Dog Friendly Cottages in Alnmouth

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Johanna - Verified booking

  This was our third time at the Huffy House and we always stay in the autumn.

  We instantly feel relaxed as soon as we arrive, the house is cosy and warm (we’ve only ever needed to use the wood burner once) and we love the space, inside and out. We don’t tend to cook evening meals when we are on holiday as we prefer to eat out or get a takeaway, but there is plenty of equipment in the house for making breakfast/lunch. Our dog sadly passed away in April, but he loved the garden whenever he came to the house and was always very relaxed. The house is well located & we enjoyed walking into Alnmouth or driving to the many sights in the area. Alnmouth train station is a short walk down the hill so we went to Edinburgh for the day which was about 1 hr 15 and a scenic journey. We loved watching trains pass over the viaduct, and occasionally the cows would come up to the house. The dark sky is amazing and we’ve seen a few shooting stars. We were lucky enough to see the Northern Lights from the garden this time which was an added bonus!

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• Diane - Verified booking

  We thought the property was warm, very clean, with extremely comfortable beds & well equipped.

  The bedding & towels were pristine. It's in a perfect location within the village, both for the beach & local amenities. On the down side we felt that the property photos were not recent and the property was a little tired looking. All the venetian blinds were broken & unusable (we noticed that this had been mentioned by another guest a few months ago) We had to stand on chairs/bath sides to manually adjust the slats to let in some light! The main reason for a low maintenance score was that the shower on the second floor was not working and when we reported it to Sykes we found out that it was a known fault and awaiting repair. We should have been made aware of this issue before we arrived as it meant that 4 of the bedrooms had to use the over bath shower which was very difficult to get in/out of. We really enjoyed our time in Lindores and with a few minor improvements the property would be 5*

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• Sue - Verified booking

  We booked a week's break at The Huffy House for January 20th 2024.

  We noticed on weather reports that the week of January 13th was going to be really bad and as my husband is a builder and doesn't get paid if he doesn't work we looked at Sykes website and saw that The Huffy House was available on the 13th January so rang Sykes and asked if we could bring the holiday forward a week. I kept ringing Sykes to see if they had heard back from the owner but the answer was no every time so later in the day I rang Sykes again and said if we can't go on the 13th can we move our booking till later in the year. To cut a long story short, we received a message from Sykes the next morning to say that the owner of The Huffy House says we cannot move our week to the 13th January and we also couldn't move it forward to later in the year. Very disappointed with this response. We won't use Sykes again nor Northumbria Cottages which is a shame as it's a lovely cottage.

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• Nancy - Verified booking

  Huffy House is in a beautiful location and near to other places of interest.

  The property itself is quirky and I can imagine when initially refurbished looked beautiful plus the material used were once of a high standard. However Huffy House is desperate for some TLC. The whole of the property requires a deep clean especially the bathroom where there is green mould on the tiles and shower cable. The bedding is shabby and well worn and new pillows and duvet are needed desperately. The cold tap handle in the kitchen came off in my hand on the first day plus no cooker hood light. There was no welcome note or manuals although the owner did come and introduce herself and was friendly, however we tried to leave note about the tap but could not gain access to the owners property to leave it and never seen them after the first day and the number we had was not recognised. The above concerns have been raised in the past but nothing seems to be getting addressed.

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• Valerie - Verified booking

  Lovely house and great location but hugely disappointed for my in laws to arrive to a bitterly cold house with no heating.

  Experienced difficulty in contacting Sykes after hours and received no response after leaving a whats app message. Called again the following morning and to be fair the contractor who called out twice that day was excellent but still encountered heating issues at the top of the property during our stay. Had requested a decorated tree which was not supplied and also reported this which was totally ignored. House served our purpose well and great for a big family get together. Kitchen very well equipped but some decor tired in places and the sofas which have been mentioned in previous reviews were ridiculous. Extremely low, impractical and totally uncomfortable. Half of our party regularly sat in dining chairs rather than subject themselves to the sofas. Very much enjoyed our stay but feel that property management was lacking

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