Last Minute Cottages in Church Stretton

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Allison - Verified booking

  We have just returned from a lovely week holiday at roundhouse.

  Upon arrival the views are breathe taking. The house is nestled half way up a Shropshire hill looking across at the valley. Truly stunning. On arrival; The check in was seamless, house was clean and well equipped for our holiday, the welcome tea and coffee was appreciated. Host; the host was easily accessible and responded swiftly to any queries. Value for money; for the price we paid (circa 1600) we were satisfied with our holiday, we went to book for 2022 and noticed the price has increased significantly. We held off booking. With this price increase there are a few things the host needs to Improve, there is a smell of sewers that appears in one of the bedrooms making it difficult to sleep there, this didn't impact us as we only needed 3 bedrooms however if the 4th bedroom was needed that would cause an issue for others. The zips on the cushions in the living room are broken. The dishwasher and tumble dryer should be checked before each new guest arrives, dishwasher had no salt and the tumble dryer water and lint collection were full to the brim. Finally the filters in the hot tub should be cleaned more thoroughly there was a lot of debri attached to the blue filter in the bottom of the hot tub. These items are not being raised as a complaint but as a recommendation based on the price increase. We had an amazing time at the roundhouse, the pictures do not do it justice. We had one of our favourites UK holidays here at the roundhouse. Its a place you can truly switch off and reset. Thank you for a wonderful week. I'm sure we will be back soon.

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• Susan - Verified booking

  We had a very nice few days at Rowan Cottage.

  It’s quite remote and when we arrived our sat nav had taken us in a very isolated route across the valley through field gates on a one lane track, so we had no bearings as to where we were. We didn’t fancy the thought of going out again to find a shop that sold milk for a cup of tea so, we’d highly recommend that a welcome pack is provided which includes milk. Otherwise please remember to bring your own! The cottage also runs on an Aga and this is the only oven and grill for cooking, other than an air fryer (which is excellent). We found toasting bread hard work and had to remember to put the kettle on to boil on the Aga the old fashioned way. Coffee drinkers have an excellent coffee machine but the water isn’t hot enough for tea. As a get away from it all and slow the pace down location Rowan Cottage is brilliant and for that we’d highly recommend it.

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• Elizabeth - Verified booking

  We had a great stay at the old hall barn 2.

  The bath is well equipped with everything you need, the bath is a lot bigger than expected, with lovely homeley touches. The hot tub is just an added bonus. Garden great for the dogs, there is a back gate which is a bit stiff which could do with improving when coming in that way with the dogs after walking. We spent a lot of time at the lovely local pub, beautiful walks are literally on the door step, amazing scenery. We were a little surprised that the dogs were not allowed in the living room or bedrooms, so we spent all our time when together in the one main room. When there are more than two of you it would be nice to have another chair to sit on rather than just the dining chairs. Nevertheless we had a lovely time and the beds were very comfy. There is a washing machine and the owner provides an airer, and a washing line outside.

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• David - Verified booking

  We had a great stay in a lovely cottage - however there are 2 areas that would stop us from returning unless rectified.

  1. The sofa in the living area need replacing as it is extremely uncomfortable and we note complaints about this go back to 2019 in the guest book. 2. Why is there no door to the bathroom and toilet area ? We dont think this would be an issue if access was to a shower room only but the toilet is also there. Cardington itself is very picturesque and the local pub The Royal Oak is excellent and only 2 minutes walk from the cottage. We found the locals very friendly and engaging and the Shropshire hills wonderful walking country. The welcome pack from Sue Tyrell was very much appreciated as was the constant supply of logs for the wood burner. All in all a brilliant break apart from the 2 points already noted above and we would definitely recommend and return once the negatives above are rectified..

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• Amanda - Verified booking

  The property is stunning everything you need is there.

  We had a fabulous time during our stay. Gorgeous welcome afternoon tea with little cakes awaited us which was such a lovely touch. The only points for the owner is to make is clear what to take as we took the advised bin bags, oven gloves, tea towels , detergents etc and it was already there. Also when you have only booked two nights the checking in at 4pm is incredibly late and uses a massive chunk of the afternoon, and then having to check out by 10am! We were all extremely disappointed with that again all the time used by these check in limitations. If you’re asking a big group to go by 10am striping beds taking rubbish to the bins is an extreme. We all loved the property but due to the restrictions in check in etc I think it out a lot of us off rebooking. Overall the house stunning.

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