Dog Friendly Apartments in Scottish Borders

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Ian - Verified booking

  At very short notice we were informed by email that building work was being carried out and therefore parking at the property was no longer available.

  At no point did anyone have the courtesy to let us know that the former parking place immediately adjacent to Pear Tree cottage was going to be used for loading building materials into two skips. The noise started on Monday morning at 8am. After we contacted the NTS office to ask for information we did receive a prompt reply and apology. However, we were told that the use of the skips would finish probably by Tuesday and definitely by Wednesday. We were also told that builders had been asked not to load rubble into skips until 10am, or create undue noise. In fact the work continued until the end of the week and on the Tuesday morning the first skip was collected at 8am. We understood that the repair work was important and necessary but we felt that it would have been courteous to let us know in advance that such building work would be taking place and to have kept us informed of the continued loading of rubble by dumper trucks into skips throughout our stay. The loss of parking was inconvenient and difficult because there are almost no parking spaces in Abbey Street readily available and the nearest car park is often full since it is regularly used by visitors to the abbey and town, and cyclists who arrive by car to ride the 4 Abbeys route, as well as parking lots for overnight motor homes. Pear Tree cottage is lovely but our holiday was marred by the fact that the promised parking became unavailable at short notice. In addition one had the courtesy to inform us that the building work would create noise and dust immediately outside our entrance. This holiday was to celebrate our joint 70th birthdays and we are disappointed that neither care nor consideration was given to informing us fully of the impact of the building work.

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• Clare - Verified booking

  Lovely location, easy to find.

  Everything we needed and host was helpful via text and fast to respond when we needed a few things. Heating fast to heat up the place and lovely and warm when we arrived. Key easy to find by front door in box with code. Bathroom was clean and nice, shower was decent. No bath, (no problem) - be great to have up to date photos on the listing. Lots of towels, most helpful. Beds not super comfy (either of them) and duvets very thick and bedding sweaty. We slept OK. We were so knackered from such a long drive up we needed to!! Couches / recliners in the lounge also not that comfy after about half an hour and knock your knees trying to sit at the lounge / dining table, not ideal - functional though! There is a large chest freezer in a shed accessed from the garden, which was most helpful for our frozen dog food! Thanks so much for this. Would be great to let folks know this in advance, (so we wouldn't have had to have bothered you!) as we had thought there was no freezer at first. This is a lovely option. Garden was really nice and totally dog friendly which was main reason we booked here. Super close to the sea and beach which was worth the extra drive. We had thought this was a house - it's actually on one level all ground floor split over 2 house fronts. Interesting and nice property. Finally, thank you so so very much for the late checkout this was hugely and very much appreciated. Sorry its taken so long to leave a review. Eyemouth was a lovely little town and we would book again if ever bak in the area. Thank you .

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• Janet - Verified booking

  We had a lovely time in Eyemouth and Sea Spray was in a great location - really central but still quiet.

  We stayed in the back bedroom which was very peaceful and had the comfier bed, the front bedroom looks good but the bed was not. The photos on the website are completely out of date and need to be updated to give an accurate impression of the house. The shower room has been modernised and is gorgeous now (although the water feels like little daggers on your back and a shower caddy would be a handy addition). I appreciate that you are only left 'starters', but a full roll of towel roll would have been good. The kitchen was as expected and well equipped, although for us some oven tongs would have been useful (just a personal preference) as well as a 4 slice toaster. Some more bin bags would have been good too. We enjoyed the private courtyard (as did our dog) but feel it could benefit from a new table, as the one there is dropping rust everywhere. The bench and 2 chairs were comfy and well used though. We did enjoy our stay and would recommend Sea Spray, but feel with just a few relatively inexpensive additions it could be even better. The final thing we'd suggest is to update the house folder with more house and village information. . Steve, the owner did make contact with us which was nice and if we'd had any major problems I'd have felt fine with reaching out to him. Eyemouth is a great wee place (super dog friendly) with lots of nice walks, a fabulous beach, great pubs and restaurants and a well stocked co-op. Everything you need is close by

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• David Macmillan - Verified booking

  Montrose was perfectly situated. There is a small parking area(about 10spaces but free from 1730-0700) only about 80yards from the property. If you come from the south side they are both on the right (property first) if that car park is full there is a bigger car park (as you face the small car park ..look right there is a road looking up hill ..its straight in front). I will start with the positives first..The flat was very clean ..it has all the things you'd expect eg fridge cooker microwave smoothie/blender toaster. The heating system easy to follow. The shower is in the corner of the kitchen ..you will understand when you stay there.. there is also 2 bedrooms and dining room. Now the negatives but not as bad as what you might think. On arriving we tried the WiFi on the Internet box ..it didn't match ..I txt the owners and they said it was in the folder in the kitchen ..it worked..the toilet is small and just becareful as there is a step leading upto the toilet itself ..we tripped on it a few times. You do hear the traffic going past at all times as you are on the main road. Would we stay there again ..aye would

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• Anita D C - Verified booking

  We left the cottage cleaner than we found it.

  The bedroom needed dusting and the dishwasher wasn’t working properly. The water didn’t heat up to a sufficient temperature to clean the dishes. There were dirty dishes in the dishwasher when we arrived, possibly put on but not checked. The most distressing was the workmen who arrived at 07.30 on the day of our departure and asked us to move our car. They told us they had work to do for the National Trust. It was raining heavily so my husband offered to move it as long as we could bring it back to pack at 09.00 They said this was no good as they needed time to set up their equipment. They stood and waited at the bottom of the steps until we left. This was unpleasant, unnecessary and stressful. We had understood we had access to the Priory garden but it ruend out this was only during opening hours 10-5pm the same as any member of the public. It would have been lovely to sit there in the evening as there was nowhere else. I am truly sorry if this is all gloom, we have stayed in lots of National Trust Properties in York, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and this was such a disappointment.

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