● Booking now through October ● A 30-minute arrival window, in writing ● 1,404 of 1,412 hires on time last year ● Free delivery within 12 miles of Kingsley ● Every unit washed after every hire

Set up, checked and gone before the first guest arrives

Inflatable hire across Kingsley and eight towns around it. You get a thirty-minute arrival window in writing — and if we miss it, the hire is free.

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Late is not a small failure in this trade. The party is at two. So the window is a term of the booking rather than something we aim for.

Larkin Bounce Co. — est. Kingsley
A child sliding down a blue and orange inflatable slide in a garden
Nine towns · one van · 24 units
A girl climbing the wet slope of a large orange inflatable slide
The Long Slide · a garden in Ashgate
A child mid-jump on a red and orange bounce house
Set up 11.40 · party at 12.30

Millbrook ElementaryField day · May

6units on one field
430children through them
07:10on site, gates at 09:00
0minutes late
1,412

Hires delivered last year, across nine towns

99.4%

Arrived inside the thirty-minute window

24

Units in the fleet, every one washed after every hire

eight

Times we were late — and all eight are listed below

Who we are

Larkin hires out inflatables in Kingsley and the eight towns around it. Everything on this page that sounds like a promise is a rule with a penalty attached, because a company that only says it is reliable is asking you to gamble a child’s birthday on a stranger’s word. You are not really hiring a castle. You are hiring the ninety minutes before the party — and the only thing that matters is that we are already gone by the time the doorbell starts.

On the approved supplier list at

Kingsley Parks & RecFour park sites, annual permit
Millbrook ElementaryField day, six years running
St Bede’s, AshgateSummer fete and Easter fair
Rowan Community TrustTwelve estate events a year
Hartley Fire DistrictOpen day, September

What we cover

Three jobs that look the same and are not

A castle in a garden and a castle on a school field are the same castle and almost nothing else in common. What changes is the paperwork, the crew and what time we have to be finished by.

Two children in a back garden set up for a party

Back gardensOne unit, a gate we have measured, and a setup you never see.

→Delivered, anchored and tested in about 40 minutes →Grass stakes or 60 lb sandbags, photographed either way →Collected after dark so the party never ends on us →From $185 for four hours
Children running across a school playing field

Schools & churchesA certificate in your name, an attendant on site, and a load-in that fits a bell schedule.

→Insurance certificate naming your institution, emailed the day you book →A trained attendant per unit for the whole session →On site before the first bus, off the field before pickup →From $340 per unit per day
A large colourful inflatable park with several units in use

Fairs & public eventsSeveral units, our own power, staffed all day, and a wind plan agreed in advance.

→Up to eight units, silenced generators, our own cabling →Queue management and a named site lead you can find →A written wind plan, and we make the call, not you →From $1,150 for a full day
They were pulling away at 12.02 for a party at half twelve. I had budgeted an hour of standing in the drive with my phone. I iced the cake instead.
Priya Nandakumar
Priya Nandakumar Bellwood · hired The Keep, twice

Inspected annually to the state inflatable standard, $2m public liability, and the certificate issued in your school’s, park’s or HOA’s name on the day you book — not the week of the event, when you have already had to chase it.

Last year, in full

The eight times we were late

Out of 1,412 hires. Every rental company in this county will tell you it is reliable. Here is the version with the receipts attached: what date, whose party, how many minutes, whose fault, and what we did about it.

14 March · Rowan 22min

Bridge Street closed for a burst main with no notice. Driver went the long way round the reservoir.

Hire refunded in full.

2 May · Kingsley 40min

Our fault. The van was loaded with the wrong unit and we did not notice until the gate measurement failed on the drive.

Refunded, and the family got the next hire free.

18 May · Ashgate 15min

Blower failed its pre-hire test on the driveway. Swapped from the spare in the van rather than risk it.

Hire refunded in full.

7 June · Millbrook 35min

Traffic on the Fairview road after a collision. We rang at 08:20 to say we would miss it, which does not make it on time.

Hire refunded in full.

21 June · Bellwood 12min

Access gate was padlocked and the key holder was at work. Twelve minutes lost waiting, then carried the unit round the side.

Refunded. We now confirm gate access the day before.

9 August · Hartley 55min

Our fault. Two crews were double-booked for the same 9am slot by a manual override on the calendar.

Refunded, plus the caterer’s late fee. The override is gone.

30 August · Netherby 18min

Ground was too soft to stake after three days of rain. Re-sited to the patio and re-anchored with sandbags.

Hire refunded in full.

12 October · Fairview 25min

Second delivery of the day ran over because the first site would not release our crew until their photographer had finished.

Refunded. Same-day doubles now have a 90-minute gap.

The rule is one line and it has one exception. If we arrive outside the thirty-minute window on your booking confirmation, the hire is free — you do not have to ask and we do not have to agree it was our fault. The exception is that if we stand a unit down for wind or lightning, that is a cancellation and a full refund, not a late arrival.

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The fleet

Every unit, and when it was last washed

8 of 24 shown
A white turreted inflatable castle standing on a lawn

The KeepThe one everybody pictures. Four turrets, a mesh wall you can see in through.

15 × 15 ftFootprint
8 at a timeCapacity
3–10Ages
24 AugLast washed
A child bouncing on the red floor of an open bouncer

Sunday BouncerNo slide, no turrets, more floor. The one to hire if there are a lot of them.

13 × 13 ftFootprint
6 at a timeCapacity
2–8Ages
26 AugLast washed
A child climbing the slope of a tall inflatable slide

The Long SlideEighteen feet of it. Needs a run-off at the bottom, so measure before you book.

22 × 12 ftFootprint
4 slidingCapacity
5–12Ages
25 AugLast washed
A child climbing over an inflatable obstacle

The ScrambleForty feet of obstacle course. Two lanes, so it settles arguments rather than starting them.

40 × 12 ftFootprint
2 racingCapacity
6–14Ages
22 AugLast washed
A small child lying on the low slope of an inflatable

Little KeepLow walls, a soft step, and a roof. Built for the ones who have only just started walking.

10 × 10 ftFootprint
5 at a timeCapacity
1–5Ages
27 AugLast washed
A large inflatable water attraction with a splash pool

CascadeWater slide with a splash pool at the bottom. June to September, and you need a tap within 60 feet.

26 × 14 ftFootprint
4 slidingCapacity
5–12Ages
23 AugLast washed
Children playing in a large inflatable water park

The RapidsTwo splash lanes side by side. The one schools book for the last week of term.

30 × 16 ftFootprint
6 at a timeCapacity
6–14Ages
21 AugLast washed
A large multi-part inflatable with a slide and bounce area

Combo SixBounce floor, a slide, a basket and a climb, all in one footprint. Our most-booked unit six years running.

20 × 16 ftFootprint
8 at a timeCapacity
4–12Ages
26 AugLast washed

Hire is from $185 for four hours including delivery, setup, anchoring and collection within twelve miles of Kingsley. Beyond that it is 90¢ a mile, quoted on the booking rather than added afterwards. Every unit is washed, dried and logged after every single hire — the date above is the last time each one went through the bay, and you can ask to see the log.

What you are paying for

There is always a cheaper quote

Usually about sixty-five dollars cheaper. This is what the sixty-five dollars is made of. If none of it matters for your afternoon, take the other quote — we would.

Arrival
A thirty-minute window on the confirmation. Miss it and the hire is free.
“Sometime that morning.”
Cleaning
Washed, dried and logged after every hire. The date is printed on this page.
You are told that it is cleaned.
Insurance
$2m, certificate in your venue’s name, emailed the day you book.
Emailed the week of, if you chase it.
Weather
Stood down above 20 mph or on lightning. Full refund. Our call, not yours.
Your call, and the deposit is kept.
Anchoring
Stakes on grass, 60 lb sandbags on hard ground, photographed before we leave.
Whatever is in the van that day.
Who turns up
Two named crew in uniform, on the booking, with the wind plan.
Whoever was free on the morning.

The crew

Six people, and what each one owns

Small enough that the person who takes your booking is the person who notices when the van is running behind.

Dale Ferrier, owner of Larkin Bounce Co.
Dale FerrierOwner. Drives the six o’clock van most Saturdays.
Steph Cornick, bookings
Steph CornickBookings and the calendar. Confirms your gate the day before.
Marco Devlin, north crew lead
Marco DevlinCrew lead, north routes. Kingsley, Rowan, Hartley.
Ray Tobin, south crew lead
Ray TobinCrew lead, south routes. Makes the wind call, and has made it eleven times.
Ana Beltran, schools and events
Ana BeltránSchools and public events. Sends the certificates before you ask.
Owen Marsh, wash bay and repairs
Owen MarshWash bay and repairs. Keeps the log the fleet list is printed from.

Nobody gets a second go at the seventh birthday

Tell us the date and the postcode and you will have a written window, a price and a certificate the same day. If we cannot cover it, we will say so in that reply rather than three days later.

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Where the promises are kept or not

A loaded van standing open before the first delivery of the day

The yard, ten past six

Two vans, loaded the night before against a printed run sheet, and a third checked and kept empty so a failed blower is a fifteen-minute problem instead of a cancelled party.

A pressure washer being run over an inflatable in the wash bay

The wash bay, every evening

Every unit comes back, gets washed and disinfected, and hangs until it is dry all the way through — a unit rolled away damp is how a bounce house starts to smell, and the date it happened goes in the log.

What people actually hire one for

BirthdaysFour hours, one garden, twelve overexcited guests

Two children in party hats laughing

School field daysSix units, 430 children, one bell schedule

Children running across a school field

Church fetesAll day, staffed, and a float we can take card on

Bunting and decorations at an outdoor party

Street partiesA closed road, a permit we help you file

A bunch of bright balloons against the sky

Just a SaturdayNo occasion. Genuinely our favourite booking

Two children in a back garden on a summer afternoon

Check your date

Tell us the day. We will tell you today.

You will get back a written arrival window, the full price with delivery in it, and the insurance certificate if you need one — before the end of the day, including Sundays in season.

  • (313) 555-0188 · 7.30 to 7.30, seven days from April to September
  • bookings@larkinbounce.example
  • Unit 4, Cadogan Yard, Kingsley · free delivery within twelve miles
  • Saturdays in June and July go about five weeks out

This is a demonstration page and the form does not send. On a live site it would reach the bookings phone within seconds, and the reply would carry the window, the price and the certificate.