Dog Friendly Cottages in Swanage

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Samantha - Verified booking

  Lobster lookout (although a little more expensive than some cottages available) is a beautiful cottage.

  It has everything you need. The parking was perfect for 2 cars and the cottage was large enough for our family of 3 , our parents and our dog. I was happy to pay a little more after having stayed at an 'old fashioned cottage with a different company last year - which I felt very uncomfortable in. Lobster Lookout is nice and modern. The washing machine/ tumble dryer are an added bonus - always so useful whilst on holiday. The tea, coffee and biscuits were a welcome extra when we arrived before our shopping delivery arrived. Maybe a little treat / pet blanket if the owners know that they have a dog staying would be a nice little extra - we stayed in a cottage in Northumberland last year and that was such a surprise and very appreciated. We however always take our own dog bed, towel, blanket etc. Whilst there is quite a lot of storage - the cupboards / wardrobes were all very full of extra linen / towels etc. It would be better to have the space to unpack properly. But this is only a minor niggle. The location of the cottage is fabulous - near to Durlston Country Park & Castle (Fabulous for breakfast) - the views on the walk up to the castle are stunning. The walk into Swanage is easy (not so easy back up the hill for the older ones - not a problem for the more able / younger). Overall Swanage itself is beautiful - clean - stunning - scenery amazing. We were so lucky with the weather - it was beautiful all week. If you book Lobster Lookout you will not be disappointed.

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• Ambjorg - Verified booking

  The house was lovely!

  Large, well equipped kitchen, lovely dining room and a good sitting room. There could have been more places to sit - when the house is full, you have to sit on dining chairs. The bedrooms are wonderful! Big, lots of storage, clean, comfortable beds. The bathrooms are lovely, especially the one on the top floor. With many people in the house, we appreciated the to extra seperate toilets in addition to the bathrooms. The little apartment was also very good to have when staying 14 people in the house. Being Norwegian, we could't manage the AGA in the kitchen, so we had to use the other stove. We would have preferred two "ordinary" stoves, but that is more our own problem. It was very helpful with the big utility room and being able to wash and dry clothes. There was also a good parking space for our four cars. The house is just a short walk from the beach and town centre. I would highly recommend this property for big families to enjoy a holiday in lovely Swanage

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• Alison - Verified booking

  Property was lovely but felt cluttered due to rather alot of lamps (although did love the rainbow in kitchen), ornaments and scatter cushions.

  .. and far too many kitchen bits (no one needs 5 cafetieres) almost every cupboard was full of stuff... so struggled to find gaps for our bits of food etc. More focus on the practical would be a great idea eg proper doormats to get mud off after a wet walk... somewhere to hang coats... maybe a row of hooks on rear of utility door or wall above radiator. Outside lights weren't working at the back at all... and front one wasn't most of time. As for parking... the drive is very shallow and I'm lost as to how you would get 3 cars on it... my husbands estate could parallel park on whole drive or overhang onto the pavement even when front right upto Wall of House! Plus neighbours liked to park right on corner impeding visibility when backing out! On the whole there is room for alot of improvements. That being said location was convenient as we have family in Swanage and property was a short walk to see them albeit up a hill to return.

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• Andrew - Verified booking

  A fantastic long weekend break in this beautiful property.

  Furnishings etc all of a very high standard and it was spotlessly clean…it was a fabulous property in a beautiful area…absolutely loved the sea views from the front bedrooms and the walk into town was only 7 minutes down and about 9 minutes up, what a workout! There were just two niggles, 1) it was listed as having 2 bathrooms which we specifically searched for in our required criteria but we didn’t feel a toilet and a sink within a utility room qualified as a bathroom so this was quite disappointing as it really wasn’t cheap for a 3 night break and 2) the ledge in the garden was so steep and potentially very dangerous. We couldn’t relax and let the dogs free in the garden and felt some form of restraint should be placed there as currently it isn’t overly pet or child friendly. That said, we absolutely loved the rest of the property and the area of Swanage and had a wonderful short break.

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• Roger - Verified booking

  My wife, myself and our four friends made the very best of our one week stay at 20 Ulwell Road.

  I say this, as the weather could have been a lot kinder to us. We were left a very nice welcome pack, that contained most of the 'immediate essentials.' The house is very well presented and had pretty much everything we could have wanted. I stayed in the ground floor bedroom/apartment, which was large. The furnishings in this room are a little bit tired, but perfectly adequate. The shower has some black mould on the seals. My one big problem with this room was the tap in the sink. It took around 5 minutes for any hot water to come through and when it did, there was just the smallest gap between cold and scorching hot. This needs fixing. The lounge and dining room are very nice, as were the other bedrooms, although one shower was not working. One pleasant call with the Owner was enough for this to be fixed. I would recommend the rental of this property to anyone.

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