Editing Herm (section)

===Since 1945===
[[File:White House Hotel, Herm 1968 - geograph.org.uk - 85.jpg|thumb|left|[[White House (Herm)|White House]], Herm]]
In 1949, the [[States of Guernsey]] bought Herm from [[the Crown]] because of the "unspoilt island idyll that could be enjoyed by locals and tourists alike".<ref name="Independent"/> One of the island's most influential tenants was Major Peter Wood, who looked after the island from 1949 to 1980 with his wife.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wood |first1=Jenny |title=Herm, Our Island Home |date=1986 |publisher=Linton |location=Guernsey |isbn=978-0951118702}}</ref><ref name="Independent"/><ref name="Staff "/> The island was run down when he arrived, with the manor hidden in undergrowth, the windows and roofs of the houses having been blown off by a sea mine drifting into the harbour shortly after their arrival,<ref name="tig">{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisguernsey.com/latest/2006/03/20/a-life-less-ordinary/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629095005/http://www.thisisguernsey.com/latest/2006/03/20/a-life-less-ordinary/|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2013|title=A Life Less Ordinary|date=20 March 2006|access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> but they created a school, and restored St Tugual's Chapel.<ref name="Staff">{{cite web | url=http://herm.com/files/pdf/staff_handbook_2013.pdf | title=Herm Island Staff Handbook 2013 | publisher=Herm Island | date=2013 | access-date=29 December 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200546/http://herm.com/files/pdf/staff_handbook_2013.pdf | archive-date=2 January 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Major Wood's daughter Pennie Wood Heyworth and her husband Adrian succeeded them;<ref name="Staff"/> Major Wood died in 1998.<ref name="Staff"/> Their early efforts are recorded in ''Herm, Our Island Home'', written by Major Wood's wife Jenny Wood.{{sfn|Wood|1972}}

On 17 May 2008, the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] reported<ref name="BBC Date">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/7406165.stm | title=Lease on Channel Island for sale | publisher=BBC | date=17 May 2008 | access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref> that the tenants had put the remaining 40 years of their lease up for sale, with an asking price of £15,000,000.<ref name="BBC Price">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/7522028.stm | title=Candidate picked for Herm tenancy | publisher=BBC | date=23 July 2008 | access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref> Within four days, there were over 50 potential buyers.<ref name="Buyers">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/internationalproperty/3361507/Island-for-sale-A-Herm-from-home.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129194018/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/internationalproperty/3361507/Island-for-sale-A-Herm-from-home.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 November 2013 | title=Island for sale: A Herm from home | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=7 June 2008 | access-date=1 January 2014 | author=Eames, Andrew}}</ref> In September 2008 it was announced that Starboard Settlement, a [[Trust law|trust]], had acquired the remainder of the lease<ref name="Lease">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/7657576.stm | title=New company is set up to run Herm | publisher=BBC | date=7 October 2008 | access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref> for considerably less than the asking price.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisguernsey.com/latest/2008/09/23/new-herm-tenants-vow-to-keep-it-open-to-all/ |title=New Herm tenants vow to keep it open to all |date=23 September 2008 |publisher=This Is Guernsey |access-date=22 May 2013 |archive-date=22 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522150840/http://www.thisisguernsey.com/latest/2008/09/23/new-herm-tenants-vow-to-keep-it-open-to-all/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The trust formed a company based in Guernsey, Herm Island Ltd, to manage the island for the trustees.<ref name="Lease"/>

In 2013, negotiations for a 21-year extension to the lease broke down, with the tenant offering £440,000 and the owner requesting £6,000,000 plus improvements to infrastructure,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://guernseypress.com/news/2013/10/04/deputies-want-to-know-why-herm-talks-broke-down/ |title=Deputies want to know why Herm talks broke down}}</ref> the offer was later reduced to £2.44 million. In 2023 the lease to Starboard Settlement Charitable Trust was extended to 2069 for an undisclosed sum.<ref>{{cite web |title=P&R refuses to reveal cost of Herm lease extension |url=https://guernseypress.com/news/2023/06/07/pr-refuses-to-reveal-cost-of-herm-lease-extension/ |date=7 June 2023}}</ref>