How this is checked
This page sets out the working method behind the entries: where the material comes from, what is deliberately absent, and what happens when a source cannot be confirmed. It is written for readers who want to know how much weight a given line will bear.
How the houses were chosen
Each address had to be a working hotel with a building worth describing: something it was before, a life that lasts only one winter, or a plan built around one repeated sleeping place. Houses whose story rested on marketing copy alone were passed over, however well known they are.
Which sources are used
The operator's own published material comes first, since it is the only source for how a house describes its own arrangements. Mapping and street imagery are used for the address lines. Architectural and general press reporting is used for the history of the fabric, and disagreements between sources are resolved by leaving the disputed detail out.
What this site does not carry
There are no marks out of ten, no comparisons between houses, no room counts and nothing to buy. Weather, access and availability are not promised here, because none of them can be promised. Where a house sets a condition on who may stay, it is stated once, plainly, and left at that.
Reporting an error
Corrections are welcome, especially from the houses themselves and from readers who have just come back from one. Write to the address on the contact page, name the entry, and say what the source is. Anything that cannot be sourced is removed rather than argued over.
Reading the winter part
The snow and ice buildings are not permanent structures, and an entry about one describes a type of building rather than a fixed set of rooms. What was carved last winter will not be there next winter. Season dates are never given here; the operator publishes them, and they move with the cold.
Why an address line sometimes names only a quarter
An address line is treated as a fact like any other. Where mapping, the operator and the press agree on a street, the street is named. Where they do not, or where a house publishes only its district, the entry names the quarter and stops there rather than guessing at a number.