Turn your spare room into a B&B

The large garden, with beautiful decking and manicured lawns, is a hidden oasis - in the heart of Bradway.

And all this could be yours, for as little as £33 a night.

“We’ve been hosts on Airbnb for nearly four months,” says Gail Wyman, who, along with husband Chris, rents out the guest bedroom of their Sheffield home on the alternative accommodation website, which currently features 1.5 million listings in 191 countries around the world.

“We’re amazed at how busy we’ve been in that time, hosting a dozen guests over around 40 nights.

“We’ve had two couples from Canada, a film producer in town to pitch a film at Sheffield DocFest, lots of business people, plus lots of tourists. It’s wonderful meeting so many different people and hearing about their different lives.

Airbnb launched in 2008, offering people the opportunity to put entire homes, apartments or guest rooms up for rent, as an alternative to pricier hotels. The site quickly became a hit with people wanting to pay less for travel accommodation, as well as those interest in earning a secondary income as hosts.

Gail and Chris used the site as guests before they began hosting themselves, and they even met in a rather Airbnb manner, when American-born Gail was asked by mutual friends to put a roof over Chris’ head when he was visiting her hometown of Chicago for a couple of days.

“Thank goodness I agreed!” laughs Gail who moved to Sheffield to live with Chris a year later.

As well as offering their guests a place to lay their heads, Gail and Chris recommend local eateries, provide information on bicycle hire, train schedules and walking maps.

“There are hundreds of hosts like us all across Sheffield - a truly great offering for our city.”