Beach Cottages In Cornwall

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Christopher - Verified booking

  Very disappointed with en-suite.

  Expected it to be with main bedroom but with bedroom 3, smallest one (large single?) and the one without a view. Electric shower more of a drizzle and difficult to set temperature so potentially dangerous when suddenly becoming very hot. Door opened wrong side, by shower unit and onto radiator and WC. Nowhere for toiletries. Cistern overflowing into pan. Cloakroom basin so not useful in en-suite. Fanlight window handle extremely stiff. Dreadful toilet rolls and only two provided for six people. Cistern flush button in toilet could stick causing continuous flow of water into pan. Fridge missing two shelves and no bar on bottom door shelf so couldn’t store milk there. Worktop damaged. Furniture cheap and cheerful. No apparent way of receiving normal (BBC, ITV, C4) TV, only apps. Some rust on patio furniture so wary of clothing stains/damage. Shortage of drinks glasses (none for g&t for example or for soft drinks) and yet copious amounts of crockery and cutlery. Externally property tired. Cracks in walls and patching and repainting required as well as good clean of soffits etc. Entrance to driveway needs to be widened by a metre. Dustbin too small for six people’s waste - on arrival already half full from previous guests and two-thirds full on departure. Everything goes in; no separation of recyclables. Wi-fi connection good but asked not to download large amounts of data (?) so possibly not good for children - or certain types of working from “home”! Mobile signal (EE) acceptable. Also, threatening a £50 per hour charge for late departures raised a laugh; we were gone by 10. Redeeming features? View and peace. Good location outside of school holidays. All in all, someone paying c. £2,500 for a week will probably have more comfort at home and wouldn’t expect to go down market for that amount of money. Well over-priced. Can’t do much about the en-suite but definite room for improvement in comfort and welcome.

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• Lauren - Verified booking

  Lostwithiel is a beautiful village and on first glimpse the cottage seemed to be idyllic.

  It's a lovely old house, rustic with lots of character and came equipped with everything we needed for a weeks stay. However as the week progressed and the unpredictable cornish weather took hold we sadly became aware that the house has quite a significant damp problem in the small double bedroom and bathroom. By the end of the week the bedroom was covered in black mould and we chose to cut our stay short as also by this point my husband had developed a rather nasty case of sinusitis. Upon relaying our concerns about the property to Sykes we found them less than helpful. They apparently can't investigate the property without multiple complaints. The response from the owners was even more patronising and alluded to the damp problem being our fault as we had not ventilated the property enough.... this is despite us constantly having the windows open and having lived in a period property ourselves (we are well accustomed to the challenges of damp in old houses however when the damp is quite clearly coming from the roof and poorly maintained gutters no amount of window opening will sadly fix it!) Would I recommend Astrantia cottage to others? Absolutely should the owners and Sykes address the damp problem and give the property the TLC it deserves. Unfortunately in it's current state I would encourage people to give it a wide berth.

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• Emma - Verified booking

  We had a lovely stay at Honeycrock.

  Owners were welcoming, information provided about the local area, and we enjoyed lovely walks from the cottage door to the beach to have a fire in the evening. We stayed in August, and haven’t been away in the summer before. Soon realised if you want to go to the beach you need to be prepared to get up early to drive down to get a parking space. The cottage was within walking distance (adult legs not child!) of Polly Joke and a little further, Crantock, and Bowgie Inn which is lovely for a pint overlooking the sea. As described in the listing, there is NO WI-FI which was absolutely perfect for us for a complete switch off this week. There are board games and books at the cottage. As described in the listing, the lane to get to the cottage is very rough and you need to be prepared for going at 5 mph down a bumpy lane. This did not bother us at all, but if you have a Lamborghini you might want to bear this in mind! All in all what a lovely place to stay and we would be back in a heartbeat! Have already recommended it to friends

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• Tracey - Verified booking

  We enjoyed our holiday in Lostwithiel, the cottage is spacious and convenient for local shops and a good base for touring the area, lots to see and do.

  The downstairs is nicely decorated, the living room is lovely and cosy with a generous supply of fuel provided for the fire. The kitchen was well equipped and plenty of room to put boots, coats etc in utility room. However the shower room is quite dark as no window and could do with additional lighting. The upstairs has good size bedrooms but are quite basic, there are issues with damp which are particularly bad in the second bedroom and bathroom, with paint peeling off the walls. We ventilated the cottage as much as we could but feel the damp needs to be addressed and unfair for guests to sleep in damp rooms. The cottage was quite clean but several light bulbs not working on arrival which we replaced. The cottage is located at the top of a small lane and is very quiet so slept well, the only downside to the location is the parking which is bit awkward when unloading/loading.

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• Tom - Verified booking

  We had a wonderful stay at Astrantia Cottage and the facilities were excellent.

  It was our first proper holiday with our 10 month old son, meaning evenings out were off the agenda. The fully equipped kitchen meant we could cook a nice meal and enjoy each evening in a more relaxed manner. Lostwithiel is a lovely place and a perfect location from which to enjoy the local sites. We were aware of the parking restraints before leaving but actually found it to be fine and got parked on Kings Street almost every day. (It is tight though) The only comment we would make was regarding the WiFi. According to the error messages we received, it appeared too old to work on an Apple device and neither of us managed to get connected once during our stay. This meant that our baby monitor would not work which proved a little limiting. Many thanks for a wonderful stay. Tom, Katherine & Dylan

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