Last Minute Cottages in Dorchester

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Rosemary - Verified booking

  This well appointed cottage is marred by the narrow, low ceiling semi spiral staircase.

  It would not pass any building regs today and makes this place unsuitable for people with walking disability and/or tall. It is a true safety risk. At the very least you should make this clear in your advertising. If we had known this when booking, we would not have completed the booking. As for Dream Cottages who apparently maintain this place , they are a joke.From two weeks before our stay, we tried multiple times to contact them without success. We asked Sykes to contact them, and they too were unable to contact them. The guest information book urgently needs updating. Waste collection needs to be addressed. On arrival, the bin was full. A notice attached to the fridge, told us to put rubbish out on Wednesday evening( Christmas Day!,,,) for lcollection on Thursday morning. That did not happen. Arrival arrangements need to be improved. Arriving at 4pm as instructed, light was poor and it was quite difficult to find and open the key box. Once done we went to the front door but was unable to insert the key. We discovered the key was for the kitchen door not the main front door…all in worsening light. Better instruction and some lighting would help enormously. The local village store were extremely helpful and to be recommended for orders on arrival.

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• Mark - Verified booking

  What a wonderful place in the perfect location for exploring Dorset.

  Nordon House is lovely making you feel like it's a home from home with some thoughtful touches throughout. The garden is at the bottom of the drive detached from the house but this is perfect creating a cute little hideaway for either for a peaceful drink or play, Jack hasn't stopped talking about how good the garden was since we got back. The neighbours are really friendly and Jack loved getting to know the dogs. We will hopefully be booking again but for selfish reasons wish it wasn't so exceptional as we know it will be a struggle to find availability during school holidays as it gets more and more popular. Overall I would recommend if you want a great location with local shops on your doorstop for supplies and a good sized holiday home offering you everything you need to create those memories. Thank you to David and Anne for letting us stay at your exceptional holiday home. P.S. having 3 showers within the property was brilliant. Thanks again Mark

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• Ms Corkett - Verified booking

  I had a lovely Christmas week at Ruth's Cottage with my dog, Kaia. The place is so homely, and very warm and cosy, and had everything we needed. The kitchen is huge, and very well equipped - it was just me and my dog but the place would be perfect for families to sit round to eat or play games at the lovely big dining table. Ruth's is a 5 minute drive from Dorchester, so very central for, and a good, secure garden area for dogs out back. I was left some lovely treats too, some home made mince tarts, a nice bottle of wine and some choccies, all very much appreciated! Jenny and Richard are a lovely, warm and friendly couple and it was a pleasure to meet them. If you see Ruth's Cottage on the website and ponder whether or not to book, do it! You won't regret having a holiday in such a delightful, quiet and cosy cottage with just about the nicest hosts you're likely to meet.

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• Danny - Verified booking

  Our stay at Norden house left us not wanting to leave.

  We had a fantastic week stay here. The cottage was truly amazing with period features. Everything you could have wanted the house was equipped with it. There was 4 adults, 2 toddlers and 1 dog in our party and there was tonnes of space for us all. The outdoor paddock was something special with a added retro caravan for us all to enjoy. My wife and I stayed out till the early ours stargazing and enjoyed a bottle of champagne. We will be going back as the location is perfect for walkers, beaches, lovely towns to shop and so much more. We came back Friday 8th and already looking to book up again. The owners are fantastic and on hand if anything is needed. Thanks Danny Carter-Walford

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• Graeme - Verified booking

  Overall we were satisfied with the property.

  The only maintenance issue was that the fan in the en-suite bedroom did not work. We had one major concern however, and that was the stairs. Our party included an elderly and less able person, for which the stairs proved very difficult. Having researched past feedback given by previous occupiers it appears that this has been a regular and pointed issue. We realise that this is a structural issue that cannot be easily remedied, but we feel that this issue should be clearly expressed in the description of the property by yourselves. We would not have booked this cottage if we had been aware of the difficulty that the stairs would present.

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