Beach Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Narissa - Verified booking

  Really a lovely property !

  Spacious and well use of space at a lovely location too ! Lovely to have plenty of shower room facilities and a utility room However a little tweaking would make this place even more exceptional!!!! Cleanliness was great in most places however in the kitchen , fridge wasn’t wipe down properly and oven was left very grimy including a dirty pan left in the oven ! Starter pack for the log burner was no where ri be seen which meant after arriving from a long drive we had to go hunting for a supermarket to try and get a fire lighter! Only three logs were left in basket , in my opinion charge extra and leave a decent amount of logs out would be better especially when guest can see a storage full of logs but they have no access too and got to go hunting for somewhere to buy logs ! A blind was missing and an upstairs curtain tie was torn away from the curtain ! Personally I would swap the large smart tv to upstairs especially with all that cost reclining chairs in the upstairs sitting room ! Last thing was amazing water pressure from all taps but hardly any pressure in any of the shower and shower head in the first bedroom just wouldn’t stay up combine with weak pressure I ended up having shampoo in my eyes multiple time ! But will definitely stay again and really would love to build or buy somewhere just like this place ! Who ever did the floor plan in this property was super intelligent

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• Roger - Verified booking

  Although I am going to make some criticisms I will say at the outset that this is a very nice house, well designed, spacious, comfortable and mostly well equipped.

  The general cleanliness of the house was good. It is also a good base for exploration of the attractive coastline and many gardens and castles. I recommend it to anyone wanting to stay in the area. The criticisms are: Lack of communication. The directions on Sykes to the house are well out of date, the access road suggested was blocked off over a year ago. Futhermore we had no notice of the major roadworks and road closures which started two weeks before we arrived, making access very difficult and which then very noisily progressed, passing the house, continuing to make access problematic. Lack of attention to detail. For example although the house was generally clean many of the cooking utensils were not, they were thick with grease. The attractive lights hanging down in the large downstairs room were thick with dust and cobwebs and the leather furniture in the same room, whilst being comfortable and good quality, was very dirty. The freezer urgently needed defrosting. There was ample crockery and glass-ware but the cutlery was cheap and nasty and there were no sharp knives. There is a shortage of coat-hangers and those we had were cheap and flimsy. These and similar minor faults were certainly not fundamental to the enjoyment of our holiday but to be a truly "five star" house they should be addressed.

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• Christopher - Verified booking

  Overall, the property was clearly built to a high standard and it’s in an absolutely fantastic area to explore Aberdeenshire.

  The cathedral windows give lovely farmland views. Despite a previous review, the property was very clean and smelt of bleach on arrival. What’s disappointing is that the owners seem to have given up a bit on the maintenance of the property by not responding to previous feedback. It’s all the more frustrating in such a lovely property. I hope they’ll get the issues sorted as it’s not going to cost a fortune to return the property to a very high standard. The owners did come out to clean the oven which was smoking of grease when we used it, but the blind in the kitchen clearly broke some time ago and has never been repaired, the children’s play area remains dangerous and unusable, the washing line has been broken for some time, the half sized dishwasher doesn’t fit the supplied plates and the downstairs sofas are stained, dirty and the leather colour is no longer on them. We didn’t need the heating in August when the property is very hot due to the glass, but the thermostats don’t appear to work. The broadband drops out so frequently it’s unusable. I hope the owners fix these issues because it would be a shame for such a beautiful place to become neglected. It’s definitely an area I’d love to return to.

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• Audrey - Verified booking

  The property was lovely and quite just the sheep, lambs and helicopters going back and forth from the rigs.

  It didn't bother us my young grandson enjoyed them. Plenty of garden for him to run around, which he loved. There was everything you could think of equipment wise, the only thing missing from the kitchen was a frying pan (for the breakfast fryup) but we understood it might be a fire issue so no big deal. Beds were very comfortable, bed linen and towels were lovely. The master bedroom shower had no hot water (we let the water run for a good 10 mins). The other hot water outlets were all working except maybe too hot. The kitchen tap got extremely hot to touch we had to be careful when moving the spout or touch accidentally. Some constructive criticism, which wouldn't make us not visit again: Oven not great took a while to cook and could do with new trays. The sun loungers were great, but for just sitting out having a morning coffee the garden furniture could to with updating. We understand that there might be yearly maintenance carried out inside and out. The main lights in the living room (high ceiling) could do with a clean. As said we all agreed it was a very peaceful timeout which we all needed. Thank you.

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• Alison - Verified booking

  We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Chance Inn Lodge.

  Very spacious, clean and comfortable.Enjoyed having the log burner and using the mezzanine area during the evening. The views were lovely to wake up to. We visited the two pubs in Balmedie and were welcome in both. The COOP was very useful for supplies. The nature reserve was delightful and the walk along the beach. (Don't forget to pick up three pieces of litter each from the beach.) Glamis Castle was a delight and well worth a visit. The helicopters didn't bother us, and we didn't hear them at all during the night. A house sign would be useful at the entrance as it was very difficult to find in the dark. A chest of drawers or dressing table with a mirror would be useful in each bedroom for storage and for ladies to have somewhere to apply our makeup. And a few more coffee tables would be useful. All very minor observations which didn't detract from our wonderful time at the property. I would very highly recommend a stay at Chance Inn Lodge.

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