Country Villas In The United Kingdom

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What our customers say about their holidays

• Claire - Verified booking

  The cottage is in an amazing location and actually one of the best parts of town.

  Very quiet at night. Parking can be tricky but as long as you don’t bother with the one at the bottom of the hill (which isn’t even listed on the council website and trip advisor reviews of it are dreadful) and use Asda carpark or council offices via the just park app there’s no problem. Bit of a steep hill and steps up to the road where cottage is, so just take it slow. But managed to park right outside also. A couple of steps down to the road is marked as no parking so this makes a handy little load/unloading bay. The place was clean and a very well equipped kitchen but a bit tatty here and there, bumps and scrapes but this is because lots of people that rent places don’t take care. The little outside loo is great when there are six of you but the door to it and the whole courtyard need some TLC. But having a table and chairs provided meant for a nice sunny outside breakfast. The stairs inside are very steep and there are a few step’s around the house like up into kitchen from dinning room and lounge but only a few centimetres high and as the floor all one colour throughout I think it needs something to highlight the different levels. I tripped up on both when first arriving. Steps into front door and out to courtyard rather high. I’m mentioning all this because I feel it needs more details about them on website descriptions, “due to being such an old cottage so expect steep stairs and many different levels” It could possibly do with a second set of keys. The safe was also tricky at times to open and could do with a small light sensor so arriving home after dark we wouldn’t have had to use torches on phone. Beds were comfy and linen clean, towels also. Shower and bathroom facilities were good. My only concern I had was in one twin room there was a tv, great to have as if you had a couple of kids you may want to put them in there. But the bedroom furniture was all glass mirrored and although looking very glamorous it could be dangerous. And on the bedside table between the 2 beds the glass was all chipped right along the protruding edge. It didn’t feel too sharp but I think with a little bit of horseplay, as kids do, and someone falling on that there would be quite a nasty injury. I really do hope this gets looked at.

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• Lee - Verified booking

  We have just returned from a weeks stay at Ocean Swell and another lovely holiday in Weymouth.

  Our comments on the property itself would be that at the time of booking, the property description detailed 3 cloakroom and WCs, one in the bathroom, one on the ground floor and one assessed externally from the patio. There was in fact no cloakroom and WC on the ground floor, which was one of the reasons we booked this property. We visited the Dream Cottages office twice to point out the inaccuracy in the description and on the second visit this wasn't altogether accepted but after an uneasy conversation we were begrudgingly offered a £50 discount off our next booking. We now see that the description has been updated to remove the reference to a ground floor cloakroom and WC. Please can you advise how we go about receiving the discount, as we have, as a family, already booked a property with you for next year. Other comments; although the property was cleaned to an acceptable standard, the shower tray was overflowing on first use and the reason was that there was a mouse sized hair ball in the plug hole. Once this was removed, not a pleasant job!, the water drained away no problem.The DVD player did not work, but this was quickly replaced with a new one.

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• Confirmed Guest - Verified booking

  No.1 Duke Street is a well situated cottage within walking distance of all the amenities in Alnwick, very well presented and equipped, a true home from home. We really liked the space, décor and high levels of equipment particularly in the kitchen. We also really appreciate the high quality toiletries supplied. The range and standard of the products supplied was excellent. It exceeded our expectations and was certainly the best welcome pack we have experienced in 30 plus years of staying in cottages in this country. The service we received from Coquet Cottages was exemplary. The amount of information and prompts we received was far and above what we usually experience, the Guidebook app being particularly detailed and impressive. The out of hours response we received from both Coquet Cottages and the owner of the property was greatly appreciated.

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• Agnes - Verified booking

  Unsere Familie (2 Erwachsene, 3 Kinder 10-14 Jahre) hat nach 4 stressigen Tagen im heißen London (und winzigen Hotelzimmern) eine super entspannte Woche in Ocean Swell verbracht.

  Das Haus ist geräumig, nett eingerichtet und bietet alles, was man so braucht. Das größte Plus ist die perfekte Lage im Old Harbour, sozusagen in der "zweiten Reihe". Man ist nahe am Geschehen, aber ohne den Trubel. Die Kinder konnten sich nach einem Tag schon allein zurecht finden. Alles ist zu Fuß erreichbar. Toll ist auch ein Besuch am Fort Nothe. Das "Secret Garden" Café am Hope Square ist perfekt zum Frühstücken und der "Red Lion" für das Bier am Abend. Der kleine Londis Supermarkt um die Ecke ist günstig und hat bis 9pm offen. Wir können Ocean Swell auf jeden Fall jedem empfehlen, der mit Familie oder Freunden in Weymouth Urlaub machen will und Wert auf Platz und Privatsphäre legt.

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• Patricia - Verified booking

  Disappointed with the parking situation, it's very hard to find on street parking, a parking permit would be very beneficial.

  Considering you are giving extra time to the cleaners, to make sure the properties are thoroughly cleaned due to covid, we didnt feel this was the case, the floors were dirty (our white socks were black, the first day) I dont believe they had been mopped (surely it would have smelt fresh after a quick mop)? Also there were long black hairs in various places. The house smelt of Indian food even after leaving an air freshener on the doorstep for us, it still didnt get rid of the smell. The wooden plinth at the end of the bed felt tacky and not clean. For a family staying away for a week, I thought it would be beneficial for there to be oven trays and sauce pans for cooking?

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