House manual

• Be inside before 22:30; mechanical burglary locks go on 22:30–23:00 (case-by-case exceptions by prior agreement).
• Quiet hours (no showers, keep bedroom noise and screen glare from disturbing others): 23:00–07:30.
• Breakfast and lunch are cold and simple; household meals are shared.
• Security cameras monitor outdoor routes and shared indoor areas only (never bathroom, toilet, or bedrooms).
• Tell Robert or Angel when tasks wrap up, using WhatsApp, Telegram, or the dashboard log.

The home uses a Loqed electronic phone lock alongside mechanical interior night locks. Please be inside before 22:30: between 22:30 and 23:00 we close the mechanical burglary hinges and latches from the inside, and once engaged, Loqed can no longer unlock the door from outside. In the morning, whoever wakes up first takes the mechanical lock off. If travel or an event makes getting home by 22:30 impossible, ask in advance so we can arrange a case-by-case exception. Access details are arranged privately before arrival. Never share household access with another person.

• Install the invited phone-lock app and create your account before arrival so entry is ready
• Keep exits, doorways, and shared access equipment usable
• Do not enter or exit through the back door or garden gate at night
• Before mechanical lock-up, if you step out briefly through the front door (for instance, to smoke outside the perimeter), pull the door shut behind you right away
• Follow the evening door-securing routine shown by a host, checking exterior and kitchen doors
• Report an access or battery problem promptly, and do not improvise if a lock behaves unexpectedly

Quiet hours run from 23:00 to 07:30. Keep calls, media, bright screens, and footsteps from disturbing sleeping housemates. Showers pause during these hours, so please shower before 23:00. After 23:00, switch off downstairs lights, draw the living-room curtains, avoid cooking or hanging out downstairs unless invited by a host, and spend the night in your bedroom except for brief toilet trips.

• Use headphones whenever audio could carry, and avoid lingering in the toilet with phones
• Work or browse comfortably on laptops at the living-room desk, guest-room desk, dining table, or outdoors
• Keep public desk spots focused on productivity; game in your bedroom or outside without loud voice chat
• Treat the living-room PS4 primarily as a Blu-ray player rather than a shared gaming console, and replug anything you unplugged before bed

The kitchen, toilet, bathroom, living room, and dining room are shared spaces throughout your stay. The stairs and the entire upper floor are strictly private and off-limits to guests, as are other closed private rooms pointed out on arrival. Reset shared rooms after each use.

• Eat seated at the kitchen or dining table using proper plates, bowls, and cutlery—never eat directly from cooking pans, supermarket baskets, or cooking spatulas, and do not lick plates
• Help set or clear the table at least once on help days
• Cover transparent clothing with opaque layers in shared areas, and follow the 08:00–20:50 daywear norm
• The living-room sofa bed is strictly off-limits for lying down, placing feet on, or sleeping unless hosts authorise a rare emergency exception; keep feet off the coffee table too
• Wear indoor slippers indoors, change out of muddy work clothes before sitting down, and keep street socks off bedlinen
• Store outdoor shoes neatly on the front-door rack or inside the shoe cabinet
• Keep bags inside your bedroom so the living room—especially between the bookcase and the massage chair—stays completely clear (Guest room 2 may store at most one suitcase neatly under the living-room desk)
• Hang your bath towel on your designated bathroom hook—if still damp, air-dry it outside first
• Wrap sanitary pads and place them in the outdoor Restafval bin outside the front door (at night once doors are locked, bag tightly inside your room and take straight to Restafval next morning)

Visitors, friends, partners, family members, and unapproved pets need prior host permission before entering the home.

• Spend overnight or romantic time with a partner at a hotel or elsewhere unless a host has agreed otherwise
• Welcome parcel deliveries from carriers such as PostNL, DHL, or GLS and bring packages inside
• Do not hand a package to somebody else without host permission

Transportation is outside our food-and-accommodation exchange; using a regular bicycle or electric bike when hosts do not need it is an optional courtesy (ask first before using any scooter or electric step, as Dutch public-road rules strictly limit unplated e-steps). Google Home speakers are also available in shared rooms.

• Ask host permission every single time before taking the electric bike or any scooter (and check before borrowing the regular bicycle), lock it properly, follow Dutch traffic rules, and return it charged
• Riders carry full responsibility for Dutch traffic fines, theft from failure to lock properly, or negligent damage to borrowed bikes; report faults or flat batteries immediately
• Keep borrowed host headphones strictly inside agreed project hours
• Keep Google Home speaker volume at level 2 or 3, pause during conversation, avoid repeated track-skipping, and save hardcore or death metal for personal headphones

We enforce a strict zero-tolerance rule for soft and hard drugs, including cannabis. Drug use or intoxication ends the stay immediately, with departure required before 20:00 the same day—or first thing the following morning if an incident occurs late at night.

• Alcohol is capped at one standard drink per evening (such as one glass of wine or one small 330 ml bottle of beer); getting tipsy or drunk falls under zero-tolerance
• Smoking tobacco and vaping are allowed only outside the property perimeter
• Personal habits must never undermine punctuality, task quality, or household calm

For household security, cameras operate outside the property and inside shared indoor areas; privacy-sensitive spaces—including the bathroom, toilet, and guest bedrooms—never have cameras. Your bedroom is your personal space: hosts only enter unannounced during urgent safety emergencies, and otherwise message in advance and knock first for planned maintenance or checks.

• Do not enter private bedrooms or upstairs areas without explicit invitation
• Never photograph household documents, host screens, or other people without consent
• Keep host account, medical, financial, and family matters strictly confidential

Accidents happen. Report any breakage, spill, or lost item the same day rather than hiding it—covering genuine accidental damage fairly through your liability insurance, repair, or depreciated replacement value.

• Stop using any unsafe tool or appliance right away and make the spot safe
• Do not improvise complex repairs or discard damaged pieces without checking first

Open dialogue is welcome, while recurring debates shouldn’t dominate shared dinners. Please steer clear of gender politics, pseudoscientific spirituality (such as horoscopes, auras, or energy healing), and conspiracy theories (like flat-earth or pandemic hoaxes).

If anybody signals a topic feels uncomfortable, drop the subject calmly without arguing about the boundary itself.

Week one acts as a mutual grace period to make sure daily living fits both sides. Serious breaches end the stay immediately: drug use or intoxication, unauthorised visitors, persistent quiet-hour disregard, refusing scheduled help, or misrepresenting your plans.

If things aren’t a match, either side can end the stay with 24 hours’ notice using your prepared backup address; see leaving safely. Hosts follow household routines too, except when full-day work, medical appointments, emergencies, or migraines force a temporary shift—feel free to start cold breakfast and independent tasks at 08:00 without waiting.