Hire Terms

PERIOD OF HIRE (2 DAYS)

Items must be returned within 2 days (unless otherwise agreed) of the date they have been collected from Coast Cakes or delivered. If the return date falls on a day when our retail shop is closed, the hired items must be returned the following day when our retail shop is open. Should the hired items be returned late, the hirer will be charged another hire fee which will continue until the items have been returned.

BOND

A bond should be paid in cash upon collection of the item. Credit card payment for the bond can be accepted but when the bond is returned (subject to below bond policies), it would be the bond less the credit card charges.

The bond payment will be refunded to the hirer once item (and all accessories) has been returned in the same manner the hired item(s) were collected or sent out. Full amount of bond will not be refunded if there is any damage to the hired items that have occurred during the hired period or if the hired item is returned in a poorer condition than it was when it left Coast Cakes.

Full bond may not be returned, if the hired item(s) are not cleaned properly. We ask that you return the item to us in the same state and condition that you have borrowed it.

CANCELLATION OF HIRE ITEMS

Should you cancel an advance booking your payment will not be refunded, although may be transferred to an alternative booking date, subject to availability and at our discretion.

ADDITIONAL CHARGES

Coast Cakes may claim additional charges against the hirer if:
If item is not returned on or by the date of termination, the hirer will be charged for each day exceeding the point of termination, until the item has been returned.

The equipment is returned dirty, in which case a cleaning fee will be charged.
Coast Cakes and/or its representative(s) are made to drop-off or pick up the item, in which case the hirer will be charged for any costs incurred by Coast Cakes.

Failure to return an item, may result in debt collection and recovery charges being added.

DELIVERY AND REMOVAL OF ITEM

The hirer authorises Coast Cakes and/or its employees to access his/her property in order to deliver and remove hired item(s). Neither Coast Cakes nor its employees will be held liable for any damages which occur during this process, including but not excluding damage to driveways/walkways, grass areas, underground services or any other damage.

CARE OF ITEM

The hirer agrees that he/she and his/her employees will take good care of the hired item(s) and use it in the way it was designed to be used.

Should the hirer fail to use the hired item in the proper way, he/she shall be liable for reimbursement to Coast Cakes of any costs incurred subsequently.

Coast Cakes is not liable for any losses, monetary or otherwise, incurred by the hirer due to the breakdown of the hired item while it is in the hirer’s possession.

DAMAGE TO HIRER, THIRD PERSON(S), OR PROPERTY

No claim can be made to Coast Cakes for any loss or damages suffered by the hirer during the use of any items hired.

Coast Cakes is indemnified against any claims for damages suffered by third persons with regards to any loss, injury, damage, or other liability resulting from the hirer’s use of the hired item(s).

DAMAGE WAIVER

The term ‘damage’, when used at any stage within these terms and conditions refers to, but is not exclusive to the following.

Any incidental damage requiring minor repair.

Any loss or theft of the hired item, in which case the hirer must immediately notify the owner and also the police.

Any damage which occurs as the result of fire, earthquake, storm, or other natural event.

Any damage which occurs as the result of third party accident or interference.

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The hirer is deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions upon payment of the hireage fee.

In accepting the hired item(s), the hirer will be deemed have checked the item(s) being hired are free from damages.