Holiday Cottages In Camelford

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Emma - Verified booking

  Marhayes is a wonderful holiday cottage.

  Outstanding facilities, immaculately clean interior, along with with crisp white sheets and fluffy towels (thank you to Sue and the Housekeeping team, they clearly have very high standards). We had a lovely family holiday playing pool in the kitchen (the dining room table converts into a pool table), table tennis was just a stroll to the building next door. The grounds of Marhayes are beyond a dog's dream environment. Woodland to walk through, acres and acres of open fields to bound around and the icing on the cake for our Labradors/Gold Retriever, the babbling brook that runs through the grounds. Joyous to see them paddling/swimming - a beautiful sight to see. Herons on the lake greeted us each morning and the general sound of bird song (and mooing of the mischievous young cows in the adjacent field), all made for a wonderful setting. Walking around the edges of the boundaries does take about an hour, but you can meander in all directions, so the walk can be as long as you want it to be. The large indoor pool, mini gym and sauna were all thoroughly enjoyed. We had the whole facility to ourselves every time (even though shared with the holiday cottage next door there was always plenty of opportunity to go there, when next door was doing something else). It worked well. There were a couple of snagging issues during our stay - the dishwasher broke, but a new one was installed within two days. The enclosed garden at the rear was not enclosed, but this will no doubt be remedied shortly with some new fencing. We enjoyed exploring Polzeath and Widemouth beaches with our four dogs. Cardinham Woods (Forestry England) nearby was lovely with plenty of well marked walks to choose from - it even had a professional self-serve dog wash facility in the car park (£7.00 for a full shampoo, condition and blow-dry!). All in all an outstanding holiday cottage. A dog's dream location with 100 acres of land to roam freely. Peace and quiet - nature surrounding you and stunning views to wake up to. Fantastic facilities and an immaculately clean holiday cottage - down to the glasses and cutlery sparkling! If you and your dog(s) want to have a holiday together, in luxury, this is the place to book!

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• Valerie - Verified booking

  We were the first guests to occupy Inny Brook Burrow under new ownership.

  The new owner spoke with me on the phone the day prior to our arrival, on his return home from the property to confirm that everything was in order and awaiting our welcome. It was a holiday with memories we would like to forget. Our findings upon arrival: Accuracy of listing - Not accurate. The listing portrays a pristine 5 tick property. In reality, the condition has clearly deteriorated since the time when the listing was first placed. During our stay, and due to the change of ownership, the listing was briefly readvertised by Sykes as “new”, however, the listing and photos to truly present the property in its current state has not changed. Cleanliness - not clean. Filthy in most areas. Internally: Filthy hard floors, windows, doors, layers of dust and debris on all surfaces and ledges. Pitted black mould on curtains and blinds, stained dirty carpets, hair and debris clinging to the base of curtains. Other areas too numerous to mention in this brief review. Comfort: The listing boasts a riverside camellia garden, an idyllic space to relax? There is not a camellia in sight? There are no flowers at all, apart from living weeds and plastic hanging balls laced with cobwebs, as is the entire rear of the property. The garden furniture is rusty and green mouldy, unfit for its purpose? A totally depressing, unkempt outdoor space. Facilities & Maintenance - listing states entertainment with complimentary movies with Netflix? No Netflix? The property is in great need of a thorough deep clean, replacement of carpets, blinds and garden furniture, and an uplift in decor, both internally and externally. The owner believes that £100 compensation for our totally compromised and stressful holiday is adequate, which is inclusive of payment in recognition of my personal cleaning services, a pre agreed arrangement with the owner that, if I obtained the cleaning materials and equipment, and carried out the basic necessary cleaning, to try and make us more comfortable, I would be compensated for my efforts? This is a true and honest review, my opinion of the cleanliness is not subjective, as has been evidenced by photographs.

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• Emma - Verified booking

  We hadn't been to Cornwall for about 17yrs so our kids (now 21 and 18) had no memory of it.

  We had also never really explored the North of Cornwall and this time around wanted somewhere close to Tintagel. We chose Lilyvale for this reason and we were not disappointed. We book holiday cottages often, this was easily the cleanest, we have ever stayed in. It was furnished well and decorated in keeping with the area, everything was provided in terms of essentials and the owners were more than accommodating had we needed anything else. It was also well placed for exploring the whole of Cornwall, we had a lovely 2 week stay, visiting planned places such as Tintagel, Port Isaac and Padstow. We ventured further afield to St Ives and Lands End which was around 1.5 hours away. We were surprised at how close we were to the famous Jamaica Inn which was a bonus (food also lovely) and the nearest beach at Crackington Haven was spectacular. Kids also loved Cornwall life enjoying surf lessons at Newquay which was under an hour away. Needless to say we will be back. Thanks for a wonderful holiday and lots of happy memories

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• Andrew - Verified booking

  The only issue regarding the facilities is that there is only one off-road car parking, although there is street parking close-by.

  We were aware of this before booking. I cannot recall if the information provided prior to arrival indicates that the front third of a building is in fact a private dwelling. We had a plumbing crisis during our stay involving water over-flowing from the main bathroom shower, passing through the bunkroom light fitting en-route to the floor below. A combination of luck and quick-thinking on our party gave us time to remove the soft furnishings and place buckets, so no long term damage. The person occupying the bunkroom for four nights had to sleep the last two on a mattress in the lounge. The owner responded well to the issue and appeared to have resolved it the following morning. Unfortunately there was a minor overflow the next day from the same shower. We reported this and we assume it was dealt with, but received no feedback. We did not use the shower again. Apart from this, we were impressed with the cleanliness, comfort and facilities of this cottage.

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• Anne - Verified booking

  We had a lovely week's stay in Inny Brook Burrow.

  The cottage is really tastefully decorated and well equipped (right down to torches plus spare batteries) . Both human and doggie welcome packs were a lovely touch, and very much appreciated. The outside space is small but all that you would need, and having the stream running past the garden is pleasant. I can just imagine how nice it would be sitting outside listening to the water trickling past with a glass of wine, but since it was February we didn't get the chance! There are recycling bins onsite which is a bonus, saves having to find bins locally. The location is perfect for exploring Cornwall. The only negative comment I have is to echo the other feedback, there is a dampness issue, hence why my review is 4, not 5 stars. Another niggle (but completely out with the owners control) was another guest allowing their dog to run through the front gardens. So if there was any dog poo in the front garden it wasn't from my dogs....

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