Beach Villas In England

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Kerrie - Verified booking

  Absolutely fantastic property.

  We stay in the highlands, my sister and her fella stay in London, so it was a great meeting point. Exactly as the property is described. I was a little concerned after reading a few bits of feedback, however on arrival to the property couldn’t believe what a little gem it was and such a reasonable price for all we had. Had an amazing seven day stay, cooked twice in the property a full English breakfast and a evening meal no issues. Ventured out practically every day. went boulder hopping to the local pub twice The farmers baycliff which is fantastic find, great staff and fantastic food. The road outside isn’t particularly busy but it is a very fast road so anybody with children I would recommend supervising when leaving the property. Straight across from the property are walks, beautiful scenery and loads of outdoor space. Found the property really clean. Sofa bed under the window moves when you first sit on it however very comfortable and as long as you don’t spend your entire stay on it, not an issue. Shower in the bedroom overlooking the front of the property the grout around the plug is starting to give way. never had an issue with flooding as we put the foot towel in front of the shower to stop it splashing out. Due to extremely high winds the boiler went off our second night so the following day there was minimal hot water however the response on a Sunday from the owners was fantastic and because we wash regularly to go without a shower for four hours wasn’t the end of the world. Hot tub is a great addition, as previously stated by another visitor somewhere to hang towels outside would be a bonus, we took the drying rack out and just placed our towels on that. We had a young couple stay next door, the only time we heard them was when our bedroom window was open fully because of the hot weather and their bedroom window was wide open, no impact on our stay. Took a walk down to the moat farm, who do takeaway food. we popped in for ice cream. The blind in the bedroom with the bath in front of the window is white and let’s a lot of light in, so we used the base to the cot to prop up in front of the window to help black it out, again not a major issue. Would definitely recommend, will definitely be back, Really enjoyable week, fantastic property.

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• Philip - Verified booking

  Joylands is a very nice bungalow, there is plenty of crockery and cutlery in the kitchen.

  There was no dish cloth provided but plenty of T towels and bath towels. We did contact the owner and ask him to adjust the time the heating came on in the morning which he did for us, he is on a local Falmouth number that transfers to him as he lives out of town. if we are coming back to the area we would stay here again. An interesting garden to visit on either a Wed, Sat or Sun afternoon is Penjerrick which is a 3 minute drive down the road, I'll leave you to decide if it's wild or overgrown!!!!! BUT, the curtains are very thin in all 3 bedrooms and there are street lights that shine through through the curtains at night and the smallest bedroom had 2 windows that both faced street lights, there were no net curtains on the 2 single bedrooms or the window at the end of the hall as you walked to and from the bathroom. I think children and dogs would need to supervised in the garden as there is a overgrown pond on the top patio that only has some plastic fencing laid over it with plants growing through it and at the end of the garden there is a low wall with a 6 to 8 foot drop on the other side (where the greenhouse is in the pictures). A couple of light bulbs had blown but we left a note as to which ones. The drive is very very steep (steeper than it looks in the pictures) and I found it best to reverse down onto it, rather than try and reverse up and onto the road when you want to go out.

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• Ross - Verified booking

  We absolutely loved our time at the Bluebell cottage.

  We arrived on the Monday and had a chilled day after a long drive. A few drinks after dinner we were in our very comfy beds passed out. The private hot tub helped massively our time here after long days out and about, the facilities were great for our needs and clean too. The cottage has amazing views and weren't too far away from what we had planned to do the Tuesday and Wednesday, I highly recommend the safari and the steam train to Windemere. The cottage has great location as a base and I got bonus points with the inlaws by choosing here and volunteering to drive on the Wednesday. We got the weather eventhough it was September. The bath was amazing too The cottage itself had only 2 flaws, one of the sofas sounded like the wood was needing repaired and the floor needed a brush when we arrived. The other issues aren't their fault but I'll mention as a pre-warning. The beach isn't soft sand so take wellies, the week we went the manure was being sprayed so one night we couldn't use the hot tub because there wasn't any wind blowing away the smell and kettle takes ages to heat up water for tea I honestly hope to come back here in the near future, especially in the summer and for longer as there's so much to do also it's a great get away if you need away from a hectic lifestyle. We feel so recharged after it all

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• Alan - Verified booking

  We read all all reviews, which were relatively positive so were very surprised when we arrived to find the accomodation less than satisfactory.

  Whilst the pictures showed relatively dated furniture; we didnt antipate the whole place being dated and not having a particularly good smell. . Whilst on first appearance it looked clean; the bathroom wasnt and we had to clean it. The cupboards were full of cleaning chemical bottles, many of which where empty. The towels supplied werent particurly appealing either and looked old too.There was a constant noise in the hallway coming from a device in the ceiling. It kept us awake overnight , so we contacted both Sykes and the owner. The owner did respond to say he'd get the housekeeper over to turn the fan down (it was to keep humidity low to prevent damp) She did come over and turned it down but not off completely. As with all the other reviews, the curtains are paper thin, so the night times are still quite bright from the street lamps. There was no info pack on site , which is unusual but the owner did provide some basic info in the welcome email. On a positive note, the location of the bungalow suited our visit and the communication from both the owner and Sykes was very prompt when we raised the concerns. Clearly others have enjoyed the property; it just wasnt the same standard as we've experienced in other holiday homes.

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• June - Verified booking

  The location was good, near Falmouth and beaches, The bungalow was on a step slop so difficult in getting about at 75 years old thought one or two steps are ok but not the slop.

  Lot of issues, with ch. but these were fixed. the street lights had been all changed when we arrived talked to the engineer up a pole, And these are now much better and more efficient if you like street lights, end bedroom has two shining in from north and west. So electricity not needed in there day or night with the thin curtains. Thicker curtains , blackout blinds would improve the situation. Tamsian the maintenance, cleaner stated that if know one told her she could not provide anything that was needed. So in total rang about 5 times, with lists. So list was long and I thought that this it was not my job to tell her to clean and repair the lights, 5 needed replacement. clean cooker hood and repair and replace lights , ch etc.. This is why I think it was the Sykes maintenance , rentals , should get a check list for the home owners,(out of the country) living abroad) in this case or maintenance men to check. NOT the people on holiday to spend the time to ringing on and on, ringing again. This was a truly pathetic.

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