Dog Friendly Cottages in South Hams District

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Confirmed Guest - Verified booking

  I love Start Point Lighthouse and Landward Cottage. This was our fourth visit I've already booked to go there again in a few weeks. What do I love? The remote location - that there's nothing there but a lighthouse and two cottages - the house itself is beautiful and has everything you need but with no emotional attachment - the way the house seems to welcome you in, is comfortable and relaxing - the high vista over the sea - being able to look down to see seabirds flying - the clean air - the way after a couple of days you find yourself running up the stairs and charging up hills - the lack of 100,000 telephone signals going through your head - the beaches and the sea - watching the weather coming and going - sitting at the stone table watching the boats - that food tastes better there - that everything is kept so clean and everything works - that there is a basket of really lovely things awaiting you when you arrive. That doesn't happen on its own and Steve and Fiona do a fantastic job in keeping the place in such a lovely welcoming state. Best of all I love laying in bed watching the beams from the lighthouse swirling around in the sky above - I try valiantly to stay awake but one, two, three - I've gone. I sleep so soundly there. Landward cottage is much smaller than Beacon cottage but I prefer it - it feels more like home to me and going into Beacon feels like going up to "the big house". It might not be your thing - you might not feel the same delight in the place that I do - but there is every possibility you would be in for a treat.

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• Perry - Verified booking

  Barberry Brook was awful, it was filthy, dusty, run down, absolutely full of cobwebs/spiders/Insects and flies.

  We could not stay there. The owners weren’t there to greet us, we were wandering around for 45 minutes before just letting ourselves in to be disappointed. After phoning them to complain they were extremely rude and uncooperative. We had to wait well over an hour and 30 mins for them to return. The whole site was nothing like the photos, very run down, no tennis court as advertised, filthy games room and junk everywhere. The Photos online seem to be from years ago. Sykes wouldn’t return our calls to the emergency helpline, therefore leaving us stranded with zero assistance at 7pm. We wanted help for an alternative accomodation and none was given. Therefore we left the property and booked into a hotel, leaving for home the next day. We have now been told we cannot claim our money back. I have left a review on trip advisor with more details. We will never use or recommend Sykes again, and have been left extremely upset and our holiday ruined. This needs looking into further, I would suggest Sykes visits these kind of holiday cottages/establishments every so often to review the star rating as this certainly was far from a 4 star and very overpriced. We will carry on trying to get our holiday refunded as we feel it’s extremely unfair as to how we have been treated, especially trying our hardest to get help from Sykes but being left until the next day without any contact from them.

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• Confirmed Guest - Verified booking

  Landward Cottage in Devon is the most wonderful location - I really don't think there is anything like it anywhere else. The cottage is comfortable, welcoming and homely. Everything works really well and there's a lighthouse outside. Its a long way from everywhere - if you don't like a bit of isolation this won't be for you - there is the lighthouse, two cottages and... nothing else. You will need a car - I don't think you could do this any other way. Its a great base to go out from, but to be honest I'm happiest just being there, pottering around, watching the sea, watching the weather change, watching the boats go by and the birds... breathing the air. Fill the cupboards up with food and cook - the kitchen is well stocked with utensils (although bring a sharp knife if these things matter to you). This was our 6th visit - I'd be there now if I could. In the last year the rotating beacon in the lighthouse has been replaced with an LED - I'll be honest, its not as magical as it was - something has been lost - but its still wonderful and still most definitely five-star. While we were staying we had an issue with the plumbing - the "caretaker" Steve was excellent and got things sorted out very quickly. This is the first time we've had any kind of issue with the property and it was heartening to witness how swiftly it was dealt with.

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• Claire - Verified booking

  Balmoral is a beautiful property, with fantastic facilities.

  A real home from home. We were very sad to leave. The views are amazing from the lounge and main bedroom. When we booked it was advertised as having a gas fire and sky tv. The gas fire was not working, though the heating was very good. The TV did have sky to watch but you couldn't use catch up or use the 'smart' apps like iplayer/netflix to use your own account as the owners would not let us have the pin, so if like us, you are not used to watching live tv I would recommend you take your own Amazon fire stick or Google chromecast etc. The advert says property has 14 steps to access it, which is true but there are another 100+ from the town centre, so it is not a property for anyone that is not ok with steep hills and steps. The steps and steep climb though do give you the views and quietness out of the town, but with the benefit of being only a 5 min walk into town. Dartmouth is a lovely town with some lovely walks nearby.

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• Jane - Verified booking

  The cottage is lovely; you enter via the back yard and back door into a roomy kitchen/diner which lacks cupboard space.

  The lounge is very comfortable and the TV has Netflix which was an added bonus. The double bed is slightly hard and uncomfortable and the shower is slow, but overall, the cottage is very good. No visitors' book to complete which is a shame as we always enjoy reading where people have been to get some tips of where to go. The village is small with a very busy main road running through the middle of it. The shop stocked everything you could possibly need for a week's holiday. No dog walking places in the village unfortunately which meant we had to walk around the very narrow country lanes first thing each morning which wasn't so safe. Harbertonford is ideal for exporing south Devon and despite being there while storm Alex raged for 2 days we managed to visit Totnes (great for shops), Bovey Tracey (great for dog walking), Dartmouth, Salcombe, Paignton and Brixham. Overall, we had a great week and would return to the cottage.

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