Holiday Cottages In Alnmouth

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mrs Dransfield - Verified booking

  The plus points first. Harbour Hideaway is in a fantastic location in Seahouses. Very handy for all the lovely local amenities. The convenient parking space is right outside the property. The decor is modern and the layout well thought out. For the size it is well equipped, the combined microwave is a larger model. We found the sofa bed to be comfortable and easy to convert from sofa to a bed. The views from the property are beautiful, with lovely walks along the coast. However, Harbour Hideaway is very small, once the sofa bed is made up, you can only just walk around it. The main space, not including the front door recess is app 2.3 metres, (less 40cm for the kitchen run, approx 1.9 metres) by 3.2 metres approx. There is a small recess for the front door. We found damp and high levels of humidity to be a problem and have provided the owner with photos. Thankfully we had lovely weather because it would be difficult drying wet coats, shoes and walking coats in such a confined space. There is very little storage space and we had to leave rucksacks, walking shoes and jackets in the car. All bedding and towels are provided but there were only two pillows, for two people. There is not room in the sofa bed storage for all the bedding, we had to leave a pillow out during the day. We stayed for five nights and found it a little challenging because of the lack of space and lack of storage.

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• Rebecca - Verified booking

  The washing machine and dish washer where absolutely filthy.

  The dog hair in the washing machine was really bad, I had put the washer on a rinse and then wiped the seal, drum and glass to remove a lot of dog hair, I ended up doing 2 further washes with wiping inbetween the seal, glass and drum until it was clean and ready to use. . The dish washer smelt absolutely awful, I had the clean the filter which was absolutely rammed with food and had the really soak and clean the filter with the sink brush and do a full hot wash with the dish washer empty to get it usable again. The dishwasher could do with topping up with salt and rinse aid as we didn't bring any and would help keep it smelling.nicer. We didn't bring our dog in the end but would of liked use of a vacuum to keep the rug clean and clean up the previous dogs hair. The cottage is beautiful and in an ideal location and facilities in the cottage were great. Ample of games and garden furniture cushions and etc.. outside a tap bonus We will defo come back in the future.

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• Heather - Verified booking

  Hello. The location of the property is fantastic.

  The property itself (building layout and design) is ideal, lots of space for us all in nice big rooms. Plenty of hot water and no issues with heating. Garden fantastic. The property was not clean. I cleaned the toilets myself and they hadn’t been cleaned since the previous guests. The carpet upstairs hadn’t been hoovered. The living room rug was covered in dog hair that wasn’t from our dog. A lot of dog hair downstairs, all over the floors, under sofas, dining table etc. Dirty windows inside and outside. Our 8 month old baby dropped some yoghurt on the kitchen floor, I cleaned it up with a baby wipe and the wipe was filthy, so the hard floors had definitely not been cleaned for a long time. Dirty bins, mouldy chopping boards and wooden spoons in the kitchen. Previous guests rubbish under sofas and down the side of the single bed. It really let our holiday down and we won’t return because of the cleanliness.

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• Nicola - Verified booking

  We had a lovely stay in this beautiful cottage however we had two issues that we believe need addressing.

  Firstly the shower in the en suite is totally unusable as water sprays in every direction both inside and outside the cabinet resulting in the floor being soaked. It is unsafe to use and we were worried about water leaking into downstairs. We had deliberately booked a property with two showers so this was disappointing. Secondly there was considerable evidence of dog hair on sofas, sofa blankets and bedding. Whilst we appreciate that this is a dog friendly property we believe that more effort should be made to remove the dog hair. If these issues were addressed it would be a lovely place to stay. Emily the owner had very helpfully provided a Christmas tree for our stay.

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• Confirmed Guest - Verified booking

  This is our first visit to Northumberland and we enjoyed every minute of it! The cottage is lovely and very well equipped and we actually relaxed! The neighbors are friendly and helpful. The beach at Bamburgh is lovely and the dog loved it too – liked The Copper Kettle for lunch. Would highly recommend: Lollo Rosso in Morpeth – the lasagna was one of the nicest i’ve had! If you go, go between 5-6 it is happy hour. We went on Tuesday evening and by 6 it was really busy so best to book. Loved Warkworth – very pretty. Thanks for the lovely welcome pack – a very much appreciated special touch. Hopefully we’ll be back again.

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