Meet Michelle
Outgoing, Cultured, Helpful
I have been hosting for many years and enjoy meeting new people and finding out about their culture and interests. As a family we are very fun and love spending time in the garden in the summer.
On a typical day...
I’m mostly at home/work from home.
When I host guests...
I like to chat with them when they are home but have my own things going on.
Family Hobbies
Running, Cooking, Riding motorbikes, Music, gigs, festivals, Fashion design
Hosting guests since
2010
About the Homestay
- Welcomes
- Males
- Females
- Couples
- Families
- Students
Stay with Michelle and The family in our home in Brighton.
We have Large twin bedroom containing drawers with Mirror, Shelving, reading Lights, chairs. Storage wardrobe.
We have lots of varied interests; nature, socialising, theatre, sports, music, gigs, festivals, cooking, photography, travel, and fashion design.
Michelle is 48, She speaks English and enjoys cooking, music, gigs, festivals, socialising, travel, nature, fashion design, and theatre.
3 children aged between 23-13 years old, very friendly and love meeting new people from around the world.
3 dogs that are extremely friendly and enjoy cuddles immensely. They are kept in the kitchen of the house so will not be entering our guests rooms.
My Pets
Dog
Bedrooms available for booking
About the Area
We are 6.4 ml away from the center of Brighton. When you confirm your booking you will get an email with our complete address so you won't have any problems finding us.
Meals
Hosts can offer a complimentary light breakfast at their discretion. All other meals, including a full breakfast, might incur an additional cost, if offered. Meals and any additional payment should be arranged directly with your host.
Included in the stay
- Complimentary Light Breakfast
- Use of Kitchen
House Rules
Please keep our home secure, please do not leave any of the doors open or unlocked when you are not at home, the key safe is to be used when entering and leaving the house and care is to be taken to ensure the code is not left exposed.
Please do not adjust the heat settings yourself, ask me and I will happily do it for you.
Guests are requested to consider that children will be asleep in the house in the late evening and therefore it is requested that noise is kept to a reasonable volume.
Please Keep noise to a minimum after midnight.
Please do not invite strangers into our home; if you would like to invite a friend over please agree it with me in advance.
Please ensure that your room and the communal rooms are kept tidy and free from any plates and kitchenware and perishable food items.
Fresh bed linen will be provided for guests staying longer than a week.
The use of the washing machine is available at weekends only and is subject to a £2.50 charge per wash, for guests staying for longer than a month will be charged per month, for guests staying for less than a month, payment will be due prior to each wash. Please ensure full payment is made prior to your departure.
Smoking is strictly prohibited in the house, should you wish to smoke, please do so well into the rear garden.
Should you wish have have a friend over to visit, please ask prior to doing so, no other persons other than booked guests are to stay in the room over night.
The dogs are kept in the kitchen and do not have free access to the house, therefore please ensure the kitchen door is closed behind you when you enter and exit, this will also ensure that they do not run out of the front door while it is open.
Please ensure all doors and windows are kept closed and locked whilst you are out of the house.
A key will be provided when you arrive at the homestay, any loss keys will be charged for them to be replaced.
A 15% deposit will be requested for bookings longer than 10 days and booked prior to 1 month of arrival, this will be required to be made once you have received your booking confirmation from Homestay and by bank transfer, this deposit is non refundable should you choose to cancel the booking or do not arrive, however this will be taken off of your final accommodation payment once you arrive.
Please enjoy your stay and treat our house as you would your own home.
Smoking Rules
Your host is a non-smoker.
Smoking is not allowed.
5 Reviews
April 2023
Peaceful, comfortable and homely. Michelle and her family were lovely to me and I really loved my stay here. Definitely recommend
November 2022
Michelle was great. Very hospitable and on hand to answer any questions, the house is well equipped if you needed to make a proper meal. Location is in a quiet close but very easily accessible to Brighton and surrounding areas. I would recommend to anyone looking to stay in the area, thank you again Michelle!
June 2021
My girlfriend and I have stayed here for a month. Hope the comments help.
Fact 1: Flies everywhere at the kitchen.
Fact 2: The host didn’t return us the change (9pounds) when we paid the rent, said it’s the deposit for the washing machine. We involuntarily paid for the washing in advance.
Fact 3: We asked about the use of kitchen before renting, on the first day of arrival and during our stay. Got three different answers. Ended up overcharged for excessive use of kitchen from the deposit for “washing”.
On the website, she originally ticked the use of kitchen. When we texted her about this, she replied light cooking is allowed, without mentioning any charges. On the first day of arrival, she replied 20 minute, no charges mentioned. In the middle of our stay, she changed it again to cook once per day, also without mentioning the charges.Fact 4: We agreed with the use of WhatsApp to record the times of washing. In the end, the host insisted we had used more than what’s recorded and refused to give back the unused deposit (plus the charge for the kitchen).
Fact 5: NEW rules added in the middle of our stay, included but not limited to : opening the curtains (window size: about 2M x 3M) of our room in the day time and the reason provided was she thought closed curtains made her house looked untidy. Do not put the used plates and cups on the table inside our room,etc... But we actually cleaned all things we used and put them back in the communal kitchen cupboard and left nothing used unclean in the kitchen.
Advice for guests: Read the most recent comments to look for sensitive hosts.
Host reply
Rio and his girlfriend came to stay for a month.
An explaintion:
The kitchen was used every single day to fully ‘cook’ breakfast, lunch and dinner, even though I had advised on their booking that ‘light use’ of the kitchen was permitted. Light use is about one cooked meal a day, use of the fridge, use of dish & food washing facilities and use of dishes, my kitchen is not a ‘communal’ kitchen, it is my home!
They both stayed in the double room every single day, all day for the entire 31 days with the curtains fully closed, not airing the room at all, even though they gave the impression when they booked, that they would be studying in the local universities and working during their stay. This was overwhelming and made the house feel uncomfortable as they were always present.
Their bedroom was kept in such a horrendously untidy & messy state that I couldn’t even get in the clean it or change the bedding. I had to knock on the door and ask them to pick up all of their clothes off of the floor in order to Hoover and polish, while they sat in there and watched me!
They both showered for 25 minutes each each day after 11 in the evening, I had to ask for them to shower before 9 as I have children and this will disturb their sleep during the week.
They left dirty plates in their room all day even though they were asked to wash their dishes when they were used and not to be kept in their room, leaving limited dishes in my kitchen and increasing flies and possible bugs.
They used the washing machine during the week days when they were asked to wash just at the weekends and used it more than they paid for, they only started WhatsApp notifications when I asked them to, after they had already used the machine on a couple of prior occasionsNot welcome in the future!
October 2020
This guest awarded the host 5 hearts but didn’t leave any comments.
September 2020
Wonderful welcome and excellent Hospitallity from Michelle Family and their Lovely Dogs Lovely Home in wonderful semi Rural Location close to Brighton and all its Fabulous amenities
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