacent to the master bedroom has a single bed, bedside table, wall mounted, reading light, tall chest of drawers with fold up mirror and hanging rail for clothes.
– Bunk bedroom, full size (3ft), wall mounted, directional reading lights, bedside table, chest of drawers and green elephant stool/toy.
– Wet room shower with wc, basin and heated towel rail.
– Second double bedroom, super-king (6ft, or ‘zip and link’ 2 x 3ft beds) with en-suite shower room, wc, basin and heated towel rail. Frosted, floor to ceiling window.

Pre-Arrival Information

– See the main webpage for booking and location details.
– Please contact us prior to booking if you require further access information or if you require some furniture to be removed.
– Directions provided on receipt of your whole rental/balance payment.
– Please bring a torch if arriving in the dark, as there are no streetlights in the vicinity and a torch might be useful to see the keysafe combination lock numbers.

 

Approach

– Calamansac Sail Loft is situated in a 50 acre estate of meadow garden and woodland. The approach is via a steep and fairly narrow driveway, (tarmac and beaten path in different areas).
– The area immediately surrounding the house is not level. The entrance door, parking area and open plan living space is at the first floor level. The bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms are on the ground floor level. There are one set of interior stairs and two sets of exterior steps, plus an internal lift to allow access between the different levels.

 

Arrival and Parking Facilities

– There is a level parking area immediately outside the house and a bridge walkway to the Sail Loft.
– Parking for up to four cars. Please park considerately to allow the housekeepers access to the nearby shed on changeover days. Ideally please park cars tandem, in two rows.
– The driveway access is suitable for vehicles no bigger than a long wheel based transit van.
– If you will be arriving after dark please let Cornish Holiday Cottages know and a welcome light will be put on for you.
– The keysafe is to the right of the front door.
– The front door has an opening 900mm wide.