Chichester Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Anthony - Verified booking

  A really lovely base for our family holiday.

  Fantastic location, can get to the centre of Portsmouth within 15 minutes, and only a couple minutes drive to a massive supermarket with everything you could need. The two nearby pubs are both lovely, with delicious food, and plenty of pleasant walks nearby. The house itself was perfect for us, very clean with cupboards full of essentials, a pretty extensive spice and herb collection, and a really good selection of toys and games under the TV (our two-year old fell in love with "Stripy" the puppet, and was very sad to leave her!). The beds and sofa were decently comfy, and although we didn't really use it, the garden was a good size with nice furniture. The TV is decent including some of the major streaming apps available to sign into. The water pressure in the shower was far better than we'd typically expect on holiday, and our toddler especially loved the "fancy waterfall taps". The parking was a little bit anxiety-inducing at first with a wide car, however once the neighbours saw that we were there, they were very considerate in making sure that they left us plenty of space to get in and out. Overall, we had a lovely time and would stay here again!

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• Theo - Verified booking

  This was a comfortable, well-equipped holiday home.

  The warm garden had a garden chair, settee, small table and a picnic table, as well as a good choice of plants (rosemary, jasmine etc). It was close to excellent walks around the harbours, nature reserves and waterways, as well as walks around Hayling Island and the vast beach there. The house was very quiet and peaceful, with a very comfortable bed and sofa. We found the garden a bit noisy in the rush hours, but we do live in a very quiet area. Others might not find it a problem (especially in the winter!). It is very close to 2 pubs, and within walking distance to a garage/small shop across the bridge to Hayling Island. More pubs/shops/farm shop/cafes within 5/10 min drive. Just a note of caution to people who have dodgy hips/knees. The shower is over the modern bath, so the less able might find it hard to get in/out. Nice to have a choice between having a bath or a shower, though! I have recommended this house to another for next year's holiday, already.

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• David - Verified booking

  Stayed in June for 5 days.

  Difficult property to review, seems to have all you could need in the kitchen, we don’t cook in while away but seemed well stocked. The sofa and the beds were clean and comfortable. This property needs better cleaning, there is no attention to detail, especially at lower levels around the skirting and walls.The windows were unloved both the frames and glass need a proper clean and general maintenance. The patio door, the first thing you see as you walk into the lounge was both difficult to open and close with the glass desperately needing cleaning. The biggest drawback with the property is the loud and constant traffic noise, making sitting in the pleasant garden unenjoyable. The traffic noise is constant and not limited to the rush hour. This should be noted in the listing. As a base for sightseeing this property is fine, for a relaxing stay not so. There are 2 excellent pubs within easy walking distance.

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• Jan - Verified booking

  We arrived on one of the coldest days this winter - the house was very cold (thermostat on heating recorded 14 degrees) It took 4 hours for the temperature to reach 18.

  We followed the manufacturers instructions to time the heating for when we needed it, but this did not work and we just had to turn it on and off manually. The property was adequate for our needs (we are local and were staying there while building work was being done at our house) but we though the information folder could have been presented better - basically it just contained the manufacturers instructions for appliances and some badly typed details of local services. We are not sure how helpful it would have been for those on holiday in the area. We did not find the appliance information easy to follow either - took us 2 days to work out how to take the childproof lock off the hob, but maybe that was just us! Absolutely no information regarding how the TV worked - fortunately it was a system we were familiar with.

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• Jenny - Verified booking

  Do you inspect properties before you take them on?

  There were no wardrobes at all in the bedrooms, just a small cupboard on the landing. There was no information at the property at all, on appliances TV's, places of intetest or places to eat. The lounge was obviosly a converted garage and it was not comfotable. The TV there had limited viewing options, no DVD. Dining room TV marginlly better so ended up on very uncomfortable dining able chairs in the evening, hardly relaxing. We cut our holiday short and came home. It was very basic and dissapointing. Certainly not worth the cost. We have used Sykes Cottages ever year for quite a while now but If this is the standard that Sykes is now setting, then we would think very seriously about booking with you again.

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