Beach Villas In Dorset

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Gary - Verified booking

  The location for Weymouth could not be better.

  Really easy to access everything. The property is well equipped with a selection of things to use. Unfortunately though this is the worst place we have every slept. The beds were horrendous. The metal frames creaked very loudly if you made the slightest move. We had our 2 children sharing the twin room so if one made the tiniest movement it woke them both up. The mattresses were thin so you could feel the bed slats/ metal. We had spent the weekend before camping, and that was far more comfortable! It feels like the rooms have been decorated in quite fresh white paint to make it look nice and then cheap beds put in which is a shame. There are NO wardrobes. Just some hooks. The one small cupboard in the main bedroom was full of bags and a hoover. We were not aware this property is connected to a restaurant and their extractor fan is loud till late, loud staff coming and going, bottles bin being emptied early hours, washing their kitchen equipment in the street. We would not have booked had we had known this. We were prepared for some street noise being central but not this. We were aware before booking that there was no parking with this property but the local parking was horrendous, and it took us a long time on arrival to get a space. As it was August it was particularly busy but 1.5hrs trying to park a distance away was not good. We decided not to move the car all holiday. Would not recommend this place for a family.

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• Gary - Verified booking

  Very happy with the property.

  It matched the the photos in the listing and we felt it was great value for money. The location is perfect, right next to the docks, and was not difficult to get to by car. As mentioned in the listing, the property is adjoined to the kitchen of one of the dock side restaurants so there is some associated noise, mainly during the day. It did not bother us and would not deter us from staying there again. There is a public parking bay right outside the property. But there is no guarantee that it will be free, and also bear in mind that the street is quite narrow and there are delivery vans daily. That said, we were able to park our SUV without issue, and the Pavilion Car park is less than 5 mins walk away and always has lots of space. The main beach and shops are less than a 5 min walk. We ate breakfast every morning at the Custom House Café, which is just around the corner and does an amazing full English. Another previous guest mentioned about the quality of the beds. I'm happy to report that the double bed in the master bedroom is now amazingly comfortable - much better than our bed at home! Our 10 and 12yr old daughters also didn't have any complaints about the twin beds in their room. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in the property, and would not hesitate to stay there again.

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• Judy - Verified booking

  We started out holiday in the shepherd oak cottage, everything appeared clean and tidy, communication with the owner for key collection was great and all went well.

  Unfortunately on the second night we were disturbed by noise and in the morning found this was due to mice in the kitchen cupboards. There was a large amount of mice droppings, as we had a 1 year old with us, we contacted the owner and asked to be moved to another cottage. Within the hour we were in an adjacent cottage Bramshurst. Bramshurst was clean and tidy and perfectly adequate (no mice), however it was a less expensive cottage due to the architecture, windows and location of the property (being terraced and not semi detected, and having a view onto the other cottages, rather than open grass). The owner checked we were ok and everything was fine in the new cottage, however after checking out and requesting the difference in price to be refunded from Shepherds Oak to Bramshurst or any compensation for the move of property, this was rejected and a 10% discount offered if we booked directly with them next time, offered instead. We do not think this is acceptable and would like the difference in cottages price refunded at the least - if we had wanted to stay in the cheaper cottage we would have booked it and saved money.

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• Paula - Verified booking

  Really disappointed with the accommodation .

  The approach to property was very unloved. Rubbish bins full and in full view. No welcome pack, we have booked with Sykes many times and always had one! The back garden was full of weeds and the cushions on garden furniture was dirty and soaking wet. These could have been stored in the poorly maintained summer house. Toilet in main bathroom was dirty. We went out and purchased bleach Lack of storage space in main bedroom- no where to put under garments, T-shirts etc The sea view is very misleading, yes there is one! The main views are a large carpark and a piece of waste land with rubbish dumped on it. The tv remote didn’t work The flush on toilet system is loose Off loading was a nightmare the neighbours were not happy about this. Their was a a very damp smell in entrance hall We paid a lot of money for this accommodation and it has been bar far the worse we have every booked with Sykes Will definitely think twice of using you again

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• Zoe - Verified booking

  One bedside light not working.

  Changed bulbs over but it must be something more technical. Dustbin outside door didn’t smell nice. Needs a disinfectant clean out. Also a note on the door to ask for the bin to be put out on collection day might help eliminate this. Beds were really comfy. Accommodation was lovely. No welcome pack so basics like tea, coffee, sugar, milk you’ll have to bring. View was lovely past the car park. The free parking was a nice touch. I did use the garden but cushions for seats stored in the summer house did smell a bit. Nice sun trap down there though. People at lower seascape were noisy with kids running around so bare that in mind you may get some noise. Close to everything, spacious, fully equipped kitchen. Over all a nice place.

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