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What our customers say about their holidays

• Alan - Verified booking

  Our family, from the oldest to the youngest at 14 years old, loved the 7 days we had in this large bungalow.

  If you are not familiar with this area, you will find you can travel north or south from Knoll Farm Bungalow (aka Downs View) and find something for everyone. Yes, most roads here are north or south, but the A303 (worth avoiding on a busy day) runs east/west and it is only 4 miles from the bungalow. Having said that, Bath is 26 miles north, and it is easy driving through hills and vales. Day trips to the Jurassic coast, Corfe, Swanage on the Isle of Purbeck, are a little further in the opposite direction. Frome 8 miles north has large supermarkets. Equally, we all enjoyed wandering over the road from the bungalow to walk the 1km top ridge of "Long Knoll", up to 288m above sea level, admiring views and the Covid-19 NHS "ribbon of light" installation by a local artist. Our activities ranged from easy walking or cycling of canal tow paths (Dundas), to kayaking rivers (Wareham), watching steam trains, seeing museums, and farm animals.(City Farm, Bath) This bungalow has 2 electric showers each in a separate room (with toilet) which enable an immediately warm, quick, shower ready for your fun packed day. One of the showers also shares it's room with a bath. There is also a separate toilet room. 3 Toilets was enough for our group. The advert for this bungalow mentions road noise, we think for light sleepers you will probably need to relocate to the back bedroom with your ear plugs to get to sleep. The large comfortable lounge and conservatory/dining area are very quiet at the back of the house even with the occasional heavy lorry that rumbles past at any hour of the day or night. Plenty of towels were provided. If you can't live without your large bath sheet/towel bring it with you. The duvets are very warm and cosy. If you can't live without your thin summer duvet, bring it with you. Any issues and the new owners (July 2020) are very thoughtful and quick to respond. We rate them very highly.

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• Tom - Verified booking

  Absolutely amazing stay in this spacious, clean and well equipped house.

  The owners were so helpful and friendly answering all of our questions and doing all they could to accommodate our needs and welcome us. They are by far the best we have ever dealt with. Our check in experience on arrival day was also the best we have ever had and we can’t thank the owners enough for being so accommodating to our situation. They left welcoming gifts and it was an absolute pleasure arriving to find this total gem of a house. The fenced gardens were immaculate with plenty of seating. Great for the dogs to play without any worries of them wondering away from the property. The house itself is fantastic and more like a dream home. The layout is perfect and there is so much space for everyone. Brilliant modern bathrooms and showers and a fantastic deep bath with all the hot water you need and everything was ultra clean. There is a very spacious living room with plenty of seating and a good sized tv with plenty of channels. A wonderful light and sunny conservatory has a large dining table and it was so nice to enjoy food with the patio doors open on a summers evening enjoying the smells and sounds of the countryside. The beds were all very comfortable and actually everyone slept better than when at home! Finishing with the big ultra clean and very well equipped kitchen and utility areas. There is everything you could need and the owners have gone above and beyond to make sure guests have the best stay possible. Longleat safari park is so close to the house and there are little towns and villages very close with all the shops and services you will need. We can’t recommend this place highly enough and we have already started looking at dates to come back. Unfortunately after doing four Longleat safari trips we still didn’t see Anne the elephant so absolutely a must we come back!! And we can’t wait to enjoy this wonderful house again when we do. Thank you so much to the owners.

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• Mrs Ringrose - Verified booking

  Fern Lea is wonderful! The house is well designed, warm and comfortable. The bed in the master bedroom is very comfortable and the en-suite shower is hot and easy to use. Be wary of bumping your head on the low entrance to the bedroom though, my husband got caught a number of times. The light and airy kitchen is lovely to spend time in. And the garden is stunning even though we didn’t really have the weather for sitting out in it. If you have a large/tall dog be aware that there is a low section of fence at the back of the garden, to allow nice views, but if your dog is an escape artist they may get out, I would guesstimate the fence is approx 3ft high. Other than this the garden is very secure which is always a concern for us and our terrier. We were able to park outside every day, sometimes on the opposite side of the road due to there being another car there already. The bar and shop are so handy being just across the road, the shop shuts at 5pm. The Ship pub down the road was closed when we were there but was nice when we visited on previous years. And The Jolly Sailors in Brancaster Staithe is a nice and relaxed and The White Horse is a bit more up market. The walk to the beach is an easy and flat 20-30 mins, and Brancaster beach is a great beach for the dogs, nice flat compacted sand. You can drive down and park at the car park but at £6 for 2 hours parking we preferred to walk! Fern Lea was very clean and has lovely faux flowers all over the place, I felt very at home. Thank you

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• Ryan - Verified booking

  The location was lovely with fantastic country views, the beds were very comfortable and the level layout was ideal for small children to run around.

  The pool was an additional bonus. However, we pre-ordered a click and collect shop only to find a single, very small freezer available at the property totally insufficient for a party of 16. They was plenty plate, bowls and cups but a large number of these were covered in food residue, we ended washing all the crockery before we felt we were able to use it. The property is in need of a good clean and maintenance. Some door surrounds and latches were hanging off. Carpets could do with a clean, cobwebs and spiders everywhere particularly noticeable on the dirty glass light in the dining room. Quite a few of the windows didn't open, particularly in the kitchen and on our last morning a torrential downpour on the tennis court side of the house saw a large amount of rain coming in around the window frames in the lounge and dining areas, we needed to use tea towels to soak up the puddles. It wouldn't take much for this property to be brought up to really nice standard, just a bit of love. It already benefits from fantastic views and a really relaxed atmosphere

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• Yasmin - Verified booking

  The driveway could home 3 cars easily if they are small cars.

  The hedges were very overgrown unlike in the picture, this made it difficult for larger cars to get up the driveway with very little space for getting out of the car. Considering there were 8 adults and a baby on our stay 2.5 toilet rolls was not really sufficient luckily we did bring some of our own, nor was one bin bag or just 2 dishwasher tablets. The house itself was lovely lots of space and each bedroom has its own theme of decoration which we all really liked. The garden and view at the back of the house was lovely as well. Unfortunately we did find some dog mess on the grass which must have been left from a previous guest. The location is perfect for a trip to longleat just a 15 minute drive, pretty much every direction you leave the house from has a stunning view. All in all we would recommend it for a large group but bear in mind you should take essentials that you would not normally think of.

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