We hope that you enjoy using the pool and that you treat it, along with the changing facilities, as respectfully as if it was your own. To ensure, though, that everyone is happy with, and understands, our requirements about safety, privacy, and security, the following conditions are in place, and you undertake that your use of the pool is on the basis that you have acknowledged and agree to be bound by these conditions:

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General Terms:

1. Your agreement to, and acceptance of, these terms and conditions is required before you can use the pool. By ticking the associated box in the booking form or by your sending an email to us at Alkirahouse@outlook.com stating your agreement to them, you are providing us confirmation to be bound by these conditions.

2. You accept and agree that the use of the pool by you and your party is done entirely at your own risk.

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3. There must be at least one person in the booking party over the age of twenty-one (21).

 

4. It is both a condition of our liability insurance cover and planning permission that there are no more than a maximum of five (5) swimmers/visitors to the pool for any session. In addition, no more than two cars on the property per swim session of the users of the pool.

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5. Any bookings or reservations cancelled within forty-eight (48) hours of the session time will forfeit the payment. No refunds for “No shows”

 

6. Each session is one hour, this is to include arrival and changing time.  You must vacate the property at the end of your booked hour. This is to
allow a full clean of the pool side and changing area/s and to ensure that anyone who has a session booked after you gets their full hour.

 

7. Payments for swim sessions are to be made either by cash or by BACS payment to the Alkira House pool nominated account before the
session takes place. Part or split payments for sessions are not acceptable. It is the responsibility of the person making the session
booking/reservation to ensure the payment is made ahead of the session itself.

 

8. Cars are parked on the premises and their contents are left entirely at your own risk.

 

9. Alkira House is protected by an intruder alarm system along with remotely accessible CCTV cameras. These have been installed for the
purposes of intrusion detection and prevention of damage to the grounds, buildings and contents. The General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA18) does not apply to CCTV that captures images within the boundary of a
residential property. However, the owners of Alkira House undertake to act responsibly and under the guidance of the ICO. You accept that on entering the property your images and that of your party may be recorded by the CCTV system

Access and Grounds:

10. To reduce the average traffic volumes on our approach road and in Market Weston generally, along with the impact of additional vehicles
on our property, we respectfully request that there are no more than two (2) vehicles accessing the property in relation to your swim session.

11. Please park your vehicles on the driveway only and at the end of the drive just in front of the white fence and lawned area of the back
garden. The garden and other areas of the grounds are private, and we ask that you respect this fact by keeping off the grassed areas and any
associated seating.

12. Please be mindful that we have neighbours on both sides of the property and keep noise to respectful levels when arriving and
departing in your cars, when parking and making your way to and from the pool room.

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13. No smoking is allowed anywhere within the boundary of Alkira House – indoors or outdoors.

 

14. Suitable footwear must be worn when outside of the building. The driveway and patio area outside the pool reception room are not clean
and bare feet can bring dirt, stones and other contaminants into the pool room.

 

15. Be aware of a step down across the width of the outside patio when walking from the driveway towards the sliding glass doors of the
reception/lobby entrance

Pool and Pool Room:

16. The use of the Pool is on given on the condition that the users are in good health and won’t be affected by the pool water, pool chemicals
and pool environment. The water and air temperature are on display on the monitor in the Pool Room. The chemical level readings are taken
regularly and can be made available on request.

17. No outdoor shoes to be worn in the Pool Room at all. Please remove outdoor shoes in the reception/lobby area.

 

18. Please keep doors into the Pool Room closed to help maintain air temperature and humidity levels.

 

19. No food, drink, or breakables to be brought into the Pool Room, including the changing rooms. Please do not use talcum powder in the changing room.

20. Any children using the pool must be fully toilet trained. Those that are not MUST wear a disposable swim nappy and a neoprene over nappy
(“Double Nappy System). You acknowledge and accept that if your child causes a fouling or leakage into the pool, you will be liable for any of the costs to clean and sanitise the water and filtration system. You also accept that you may be liable for the impact of lost revenue for subsequent bookings because of the need to clean the pool and sanitise it again.

 

21. All rubbish and waste must be taken with you. This particularly appliesto nappies.

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22. Please shower before entering the pool and remove make-up (if applicable) – it helps keep swimming healthy for everyone by reducing the impurities we all carry from entering the water!

23. Long hair should be tied up when swimming, or a suitable bathing cap worn.

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24. Absolutely no access behind the bar area at the back of the pool room (these are the personal possessions of the owner).

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25. No jewellery (other than rings which are always worn) whilst in the water. This is for your safety and to protect the pool water filtration system.

26. You accept and understand that the pool is unmanned, unsupervised and there is no lifeguarding on site at all.

27. Any lone swimming is undertaken solely at your own risk.

28. No jumping into the pool, access to the pool is via the steps in the shallow end.

29. Be aware that the pool water depth changes quite suddenly from 1.2m at the shallow end to 2.4 metres halfway along the length of the pool

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30. The life belt is not to be used unless in case of emergencies. It issecured with an elasticated hook. Please do not tamper or interfere with it.

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31. We have music available through Amazon Alexa. You can change it to your desired choice (our preference is once and not multiple times please – as requests to Alexa can be heard within our home). Whilst you can turn it down or off, however, please don’t turn it up from the volume it is set at.
 

In Case of Emergency:

32. The Emergency Telephone cordless handset in the Pool Room is only to be used in cases of emergency. Please dial 999 and quote the nature of the emergency and the address (“Alkira House”, New Common Road, Market Weston. IP22 2PG).

33. Emergency exits are indicated by signs in the Pool Room and will have been pointed out to you on your first visit as part of our Health and Safety Briefing. Please familiarise yourself and those of your party where the Emergency Exits are.

34. A First Aid Kit is provided in the Pool Room. Please notify the owners if anything is used from the kit so that it can be replaced