Dog Friendly Bed And Breakfasts In Perranporth

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Dawn - Verified booking

  We had an enjoyable holiday and the owner Georgie was really lovely and helpful, but this cottage is new to the holiday let market after years as a long term let, and it was suffering teething problems.

  As a cottage for 2 people it was fine, but larger groups of upto 8 people might not enjoy this as much. The sitting room needs a reconfiguration. It has only 2 sofas (one of which is broken with a sunken seat) and only one of these faces the TV. We had to move a side table, bring in a lamp from the games room, and lay an extension lead so we could plug the lamp in. The owner offered to try to fix the sofa whilst we were out, but leaving an elderly dog alone with a workman wasn’t feasible. The garden furniture consists of a wooden bench/table and umbrella which you see in pub gardens. This was uncomfortable for reading so I recommend you take your own camp chairs if you want to enjoy the afternoon and early evening sun in the front garden. The back garden is the Chapel’s cemetery which can be accessed via a separate driveway. The 2 chairs in the games room are very very deep (like a fixed recliner) and not good for anyone with a bad back! The alternative seating was church pews by the pool table which were (by design!) uncomfortable. I took to the rocking chair in the 3rd bedroom when I wanted to read quietly, but sadly a swarm of bees escaped from a hive in the neighbouring orchard and took up residence in that bedroom (via a gap around the Velux window) and a wall of the Chapel. The bedroom floor was covered in dead bees as it was very hot in there that week. We were asked to open the Velux window so they could escape, and keep the bedroom door closed!! That meant the other bedrooms were hot and stuffy as we daren’t leave a window open for fear that the bees might prefer those bedrooms!! Not sure how they resolved that problem as the bee expert was there as we booked out. The double beds in 2 of the 3 bedrooms are two single mattresses pushed together. Bizarrely they appear to have mixed up the ‘firm’ and ‘soft’ mattresses, and there was one of each in the 2nd & 3rd bedrooms. Ok if the sleeping partners have different preferences for their mattresses, but may require a shuffling of mattresses if both want firm or soft. The only tv in the Chapel is in the living room, so custody of the remote control amongst 8 guests might cause issues! There appeared to be an unused aerial cable in the games room so you could take your own portable tv. The books and DVDs mentioned as being available were AWOL, as was the ‘welcome package’ provided by the owners for the cleaners to lay out but not there when we arrived. Georgie apologised and provided this when she came to inspect the bee problem as we booked out. But a takeaway ‘Cornish Cream tea’ to eat at home (with scones which were sadly very stale by the evening) was not the same as using the provided voucher for a sit down Cream tea with scones fresh out of the oven at the adjoining Healeys Cyder Farm. However the 3 bottles of different Cyders, the large bottle of Cornish apple juice and the jar of Strawberry jam (all made by Healeys Cyder farm) were wonderful. It was an eventful week at the Chapel, but the lovely weather, the proximity of the beach and facilities at Perranporth and the access to major A roads meant we did not need to spend that much time in the Chapel and the ongoing irritations could be avoided.

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• Charlotte - Verified booking

  Lovely house in a great location.

  Loads of space, we were a family of 5 (4 adults and 1 teenager). Small garden, which is enclosed for dogs or small children, so safe for them to be outside. It is also gravel rather than grass, so no muddy paws to wipe off either. It would benefit from a dish washer in a property that size, we seemed to constantly be washing pots. There is plenty of room for one, the kitchen is huge. A double sink in the kitchen with a decent drainer woukd be good to avoid lots of water over the work surface. The only things provided were 2 J cloths, 1 scourer, 1 tea towel, 2 loo rolls (one in each bathroom) and 1 hand-wash in the kitchen. You could do with at least 2 or 3 tea towels, and maybe a couple more loo rolls and a handsoap in each bathroom. The downstairs shower was great, good water pressure and temperature. The upstairs shower is electric and is not very good, low pressure and cool temperature. Just couldn't get it to a decent warm temperature even on full power and heat. Beds were comfy, but they are doubles and not king size. The rooms could easily take super king beds, which would make for a great nights sleep after a long journey. The pillows were rubbish, very flat so take your own if you like a supportive pillow. One last thing, the TV aerial in the upstairs ensuite room needs fixing just under the skylight window like in the twin room next door. We had to fashion something to balance it on top of the TV to get a signal (we used a rack drawer from the wardrobe turned on its side). Also need a pole hook to open the windows in the roof, as the one provided is broken. It works to push them closed though. St Agnes is a lovely, quirky little village. Only a short walk down the hill from the house. There is a cut through between the houses just before the driveway that is quicker. Can recommend the Peterville Inn and the Chinese takeaway for food (best chow mein my son has ever had apparently). Lovely house, would definitely stay again. Thank you

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• Ernest - Verified booking

  On the arrival day, the email from Sykes said we could enter the property at 3pm.

  On arrival at 3.50pm, the cleaner was still there and advised us that the arrival time was not until 6pm. We found it difficult parking at the cottage. You could drive into the drive but to get out you had to reverse all the way back along the narrow drive and road (approx 100 yards) as there was no where to turn your car around as the neighbours had blocked their drives to prevent this and the yard in front of the cottage was to small to turn your car around. This should have been included in the descripton of the property. There was a washing machine to wash your clothes but no where to dry them ie tumble dryer, clothes line or pegs. The mattress in the downstairs bedroom was too small for the bed. It was a double mattress on a kingsize bed. In the kitchen there was a sink but no draining board for when washing your pots. The second bed in the twin room was not made up, just a sheet folded and laid on the bed to make it look like it had been made. Sykes were advised prior to arrival that all the beds were going to be slepted in. It is not somewhere that we would want to go back to. It wasn't a holiday home where you could enjoy your stay. We did telephone Sykes helpline on the first day of our holiday to complain about not being able to get in to the property at the correct time. An email was received to say that someone would get back us once it had been investigated but that was 11 days ago and we haven't had a response.

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• Vickie - Verified booking

  The house itself is beautiful and the location idyllic, so peaceful.

  We had some lovely goodies from the cider farm on our arrival which were really nice. Unfortunately that’s where it ends. The smell of urine on the furniture and carpets was overwhelming and the first thing we did was go out and buy air fresheners and candles, we put our a throw over the sofa as it was stained and didn’t feel pleasent. We tried to cook in the kitchen but the extractor doesn’t work so all the alarms go of unless you have windows and doors open. We reported this by phone but never received any reply. The outside back door light doesn’t work and it feels very dark entering the property that way, which we did because there is the utility and coat hangers there. The second week my son complained of a rash on his arms and back, to our horror we discovered bed bugs in his bed. He changed rooms but that was the same. He had to sleep on the sofa downstairs. There is cobwebs all over the velux windows, while one is high the others are within easy reach and need to be cleaned. The shower whilst big needs bleaching around the bottom as there is black discolouration on the sealant. This would be an amazing place if it wasn’t for the cleanliness.

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• Kath - Verified booking

  We loved our stay here!

  The kids (10, 12, 13) had a great time with the pool table and there was plenty of space for the grown-ups (me, my husband, BIL, FIL) to hide from the noise. Excellent garden for the dogs, lovely furnishing inside the house, well-stocked kitchen. There are a few small things we would have liked - my husband and I both have quite sensitive skin so had to wash our sheets because they were either cleaned in biological washing powder or heavily starched. A washing line in the garden would have been really useful (the one in the downstairs loo didn’t have enough room) and a recycling schedule pinned somewhere would have been helpful (or for the management company to keep an eye on it) - we looked it up on Cornwall council’s website but clearly other recent guests had not so there was a bit of a backlog outside. These are really small things though, and we’d totally recommend this house to anyone wanting to stay in the area - especially if they love Rattler like we do!

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