Dog Friendly Bed And Breakfasts In Isle Of Skye

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• A - Verified booking

  The location was inspirational, with fantastic views.

  The parking arrangements and enclosed garden were ideal for our dog. We had some trouble following the directions to the property, possibly our tendency to logically over interpret didn't help, but we struggled because the directions did not specify that one should drive right through Staffin village before encountering the sign to the beach. We were disappointed with the poor level of maintenance of the property. The cleaner had clearly done her best to clean to a good standard, but the decor was shabby and in need of basic redecoration. On our first day, the leak in the kitchen tap developed into a powerful, constant flow, which necessitated finding a screwdriver and turning off the isolation valve. These things happen but it was symptomatic of the general state of disrepair, other examples included the loose bathroom shelf, chipped cheap bedside table, leaking outside tap, and cracked bedroom wardrobe mirror. We contacted the owner, who assured us a plumber would be out in the next day or two. Nobody arrived, and we had to buy bottled water to drink for the rest of our stay. No attempt was made by the owner to check that the tap had been mended. On leaving we messaged her to let her know before next customers arrived. She contacted us later to say the plumber had been busy and had now fixed the problem, of little use to us. She suggested she might compensate us in some way, to which we replied affirmatively.. we have heard nothing more. Our other impression was the lack of simple touches to make the stay more comfortable, for example there were no cushions or rugs in the property. It was frustrating, with a modest outlay of time and money, the cottage would have a level of comfort to match the idyllic location. We very much had the sense of an absentee owner, whose approach to maintaining the cottage was to keep costs to a minimum, to the detriment of the customer experience. We are still waiting for a response from the owner, and would appreciate a comment from Sykes cottages.

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• Sudipta - Verified booking

  Location is excellent.

  Property is clean and well appointed. Generally a nice place to stay. One small bathroom so this may be an issue for larger parties staying in this property. Surrounding area is very nice. Gardens are "enclosed". They are not secure. Small dogs can easily get through the fences and a large job could get over the fence. Adjoining fields do sometime have sheep- therefore if you are taking dogs you need to take additional precautions to make sure your pets don't escape or worry nearby sheep. When we arrived the fence to the adjoining property (they also had a large dog) was falling apart. I asked the owner, who also runs the adjoining campsite, to address this issue. He accused me of breaking the fence myself and he became very rude and was very put out by my request to fix it. He felt the garden was completely secure and I explained to him that this wasn't the case. His attitude was quite disgusting. To illustrate my point, the owners own dogs often found their way into the garden of this property and defaecated several times- I had to pick this up myself to make sure my daughter didn't step in it. Overall we enjoyed Skye but the attitude of the owner was very disappointing and the fact that garden wasn't secure meant it was difficult to relax with the dogs in the garden. I have stayed in several cottages through Sykes and have never had such an experience with an owner. I thought it might just be me but the Google reviews for the nearby campsite details a similar attitude.

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• James - Verified booking

  We absolutely loved our stay at Amber's cottage.

  It was a perfectly located cottage with an amazing view and a really cosy place to rest at the end of a long day visting some absolutely amazing scenery! I personally think some of the previous visitors / reviewers were expecting a bit too much based on what they paid and the property description. Just to address to few of the previous points...the garden is 100% enclosed for dogs. We have two border terriers that would definitely have escaped if it wasn't (they spent the whole week on sheep watch!). There isn't a bath but we never expected one because we read the description. The shower was more than adequate. There was no internet / mobile signal for me in Staffin but I think it depends what provider you're with because some people clearly did (I am with Tesco Mobile / O2). The TV wasn't huge but who visits the Isle of Skye to watch TV and sit on their phones? On the rare occasion we wanted to watch TV it worked fine and we'd downloaded a few movies on our laptop anyway just in case. Overall we enjoyed every minute in this cottage with no complaints. It was clean, well furnished and a snug abode in which to watch the occasional storm cloud rolling over the famous Quiraing Mountain that sits through the cottage window like an oil painting! We would definitely visit again!

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• Sudipta - Verified booking

  Location is excellent.

  Property is clean and well appointed. Generally a nice place to stay. One small bathroom so this may be an issue for larger parties staying in this property. Surrounding area is very nice. Gardens are "enclosed". They are not secure. Small dogs can easily get through the fences and a large job could get over the fence. Adjoining fields do sometime have sheep- therefore if you are taking dogs you need to take additional precautions to make sure your pets don't escape or worry nearby sheep. When we arrived the fence to the adjoining property (they also had a large dog) was falling apart. I asked the owner, who also runs the adjoining campsite, to address this issue. To illustrate my point, the owners own dogs often found their way into the garden of this property and defaecated several times- I had to pick this up myself to make sure my daughter didn't step in it. Overall we enjoyed Skye but the fact that garden wasn't secure meant it was difficult to relax with the dogs in the garden.

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• Sarah - Verified booking

  This property is very tired and in need of several upgrades and is not in the condition of the pictures.

  This property was absolutely disgusting when we arrived. Black mould in every room, broken mirrors and pictures, cheese under the bed and not to mention the constant flies, dead and alive throughout the property. The beds in the twin bedroom are extremely uncomfortable and There are some serious health and safety issues here, mainly windows not being able to open and a detached string used to tie the blind back in bedroom two. There was nowhere to hang clothes in bedroom two. The dirt down the side of the bed was awful, the shelf in the bathroom was hanging off the wall, the fridge needed cleaned before we could use it, a washing machine is provided but there is no tumble dryer or airing screen to hang up washing to dry. I have photographs of all the issues we came across on our stay and I am happy to share these with Antone before they make a booking. I do not recommend this property to anyone, save your money and enjoy a holiday in a nice clean cottage.

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