Third email

The mildew and damp on the tipi and the wetness of the floor was well in excess of the normal levels of tolerance whether the dwelling is to be considered ethnic or not. The hole in the top also serves to emit smoke from the fire within the tipi below. It is this fire which serves to keep the tipi dry. Your tipis, not containing fires, have the hole sealed.

Though I did not receive the second call, you rang me twice to warn me that there was a possibility that the tipi may not be fit for use because of the rising water table indicating that the moisture – some of which at least – was not wholly due to the hole in the top.

When my wife contacted you to tell you we could not stay because of the condition of the tipi you offered a refund of our deposit in the form of a voucher, thus indicating that you were aware that the tipi was inhospitable.