Dog Friendly Villas In England

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Richard - Verified booking

  Light, roomy and very quiet flat.

  We were met by Nigel who explained parking and keys for internal flat door, external doors and entry security gate for the parking. The facilities that we used (shower was excellent) were fine although couldn’t find instructions for microwave. A bit of guess work required. The entry door to the flats, from the road side, was of course meant to shut automatically but rarely did, which was concerning. We phoned Nigel to let him know. The 13 tog duvet was too warm for us but the bed very comfortable. Dining chairs had to be used carefully, as they were on a sprung half swivel, which returned to central point and could catch the back of your legs when getting up . Every self-catering place that we have used, has always provided hand washing liquid. Thankfully the excellent local shop is very near. We were able to purchase hand washing soap and even newspapers. Once again, in every self-catering place, that we’ve stayed in, they have had a useful visitors book, games, books and a bottle of wine, biscuits, crisps, a pint of milk etc but disappointingly not here. We were very impressed with the bus service to Durham and Newcastle. Going out each day we were reassured that our car was safely parked, outside the flat, all week!

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• Martin - Verified booking

  The property is very modern, well appointed and we had ample space for our stay.

  Its location near to the waterfront is good and the provision of a garage is extremely useful. Unfortunately, there were several times that the garage was blocked by the angling club and upholstery shop. Whilst we were able to manuever our vehicle into the garage or get the offending vehicle moved it was off putting, especially when arriving back late and having to negotiate the gap with an inch to spare. The businesses opposite weren’t the only annoying neighbours. The seagulls were extremely loud, particularly in the top floor bedroom which has a velux window that they regularly marched across. It led for most nights being disturbed in the early hours. Those negatives aside, this property is really well equipped and should be considered for its location alone. A couple of improvements I would suggest are the provision of some basic cleaning products like bleach and anti-bac (this is possibly the first I’ve stayed in that didn’t have these) and frosting on the bathroom windows facing the street, which otherwise require blinds down and lights on (the rear bathroom is frosted). I would consider a future stay and recommend to others.

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• Treesa - Verified booking

  The beaches are all either pebbles or sand/shingle, but very little sand, which should be made clearer.

  No good at all for sand castles, but throwing stones into the water, and paddleboarding - excellent! The house was like a tardis, very narrow frontage but went way back and also up to the little roof terrace (no sea view from there or anywhere, but not an issue as on the beaches or water all day!). Gas BBQ on terrace works, but not very big for 9 people. Very comfortable, well appointed house, convenient for all the pubs, the shop(s) and beaches. Important to clarify that the two single bedrooms are on the top floor but one is via a narrow spiral staircase off the cinema so felt a bit cut off from all the other bedrooms. We moved the mattress to the other single for two kids for the duration which worked well. Accommodation is really for three couples or, as in our case, two couples, three kids in one bedroom, two sharing a double bed, and moving the mattress to make another bedroom of two singles, one on the floor. All but the upper double using the main bathroom. Downstairs loo with butler sink for rinsing swimmers etc excellent idea. Rubbish store off the kitchen, and no need to dispose of stuff ourselves was wonderful!

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• Jane - Verified booking

  This is our second visit to Harbour Cottage so you can tell we really like it.

  Just a couple of observations this time. The sink in the bathroom at the top of the house was not draining at all. I unscrewed the plug and found it was fully clogged with hair. An unpleasant job I had to do on day one! Kitchen well stocked but I would add a pair of tongs to the equipment. The heating was very complicated to understand and no matter what we did we ended up having to open windows whilst the heating was on (not very eco friendly) ..perhaps a step by step "idiots guide" would help as the booklet was very difficult to follow. The location of the property is second to none and having off street parking a real bonus in Dartmouth. The welcome cleaning pack was an added bonus but could we suggest more than one black sack be incuded especially as the booklet in the house asked that all bedding and towels are placed in black sacks on departure and all rubbish should be in black bags before being placed in the seagull proof bags. However these are small observations in an otherwise excellent house.

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• Susan - Verified booking

  A beautiful old converted bakers cottage situated in such a quaint area with all the winding streets.

  So much room for us as only 4 adults, 2 children and a dog. We only used 3 of the five bedrooms. All bedrooms were of a good size and tastefully decorated with very comfortable beds. Plenty of kitchen equipment if you want to just dine in and on cooler evenings the log fire was a nice touch. Our granddaughter loved the cinema room. The roof terrace was a bonus enjoying a glass of wine in the afternoon sun. The only item not supplied was a hairdryer but all other needs well catered for. Small local beaches just a minute walk either way from the property and 4 local pubs serving nice food. The bakery next door does delicious breakfasts, breads etc but ensure you pre-order pizza's a few days before as they sell out quickly and sadly we missed out. The manager of property Paul was very helpful and contacted prior to our visit to ensure we had full directions and answer any queries we might have. I would highly recommend this cottage for a great stay.

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