Dog Friendly Apartments in Exmoor

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Louise - Verified booking

  Overall good apartment, not really suitable for our dogs (too many outside fire escape steps).

  New bed, great bath towels. Balcony view fantastic. This made the flat (although could do with a good old clean and paint!) accessed from bedroom. Did find empty crisp packet and dirty cutlery in drawer. Dated bathrooms and kitchen decor but perfectly clean and fit for purpose. Except need new hairdryer and felt there was too much junk in the wardrobe alongside our clothes. Needs to be more separate. Completely separate cupboard. Made it feel cluttered. Cupboards very full in kitchen too. Should probably be cleared out a bit. Too much crockery and extra equipment. Loved our holiday and enough warning was given re steps but I do think a photo of the steps would help. I would say price point is just about right for decor, cleanliness and steps access. Great views - this made the holiday. BEWARE I did read about there being stairs but there really are so many! I'm not keen on heights and as they were outside the flat (aside from the last set that are internal) I felt vulnerable. It's the fourth flat up. Our 2 greyhounds were very hesitant on the outside fire escape stairs (I did take a chance on this). Not great when they were rained on. 3 sets. On the 15 min walk to the bay: the stiles are high and stone (keep sheep in) and the second style impassible because of steepness for our dogs. Would have been dangerous for us to lift them and make it over so we couldn't do that walk. Main road and B road has no pavement so we had no choice but to use the car. I did find a good walk to mortahoe and twichenen out of the camp and turn right. High up so great views. Be aware this flat is almost within a next door caravan site (you drive through this site to get to the flat) and below the flat is the astro turf for sports so regularly busy with activity so if looking for a quiet spot - this is not it. It's not overly intrusive but it is high on activity. Sunday night cold shower? First 2 nights fine. Husband had to look at thermostat. Outside balcony lights not working.

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• Sally - Verified booking

  We adore remote places and and beautiful scenery and that’s what Creenagh’s Cottage offers.

  It is not luxury but it provides everything you need and is a wonderful base for walkers or for anyone wishing to explore Exmoor. There is a cosy sitting room, a spacious bedroom, a well equipped kitchen with an excellent oven & hob and a sweet and very sunny little private garden which was lovely to sit and have a beer in after a hard day walking! Our hosts Geoff and Bev the farm owners were lovely people, and kindly provided some bread, butter, biscuits, milk and wine to arrive to which we much appreciated. We met the 3 Alpacas one day who seem characters! In the garden we were deafened by the sound of the birds and bees but nothing else. Heaven! Wonderful to hear the owls at night too. We are lucky to have been blessed with amazing weather for our stay and have much enjoyed it. I recommend popping in some insect repellent as we encountered few pockets of horseflies but only when out walking. For people to whom location is important in terms of using the village shop or pub, please note that the location of the cottage on the Sykes website map plus some of the information they give about its location is incorrect. Find Knighton Farm on the OS map and that is where it is (NOT Waterhouse Farm which is much closer to the village of Withypool and where it is incorrectly positioned). Strolling to the pub in the evening is not an option. Knighton Farm lies across a valley about a mile to the west. It's a shame that visitors arrive at this beautiful spot are disappointed to realise it's not where they thought it would be! If you take your own provisions as we always do, it is an ideal and beautiful location and we had a fabulous time. Thank you Geoff and Bev. (There is Wifi at the cottage but no mobile signal so we made our necessary calls using Whatsapp which worked fine.)

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• Giuseppe - Verified booking

  Sykes details describing the Farm, Directions to the Farm and Proximity to the Village/Amenities are not accurate and misleading.

  THESE DETAILS NEED TO BE AMENDED. The Farm is not a working Farm. It is a holiday let business with several Alpacas in a field. There is no walking route to the village of Withypool and the drive to the village is 1.9 miles via the private road and B road neither of which have a path to walk upon. The Private road (not a driveway) contains many potholes and is problematic for a standard car to navigate. The cottage has NO mobile phone reception. Description of "limited" mobile phone reception is incorrect. Cleanliness throughout needs to be improved. Removal of numerous spiders webs and dead spiders is needed. The Kitchen area needs a good clean and degrease. The spices and herbs in the Kitchen cupboard were out of date. The Microwave is dirty and rusty. The Toaster is dirty and old. The frying pans were all dirty and scratched with coating peeling off. All these items need to be replaced. There was no roasting tray of reasonable size to use. We had to buy one to cook a roast diner for two. The bathroom has very little storage. The space under the basin should contain a small cupboard or shelving to improve storage in the area. Decoration throughout the cottage is very tired and in desperate need of a refresh. These points are my observations and recommendations for improvement. Positive points is that the heating and shower worked well. The area within which the farm and cottage is located is beautiful and the owners were friendly and helpful. Would recommend Sykes work with the owners to address the items listed for improvement.

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• S - Verified booking

  Accommodation was warm however that is about all I can say about it.

  Owner says it sleeps 2/4 people so we assumed we could have the bed and kids could sleep on the sofa bed, that didn't happen! My partner and both children slept in the bed and I tried to sleep on the cobbled street they said was a sofa bed. We ended up leaving a day early because 3 nights with no sleep was about enough for me. I did bring it up with the owner and was told no-one had complained before which isn't true. When we returned home I checked the reviews and someone else had mentioned it before which, in fairness had seen but the review had been commented on by the owner saying all issues had been resolved NOT TRUE. Access to the the garden was through a door with a padlock on and unless I asked we wouldn't have been told by the owner, it felt like they don't actually want you to use it but put it on their advert to make it sound like your getting more than you do. After not sleeping on the last night I took our dog for a walk at 5am and when I returned the door was locked and I couldn't access the Accommodation because you share the entrance with the owner which isn't pointed out on booking. After all is said the area is beautiful and well worth a visit, just find some other accommodation. Wouldn't stay again and definitely wouldn't recommend.

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• Amanda - Verified booking

  We have been very dissatisfied with our accommodation at clooneavin.

  First impressions were that not all the photos were part of our accommodation. Dog friendly meant that all the upholstery smelt of damp dog and looked like it hadn’t been laundered in a long time. All amenities was incorrect! We were shown to a pay meagre for electric and heating which took £1 coins. So we ended up spending a lot more just to keep warm. The wall in the master bedroom was wet!! The wooden kitchen utensils were covered in fury mould. And one of the toilets made such a pound noise when you flushed it sounded like the pipes were going to explode. In the details book we were shown to advised to hoover, clean with cleaner provided and strip all beds. Now I’m a clean person everywhere was wiped down when we left. But this made us think! This place isn’t getting a deep clean in between visits and this made us feel even more upset with our holiday. The kids were really disappointed too and this was our first holiday in 2 years . We were all so fed up and disappointed with the misleading details for this accommodation that we left 24 hours early and couldn’t wait to get home. Needs a lot of maintenance very old and run down. Upholstery and beds need replacing. I really feel we should have our money refunded!!

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