Dog Friendly Villas In Oxford

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Chloe - Verified booking

  The most disappointing stay that we’ve ever had.

  The Granary is advertised online with beautiful shots of the exterior, but prospective guests should be mindful of the fact that they can only view it from one aspect (not the aspect shown in the advertising photos online) as (understandably) one side of The Granary is inaccessible as it sits behind a gate to the owner’s home (no issue there) but when my fiancé “dared” to stand next to another side of The Granary, he was rudely told that he wasn’t allowed to stand there, by what was presumably a member of the family who own the farmhouse, Granary etc. Such a lot of emphasis is put on the outside space available to guests in the listing details, but the moment that my fiancé was stood there to admire The Granary, he was immediately told he wasn’t allowed (he was not stood behind any gate or sign-posted area that indicated it was for use of the owners only). Another family who were staying in the adjoining Cart Shed whilst we were staying at The Granary told us that they had felt uncomfortable during their entire stay, as they had felt members of family that owned the farmhouse & holiday lets were “keeping an eye on them” whilst they spent time in the allocated outside spaces detailed in the listing. Some things that I would improve if I owned this property: - the shower is basic at best. The water pressure is low and uneven - at check-in there were many areas of The Granary that clearly hadn’t been cleaned or wiped down prior to our arrival - the fixed pane windows are likely a huge selling point for many guests when considering this venue, but guests are greeted to views of untidy bins, broken plant pots, what appear to be empty buckets of materials/products & bikes from the farmhouse out of the fixed pane windows. We had hoped to have and capture beautiful countryside views from these windows, but the surrounding area was untidy as noted above and far from picturesque - guests of this “luxury” guest house are charged for fire wood. A first of anywhere we’ve stayed previously All in all, you couldn’t pay us to stay here again. There are much better holiday lets in the surrounding areas and I would urge anyone considering staying at The Granary to think again.

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• Robert - Verified booking

  The Old Stable is well presented and a wonderfully equipped holiday home.

  Everything has been provided to an extremely high standard. Despite dire weather predictions our stay was not interupted by the sound of raindrops. All good so far. This is very much a working farm and as such the sound of tractors working from 7am should not be unexpected. Another aspect worthy of note during spells of warm weather was the abundance of flies......again not unusual on a farm but preparing food is not a task for sharing with our six-legged friends. A country property was chosen for walks and enjoying the outdoors. It is not feasible to walk from the door, therefore the car is required every day . . . . Herein lies my final gripe..The A40 is a busy road and joining it is a nightmare. Forget trying to turn right because a sufficient gap is as likely as a fly swatter having a success rate capable of deterring the other house guests. Engage power setting, turn left and trust other road users are taking notice. Walking the 1.3 miles to the nearest pub was possible but conversation, bar shouting, has to be conduced during breaks in the traffic. Our stay was enjoyable and the area is full of beautiful destinations - honourable mention to the warm sausage rolls from the butcher in Burford. These and his own pork pies are not to be missed. There is little the attentive owners can do about any of this and as such my comments are aimed purely at the expectations of prospective holiday makers. Nature has her own way of retribution - on our return home our south facing windows had their share of uninvited flies!!!!

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• Carol - Verified booking

  The accommodation was fine.

  However we found the lady owner unfriendly and unhelpful. Shortly after arriving I left a message on her phone requesting some salt and paper and also some kitchen roll. The photographs on your website appear to show salt and pepper on the worktop and clearly show a roll of kitchen towel – neither were in the kitchen (there was an empty kitchen roll holder). I received a curt text back thanking me for the call but saying “we are self-catering” – end of message. The duvet in the bedroom was a heavy, winter 10.5 tog and there was no alternative blanket or throw to use instead. Two tablets of dishwasher detergent were left but no detergent for the washing machine. It would have been nice to have a container for the recyclables as well as a kitchen bin for rubbish. Most establishments also provide a small amount of oil and clingfilm – again nothing. Rather than a box of chocolates being left surely more than 4 individual teabags, 4 Nescafe sachets and 4 tiny rolls of sugar would be more useful and appreciated. It was friendly of Mr Buckingham Snr to say goodbye to us on the morning of our departure. My husband enjoyed his chat.

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• Hanneke - Verified booking

  Nice and spacious modern cottage, also if you are a family of 4 (there was only two of us).

  Games and jigsaws etc. available, big tv screen. Well equiped although we missed a wooden spoon to stir in the pans. What we also missed was manuals: the little book provided a lot of information, but it took us a long time to figure out that the hot water for the upstairs shower and sink was also coming from the switch for the heating downstairs. And things like microwaves are different everywhere, so yes....some manuals would help. The house looked clean when entering, but was rather dusty. And the bed was not as big as we expected from the description unfortunately, but the matras was good!! Everything was well thought through though, (coasters near the bedside tables etc.), the "landlord" (we think the real owner was on holiday) was very friendly and helpful (brilliant tip about parking and the busses to Oxford!) and we had no noise or problems at all from the nextdoor attached house or from the farm. All in all a really nice experience.

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• Susan - Verified booking

  We loved staying at The Office.

  Very comfortable, clean, beautifully appointed, everything you need, nice touch having milk and chocolates on arrival. We were pleasantly surprised at how much room there is. There’s even a place (wardrobe) to hang clothes in the eaves of the bedroom, very well thought out. I loved sitting at the breakfast bar in the early morning looking at the view from the kitchen window. Not far from Oxford, ideal place to visit many attractions, Cotswolds, Blenheim, Highclere. Also, the two villages/towns of Eynsham and Witney were excellent for shopping and not too far away. The owners are so friendly and helpful, when our car broke down they suggested we park it in their barn until it was picked up, very much appreciated, they also came to say goodbye on the day we left. The farm is a excellent place to stay, we would visit again.

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