It’s orange, it’s messy – and it’s costing one lettings business a small fortune: fake tan.
John Winter, who runs a student lettings business offering his own properties for rent, has spent thousands of pounds in replacing mattresses and mattress covers.
The problem first cropped up some four years ago, according to Winter’s lettings manager Joe Harris.
“John didn’t have a clue what the strange orange marks were,” Harris said. “They were roughly body-shaped and you could see the wrist, ankle and shoulder areas.
“We try to educate the students and it has been quite successful because three years ago we had 220 mattress covers ruined, but this year that has dropped to 147.
“There is a high percentage of females out of the 400 students we house, so the incidents were much higher, and you could see the fake tanning products in nearly every room.
“There are quite a few orange-coloured people walking around Cardiff.”
Harris said the business has also had to change the type of mattress from pocket sprung to memory foam with covers that can be washed or replaced.
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“There are quite a few orange-coloured people walking around Cardiff."
Just a great quote. However, I'm sure that it's not just Cardiff where this happens.
A disgrace.