Dog Friendly Bed And Breakfasts In Skegness

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Donna - Verified booking

  Arrived 4pm the apartment was not cleaned, dog hair everywhere not hoovered, everything in the kitchen was dirty from plates, cups, oven , fridge well you get the gist.

  Hard floors not cleaned or mopped. None of the bathrooms properly cleaned with things left from previous stays. Hot tub wasn't working so couldn't use the first day. Pool table had no cues this was resolved from Tuesday but air hockey never sorted, some bolts to keep legs in place missing, Broken toaster as per last review still in there and tripped electric again. Apparently the owner said it should of been taken away as electrician failed it. One brake glass fire point broken. Floor in lounge broken and in kitchen. No tables wiped down. 7 chairs for dinner broken as either screws missing or not right. Garden left a mess with rubbish big drain cover cracked and dangerous. We had constant contact with owner and it was excuse after excuse. Blaming bank holiday on cleaning staff availability. They sent cleaners back around 8pm by this time we were cooking dinner and trying to get kids to bed as the first 4 hours the 8 adults were trying to get it in a state to live in. The first night all we did was clean and the kids couldn't use any thing worth while using because it wasn't working or hot enough. We requested a nights refund which was declined as we lost a whole night cleaning without the facilities to use. The owner stating it was unreasonable. Un reasonable is leaving it how it was and the owner said it was disgraceful that the professional cleaning team has let him down. Also the description of room is incorrectly it says a family room with a bunk and king size. This doesn't exist. Good points location to beach/ shop/ transport links. Size is great with plenty of room. The lack of care was shocking so the food points just didn't matter

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• Angela - Verified booking

  The Annexe itself was left clean for our arrival and the owner is quite approachable if you need to call him for anything.

  What we did not know was that within 50 yards of the bedroom window is a church tower clock that chimes loudly on the quarter hours with additional gongs on the hour all day and all night long, this could be disturbing for light sleepers as it was for me, little sleep for two weeks. The Annexe stands on a very busy main road, the living room window is right beside the road and the bedroom window is about 2 yards from it, so there’s constant noisy passing traffic all day, starting around 4.30 am and going on until well after midnight. The Annexe does not have a fenced off area should you be taking a dog with you. The Annexe is the only holiday let situated within a busy courtyard of six or seven other properties. Each property has its own parking space outside the front door as has The Annexe. Should you want to sit outside then you’d be sitting on this courtyard and really it’s more of a car park, what with residents coming and going, their visitors and the noisy main road within yards, we didn’t feel comfortable enough to sit out for the two weeks we were there and it was beautiful weather too. During our two weeks there one household was having what was described as “relationship difficulties” and given that their front door is only about 6 yards from the bedroom windows of The Annexe, their behaviours, language, noise level and intimidation towards us when we asked them to quieten down was not what we had paid the owner for ! This Sykes experience was by far the worst we have ever encountered and we left, after 2 weeks, feeling exhausted and very disappointed.

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• Naomi - Verified booking

  When we arrived to the property, the black bin was nearly full of rubbish, as the holiday progressed the bin ended up overflowing with our rubbish and my husband did have to squash it down.

  I noted in the clear folder in the lounge area, it stated that the bin day was Wednesday but did not state who's responsibility it was to get the bin emptied, therefor the bin was not emptied. Surely this needs highlighting. The amount paid for the property surely the owner should be putting the bins out, as this was an issue with having two children under three with us going through a lot of nappies a day. Also no iron? Again paying this much for a property an iron and iron boarding should come as a basic. We holidayed in a caravan last month and had an iron and iron board in. No clock anywhere in the house, a clock would be helpful in the lounge or kitchen/diner area. Hardly any mirrors, or mirrors placed in strange areas. Not next to plugs, so how are you meant to do your hair, use the hair dryer etc. Also understandably the house is by the sea and would have a high level of birds flying past, but the decking was covered in bird poo. Which had really put us off sitting and eating out there, with the amount of bird poo. Finally shelving, there was no shelving to place toiletries/deodorants/perfumes/make up onto in any of the bedrooms, again quite poor for me. All of our toiletries ended up on the windowsill, which was quite dangerous with the heat we have just experienced, an aerosol could have exploded from the sun. Please do not take this as completely negative, it was a lovely home and highly decorated. The kitchen was wonderful and the washing machine a blessing. But some basic factors as stated above were just missing. Hence for the 4/5 star rating in the end.

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• Hazel - Verified booking

  We were concerned when we arrived at just how small the bungalow was, especially as we were staying for 4 weeks.

  We couldn't however have been more wrong. The bungalow was superbly equipped, even a pair of kitchen scales and an electric whisk! It was warm and cosy with a lovely comfy bed. The washing and drying facilities were no bother being located in a different building as so near by. Anthony was very pleasant and I'm sure if there had been any issues he would have been straight on them! It was lovely to find tea, coffee, sugar, milk and biscuits supplied, and there were even 4 toilet rolls and toiletries as well as lots of extras in the kitchen which we just did not expect. The DVDs were a welcome bonus with the weather being so grotty, but when we did go out we found lots of lovely places to visit; the dog loved the beaches! We found people in the village very friendly, and enjoyed the hostelry in the White Hart, as well as enjoying a superb meal in the Windmill Restaurant. The only thing that wasn't supplied was any bakeware, so we just bought a little roasting tin in the pound shop and left it behind for the next occupant! There is really nothing negative to say at all and we wouldn't hesitate to stay there again. The only thing the bungalow would benefit from would be some draught excluder around the front door as it was a little draughty during the high winds, but that is in no way a complaint!

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• Gary - Verified booking

  Terrible - let down by the property and Sykes Cottages who have no concept of customer service.

  Tried to get a partial refund for the £2.5K spent on a 2 night stay but was refused. Booked a two night stay in October to gather the family together. One of the main reasons for booking this place was the hot tub. On arrival it wasn't working. I had to resolve the issue following instructions from the owner, but it meant that the hot tub was not available until the next day, which was 50% of our stay without a main feature. Also, on arrival, a bedroom door was hanging from the hinges, one of the shower doors would not open properly, two chairs in the dining room had broken/loose legs, a slat was broken on one of the towel rails, a room had damp towels, one of the lights did not work and when one of the 3rd floor showers was used, water ran down the wall of the bedroom below. We raised issues to the owner, but the maintenance person did not fix some of the issues until the 2nd day, thus 50% of our holiday was impacted by the above. Hence my request for a partial refund to Sykes, who dragged the issue out for almost two months by either not responding themselves or by saying the owner was not responding, then said it was too late to do anything about it. They have also ignored my request to escalate the complaint. Give this property and Sykes a wide berth.

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