Accessibility

Last updated 26 September 2026

We want everyone to be able to use this site, including people who use a screen reader, move around with a keyboard alone, magnify the page, or turn off animation. This page says what we have done, what we know is still not right, and how to reach us when something gets in your way.

What we aim for

Our target is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at level AA. We do not claim the whole site meets it, because part of it is built and run by another company, which is explained below.

What we have done

• Every page can be used with a keyboard, and the element you are on is always outlined so you can see where you are.
• Every page has a link to skip straight to the content, and the menus and sections are labelled for screen readers.
• Text and controls meet the WCAG contrast minimums against their backgrounds.
• The rotating photographs on the home page have a pause button, stop while you hover over them or move into them with the keyboard, and do not move at all if your device is set to reduce motion.
• Photographs carry a text description. Where the owner has captioned a photo we use that caption; where there is no caption we say which photo in the set it is rather than guess at what it shows.
• The enquiry form labels every field, marks which ones are required, and tells a screen reader exactly which field needs fixing.
• We test with automated checks and by working through the pages with a keyboard, and we fix what we find.

What we know is not right yet

Booking runs on Guesty, a third party system. The search box on the home page is Guesty's code and the booking pages it opens, on holdfast.guestybookings.com, are run by Guesty rather than by us. We have added keyboard and screen reader support to the search box on our own page, including the date picker, but a change on Guesty's side can undo that without warning, and we cannot change their booking pages at all. We have asked Guesty to fix these at source.

If the search box does not work for you, there is a plain link under it straight to the booking site, every house page has its own booking link, and you can book any house by phone or email instead, using the details below.

Two houses, Hudson House and Trullo, do not have captions on their photographs yet, so their gallery photos are described only by their position in the set.

Tell us when something is in your way

Email info@holdfastfl.com or call (954) 520-7544. We will reply within five business days, and if the fix is going to take longer than that we will tell you how you can get what you needed in the meantime. If you are trying to book a house or ask about management and the site is in your way, the phone number reaches a person who can do the whole thing for you.