Dog Friendly Cottages in Hampshire

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Rebecca - Verified booking

  The property was excellently located; a short walk into Lymington and with pubs (the Borough Arms and the Monkey Brewhouse) located at the end of Lower Buckland Road.

  The property was exceptionally clean - very high standards maintained with this. The beds were also extremely comfortable, the kitchen was extremely well equipped also. The downstairs area was really useful for cooking and then bringing to the table - this also has a small portable radiator which was extremely useful in the cold weather and where the conservatory looses heat very quickly. The modern interiors were lovely and the sunny extension was wonderful, even in rainy weather. There's plenty of storage space and the rooms have their own bathrooms which was extremely handy. The information packs were very thoughtfully laid out and had everything that we needed during our stay, including useful pointers on local places of interest. There were a few aspects that could use improvement. When we arrived the whole property was extremely cold and we had to leave the heating on for a long time for the property to heat up which was probably less than economical. There was a small portable radiator which did help but it might have been useful to have this on a remotely controlled timer for out of season guests to make sure it's not so cold on arrival but still make cost savings with it being switched off when empty. The first floor bathroom had an air evacuation flap which was loose and kept banging in the wind all through the night and also the shower temperature control was extremely difficult to control - stiff and very sensitive! In the top bedroom, we noticed half way through (as we weren't using that level) that the light was left on in the bathroom, probably during cleaning between residents. This is probably me being overly fussy as the kitchen was otherwise very well equipped, there wasn't an espresso machine which is usually found in most holiday properties (there was a french press though!). Finally, the cleaning supplies were quite limited (dishwasher tablets - we did leave some for the next guests which we purchased) and the cloths weren't really able to make sure we could wipe down properly before we left as requested in the check out pack. For future residents, I'd just be aware that the staircases are very steep. We attended with our dog and the poor thing did fall a couple of times because it was quite steep. Additionally, the garden isn't really very dog friendly, we were advised the back of the garden isn't fully enclosed which is fine. However, there is no grass and most dogs usually will only want to go on grass so if you are bringing a pooch, you might want to take them to the grassy patch a minute from the property in order to toilet.

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• Jo - Verified booking

  This property is really nicely decorated and equipped.

  It has parking (probably easiest for one car only due to the telegraph pole) and is only 5 minutes walk into Lymington. We have stayed several times due to it's convenient location near to a relative. There are just a couple of niggles though. One is that the temperature for the shower in the top room can't be turned down more than a degree as the mechanism is jammed. So, if you don't like very hot showers you have to use the other ensuite. That is inconvenient and bot always possible. We have mentioned this before in a private message to the owners via Sykes cottages but it hasn't been dealt with, which is a shame. The other thing is that there are no instructions for the TV and BT box so it is difficult to work out how to use it. Finally there was no welcome pack which is very unusual. Just a small pack with some essentials like bread and milk, biscuits or a bottle of wine is common and makes your guests happy. If these things were sorted out then it would definitely means 5 stars across the board.

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• Jenny - Verified booking

  Do you inspect properties before you take them on?

  There were no wardrobes at all in the bedrooms, just a small cupboard on the landing. There was no information at the property at all, on appliances TV's, places of intetest or places to eat. The lounge was obviosly a converted garage and it was not comfotable. The TV there had limited viewing options, no DVD. Dining room TV marginlly better so ended up on very uncomfortable dining able chairs in the evening, hardly relaxing. We cut our holiday short and came home. It was very basic and dissapointing. Certainly not worth the cost. We have used Sykes Cottages ever year for quite a while now but If this is the standard that Sykes is now setting, then we would think very seriously about booking with you again.

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• Keith - Verified booking

  We stayed at Little Timbers from 20th sept to 27th 2024 and really enjoyed our break in the New Forest .

  On arriving we received a very warm welcome from Geoff the owner . The cottage provided a comfortable stay with all the equipment we required . Set in a lovely enclosed well maintained garden which our collie dog loved to have a wonder in . Very clean and well presented . Excellent to have parking space on Geoffs driveway and close to a great pub and close to shops in Ringwood Little Timbers was a great base to travel to & explore all areas of the New Forest Geoff was a great host and Littjle Timbers was excellent accommodation . Definately well worth a stay and we will make a return visit Keith & Jen Boulton

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• Stuart - Verified booking

  Weeds growing out of front drive + old car tyre leaning against fence didn’t give the place a good feel on arrival.

  The glass roof on living room I don’t think had been cleaned inside or out for quite sometime making it an eyesore.(really dirty outside full of spiders and cob webs inside) The garden was overgrown and full of weeds and the outside furniture not clean or used for sometime. Don’t think it was really a dog friendly place the garden was to small, lucky there was a park near by. Shower on first floor was blocked water didn’t drain and most skirting boards were covered with dust don’t think they had been cleaned for sometime very disappointing for a place that was advertised as 5 star?

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