Big House Wedding Venues

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Tim - Verified booking

  Skerries is a wonderful house and was just the perfect venue for our 40th anniversary.

  A truly superb week with our dear friends ! I mean my feedback here to be only and entirely constructive. The property is presented to a high spec, comfortably furnished and is beautifully finished with a host of seaside pictures in every room. The beds are very comfortable but, and given the expense, I do think a Super King size bed would be more appropriate in the master bedroom, after all it’s a big enough room to easily lose an Alaskan King size. What fabulous views though ! The kitchen is comprehensively fitted out and very well stocked with loads of cups, glasses, plates and cutlery – makes such a difference when you can empty the dishwasher when you want to rather than need too. The hob has silly controls – obviously the choice of some techy bloke ! – but cupboard, fridge and freezer storage absolutely perfect for 10 guests – most probably specified and designed by a very thoughtful ‘her indoors’ ! I expected a coffee machine and only a cafetiere present, so was glad I brought along my own De’Longhi coffee machine as I just can’t live without a proper coffee. The bathrooms are well kitted-out and very pleased to find that showers were all off the main hot water system. We only watched tv for the footie but Netflix only available by subscription. The Sonos sound system works fine but the choice of music is very limited – access to Spotify would be good. Skerries is beautifully presented and a credit to its owners who have spared little expense in its finishings. There are Denby coffee cups in the kitchen and even Miele appliances in the utility. I dearly hope everyone will respect this property to the same degree as they would their own. Location superb ! The beautiful South Coast footpath is approx. 50mtrs from the front gate. The village shop and King’s Arms community pub is within a couple of minutes walk. Dartmouth about 5 miles. There’s just nothing not to like about this place. And ... we got 6 cars comfortably on the drive with the gate shut !! Sending a separate note to agent listing one or two things requiring a little maintenance.

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• Janet - Verified booking

  This house has the most amazing views and the majority of it was refurbished to a very high standard with unexpected additions such as a Quooker tap!

  The two bathrooms downstairs do not live up to the high standard of the rest of the house, the lower ground shower would not stay up to get underneath, and the adults staying in these rooms opted to use the upstairs showers when available. In the lower room the bed had not been made up otherwise it would have been noted that the mattress was covered in biscuit crumbs. The small bath towels would not dry as the radiators were not on and labelled not to be switched on, these we draped in the bedrooms where the sun is. When we tried to hoover areas that were missed unfortunately the hoover was ineffective. The saucepans had the teflon scratched in all cases, which is unhygienic so were not used and the oven pan had not been cleaned, there were no other baking trays. There were no clear waste bags and we did feel that perhaps the house had not had the same clean and attention usually given by the Sykes cleaners. The house has many positives, the scones milk etc on arrival were very much appreciated and was a lovely touch. The house itself is in a fabulous position as we discovered staying at Landscombe last year, the views are amazing. We would very much like to consider returning to Skerries and feel the above areas could be very easily addressed and would very much like your comments. You may publish our comments if you wish but have not agreed in the box due to some negatives.

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• Julie - Verified booking

  Lovely area, very good local pub (great Sunday roast) and shop.

  Property is very beautiful, however for our stay at least, it was a case of style over substance as we found the house very uncomfortable. A formal complaint to Helpful Holidays is being prepared which will cover the points in detail, but a summary of dissatisfaction is as follows: House full of dead flies on arrival (at least 8 in kitchen area alone), vacuum cleaner on site left more fluff and debris than it picked up so not at all helpful in the clean up process (housekeeping needed to be called out upon arrival as not all the beds were made up as requested, so they helped vacuum up remainder of flies) House uncomfortably hot (despite turning all radiators off) No hot water in all of house except one bathroom for 5 nights out of our 7 night stay (it must be said facilities maintenance team communication very good). Attempts to rectify (putting on immersion heater) left our party temporarily without electricity. Our family have used Helpful Holidays for many years but sadly have seen quality and service decline year on year since becoming part of the Sykes Group.

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• Mrs Miller - Verified booking

  A lovely, characterful cottage, or two in reality, merged into one. Two kitchens, which was handy as we had both meat eaters and vegans amongst us. The setting in Walberswick is really lovely, affording interesting walks and sunsets over the trees and the water. Visiting in winter parking was not a problem (four cars) within the small drive and the street where the cottage is. Restrictions apply at other times. As a setting for an annual weekend away for our amateur writing group the cottage suited very well, with lots of corners to hide away and write, and a generous sitting room to come togehter as well. A splendidly big table was great for shared meals! We all agreed, despite a few minor niggles (the house was freezing cold when we arrived, would have been good if the heating had been turned on for us) we would definitely come again.

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• Aditi - Verified booking

  Had a lovely time at Skerries- a house with the best views ever, especially from the master bedroom, but also most of the other rooms.

  Once you get past the wow factor of the views - the house has everything you need, including 5 good-sized bathrooms and a very well- equipped modern kitchgen, with top-of-the range appliances, Dekton work surfaces and a steam oven alongside the conventional oven. Lovely clean and modern decor, comfortable sofas and lots of space for 7 people. The only negatives I can think of are -1.Lack of clear directions about the intricacies of recycling and refuse collection- the directions provided were very confusing- we put out the green bin on Tuesday only to find that nobody else in Strete had... 2. It is a bit difficult to turn into and out of the property, and park, due to it being directly off a busy road.

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