The project will only be worthwhile if all members, both family and production team, follow an agreed pattern during the period of occupancy. Any alteration from this agreement should be discussed first with either the director or producer, unless safety considerations dictate otherwise (see the separate section on safety). If family members break this agreement they should explain their action either during the next filming phase or using the digital video-diary cameras located in the bedrooms.

1. Adopting a 1900 Lifestyle
• Whilst inside the house everyone should participate by adopting the lifestyle of a 1900 family.
• Period clothes must be worn at all times, including the relevant layers of undergarments.
• Only foods typical of the period should be consumed and these must be prepared and cooked on the equipment within the house.
• Modern appliances or products must not be brought into the house (i.e. anything other than the equipment already provided or offered for purchase from the various costermongers).
• Wherever possible guidance on conduct and operation of equipment in the house should be sought from the library of period advice books and magazines available on cleaning, washing, cooking, gardening, general maintenance etc.

2. Away from the House
• Outside the house every effort should be made to minimize adopting a modern lifestyle.
• Whilst travel on modern transport will be necessary to reach work or school, other modern activities should be minimized.
• In most cases modern money will be needed to buy contemporary products or services such as modern foods (a packed lunch should be provided for those leaving the home), making telephone calls for non-business purposes, purchasing goods or having goods purchased for them by others.
• Period clothing should be worn outside the house by all members when on weekend and social outings. (Arrangements have been made for the children to change in and out of school uniform at a neighbour's house).

3. Income and Expenditure
•The family will live within a strict budget based on typical income and expenditure for a 1900 household.
• All purchases to sustain the daily lives of the family must be made within a prescribed budget.
• Typically a clerk of the period would have earned around £150-250 a year. Based on this figure, we will make a representative calculation of the average weekly take home wage, less rent and travel expenses, from which the family must buy all necessary provisions made available at period prices, although costs may fluctuate with seasonal demand.
• Foods, only those available at the turn of the century, will either be bought at local stores where we have a credit arrangement for purchases or they can be ordered for delivery.
• A selection of household goods, including hardware and luxuries of the time will occasionally be offered to the family for purchase.
• All purchases must be kept within the household budget, therefore should an expensive commodity be purchased savings will have to be made elsewhere.
• Accounts of expenditure should be kept up to date in the ledger provided.
• We will provide each member of the family with a £20 note which should be kept for emergency purposes only and will be returned, unless required, at the end of the living period — this will be the only modern money held by family members during the period.

4. Visitors & Communications
• Visitors are welcome to enter the house and may do so wearing contemporary clothing, however, they may not bring modern appliances or foods into the house.
• Wherever possible visitors should be received and entertained within the guidelines of the day.
• Visitors must sign the Visitor's Book to confirm that they have read the safety procedures for visitors in the house.
• Visitors are allowed to stay overnight but must not disrupt the normal routine, indeed should be encouraged to participate in the daily activities.
• Communications to the outside world can only be made via the 'postal service' consisting of pick-ups twice a day and deliveries four times a day. (We may occasionally electronically 'sweep' the house to check for mobile phones).

5. Running the House
• The running of the house should be conducted and operated, wherever possible, by adult members of the family.
• The family will go through an induction process to familiarise them with unfamiliar equipment and practices necessary to operate the house. This will be done at Shugborough Hall and again within the house shortly after moving in.
• Following induction training, the 1900 house should be maintained and operated on a daily basis by adult members of the family, as in the running of our normal homes.
• A booklet will be provided outlining the background and expertise of specialist advisors who can be contacted, via post, for advice on any questions or minor problems that may develop during the living period. However, in the first instance, efforts should be made to resolve any problems by consulting the period books available. Should difficulties persist, a letter should be written to the relevant expert and handed over in your next post pick up. This will elicit a speedy response, normally by return of post the same day (weekend enquiries may have to wait until a weekday for reply). In the event of the advised actions not working, a visit can be arranged with the necessary expert. However, like calling on any modern services, a charge may be made which will have to be deducted from the household budget.

6. Video Diary Cameras
• Our film crew will be capturing the majority of the living experience within the house, however, we have installed two small video cameras in the bedrooms which we would encourage family members to use as regular methods of communication, rather like keeping a diary.
• The cameras will work at any time of day or night and we hope that they may be used to record personal thoughts and assessments of how the 1900 House project is running, some excerpts of which may be used for broadcast.
• We would encourage family members to be as frank as possible about what is concerning them at any time and to comment on all aspects of daily living, not just relating to the 1900 house itself.
• The tapes from these cameras will be replaced every day and will be viewed by the producer so they can be used as a method of communication with the programme makers about how the project is going.
• Should any of these 'rules' be broken we would like all members of the family to reveal such facts via the mini-cameras.

7. Health & Safety
• Living in and operating the 1900 house will be an unfamiliar experience and so there will be a number of potential hazards.
• A variety of safety officers have been involved throughout the construction period to advise on minimising hazards where possible.
• To further reduce the risk of accidents, the family will be given induction training when they first move in.
• Should any anxieties about the operation of any equipment or general activities occur at any point during the occupancy, these worries must be raised as soon as possible either with the 1900 House director or producer. Every effort will be made to offer assistance and to overcome difficulties or anxieties.
• In no circumstances should children be left on their own in the house or be expected to operate any technology within it unsupervised.

8. Minor Medical Needs
• The house will be equipped with a medical cabinet containing period medicines and first aid materials which have been vetted by a GP.
• In cases of minor medical need, the family should first consult the advice books for period remedies and establish whether the medicine cabinet contains the relevant treatments (in many cases we have not been able to supply the recommended substances as they are now deemed dangerous).
• Where the relevant remedy is available, the family should feel free to self-administer it; everything in the house is safe to use without medical consultation.
• If the family's own attempts do not clear up the problem, or if anyone has a more serious medical complaint, then someone should drop a note through the door of the local doctor. She will make a house call as soon as she is available, probably the same evening.
• In cases where no period remedy is available, the local doctor can, where necessary, offer prescriptions for current medicines.
• The family will be registered as temporary patients at the local practice.

9. Emergencies
• In the event of an emergency, all 'rules' are suspended and immediate action should be taken.
• In an emergency, the TV production company telephone in the locked boxroom can be used. The key to the boxroom and the equipment cage are in a 'break-glass' container by the monitoring equipment in the laundry cupboard at the top of the stairs.
• In the event of a fire or of the alarms going off, everyone should leave the house immediately.
• There is an envelope in the coat stand drawer in the entrance hall containing a list of emergency numbers, a key to the production office and a map to show you how to get there. Take this with you when you leave the house and call the fire brigade from the nearest house or from the production office.

10. Alarms & Sensors
• For the family's safety, monitoring systems have been installed in the house. A full introduction to these and, in the event of alarms sounding, an emergency action plan will be discussed shortly after move-in.
• Downstairs: heat detectors in all rooms and natural gas and carbon monoxide monitors/alarms in the hall passage.
• Upstairs: heat and smoke detectors in all rooms and natural gas and carbon monoxide detectors at the top of the stairs.
• A burglar alarm has been installed for use when the house is unoccupied.

11. Fire Extinguishers
• As recommended by the fire officer, a number of extinguishers are located throughout the house, the use of which will form part of our safety induction.