Family home house rules template

Check-in and checkout

• Check-in from [Check-in time]. Checkout by [Checkout time].

Guests and noise

• The home sleeps up to [Max guests] guests, including children. Babies in a crib count too.
• Quiet hours are [Quiet hours start] to [Quiet hours end], for the neighbours and any little ones sleeping.
• Sorry, no parties or events, including birthday parties.

Pets, smoking and photos

• Pets: [Pet rule].
• No smoking or vaping inside or in the yard.
• No commercial photography or filming without asking.

For families

• Baby gear: [Baby gear list and location, e.g. crib, high chair and stair gate in the hall closet].
• The home is not fully childproofed. Please check [Hazards to note, e.g. the balcony railing and the stairs to the basement].
• Pool: an adult must watch children in and around the pool at all times. Please keep the gate latched. [Pool hours]
• Trampoline and play set: one child at a time on the trampoline, please, with an adult nearby.
• Toys and games are in [Toy location]. Please let us know if anything breaks so we can replace it.
• Cleaning products and medicines are up high in [Cupboard location]. Please keep them there.

Locking up

• Please lock the doors and the pool gate when you go out and at checkout.

Before you leave

• Put used dishes in the sink.
• Gather used towels, including pool towels, in [Towel spot].
• Sort trash and recycling into the kitchen bins.
• Turn off the lights and heat or AC, and close the windows.
• Lock up and leave the keys [Key return spot].

Thanks for bringing your family to stay!