Coastal Cottages In World

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Carol - Verified booking

  The flat had not been cleaned properly.

  The bathmat was used,smelled damp and had a brown deposit on it. This was replaced on Monday. The teaspoons were badly stained.The Mugs were tea stained. The coasters were heavily ring marked and sticky . Glasses in the Bathroom were white with scale or toothpaste .Food debris between seats of sofa along with white marks and sticky patches. Dirty mop in coats cupboard which we could smell even when doors shut!! If this had been used to clean hard floors they would not have been very clean. The washing up bowl was stained. Kitchen cupboard doors grubby. Bathroom cupboard needed cleaning. I spoke with Sykes on Sunday. Couldn't get through on Saturday. Helpful and apologetic. Offered to have flat cleaned but we didn't want the disruption. We washed kitchen stuff before use. We were advised of works taking place on the beach at West Bay buy could never have imagined the dust, noise and disruption this entailed. We were often woken by stone deliveries with three or four large pieces of machinery then moving the stone. This at five am. So not a particularly relaxing holiday. We have stayed in Sykes properties before with no problems. We understand that cleaning is now done by a contractor.

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• Phillip - Verified booking

  We arrived at 3.

  30 pm and let ourselves in and the place had not been cleaned ,dirty bed linen on floor in bedroom ,dirty towels on floor . we phoned sykes and was told that the cleaner was on her rounds and would be here shortly.Anyway 5.00 oclock came and no cleaner ,we phoned again and was told that they would ring us back.At 5.10 we had a phone call saying the cleaner was on her way,5.25 the cleaner turned up and said that she was not told there was any one in this apartment this week and asked if we were a late booking we said no and that we had booked last year .She said she will get done what she could while here ,to which my wife said the balcony as not been cleaned for a couple of weeks and patio doors needed cleaning inside and out ,the cleaners reply was i do not do outside windows which is a surprise as it is a part of the bedroom.We got into the apartment at 6.30 and feel that what we paid for and got was not acceptable ,how long was the dirty washing on the floor in the apartment for,hygiene was definitely not on the list.we cleaned the apartment thoroughly on friday including patio doors . were was the covid-19 guide lines.

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• Mr James Webster - Verified booking

  Fantastic holiday home with great views along Chesil beach and out to sea.

  Lovingly renovated by owners, with well equipped kitchen and excellent family bathroom. We had a great week here in February half term, enjoying cosy nights in with the log burner on. The property is in a peaceful location, with good local amenities within easy walking distance including the fantastic Cove House Inn and Osprey Leisure Centre. Although parking outside of the property is not guaranteed there is plenty to be found within a short walking distance. There is lots to do on Portland itself. We particularly enjoyed the great view from the top of the hill by the Olympic Rings and climbing up Portland Bill lighthouse. Further afield we visited the Tank Museum at Bovington, Maiden Castle near Dorchester and hunted for fossils on Charmouth beach. We actually booked on to a guided fossil walk organised by the Charmouth Discovery centre which we can recommend. Langham Cottage would be a very good base for any one interested in water sports given it's proximity to Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy where there are facilities for sailing, power boating, kayaking, stand-up-paddle boarding and windsurfing. Stayed February 2017

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• Jeremy - Verified booking

  Lovely house that worked well for us whilst visiting Portland.

  . Nice and local to the beach, shop and pub which were all within walking distance. Parking as mentioned before hand was not easy this was not a problem for us although we had a truck which we got down to unload and load up by the house we would never get park out side even when there was spaces available , as it was very busy the car parks recommended were always full so ended up having to park down but the big roundabout which for us was ok as don’t mind walking and had a trolley but for anyone looking for close parking would not suit. The view out the bedroom window is beautiful and lovely to wake up to. For our boys the joy of watching the military aircraft flying round and landing near which could be seen from the bedroom windows by was a high light of their holiday.

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• Ian - Verified booking

  We loved our stay at St Johns View.

  This is the best cottage we have rented through Sykes so far. The location is great with everything we needed nearby, although the road to the cottage is quite narrow I found it to be no problem as it's one way so you never meet oncoming traffic and parking was also easy on the property's own drive. The cottage was very clean, comfortable and quite a lot bigger than expected, with all rooms being a generous size, well maintained and equipped with everything we could have wanted. Although we didn't use it much because we were out exploring all day, the garden was lovely too. We had a great week, in fact I must admit that I didn't want to leave. If we return to the area I will be hoping to book again. Thanks for a lovely stay.

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