Cottages for the Easter Break

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Beth - Verified booking

  We had a lovely stay in the cottage with our dogs.

  The location was beautiful and the farm noises and sights were a welcome surprise! We found the bed very comfy and roomy contrary to some other reviews and liked the spacious bathroom. One thing we’d like to mention is the garden and dog situation. Unfortunately nowhere in the holiday description did it mention that our outdoor garden area connects to another one next door. Although fenced this fence is only 4 foot ish tall and the dogs can easily stick their noses through the gaps in the fence as it isn’t solid and can put paws up on top of the fence to become face to face. In fact our neighbours dogs jumped the fence into our garden to then get through to the sheep field on the other side and chase sheep on one occasion! The other thing to mention is the other side of our garden was directly next to a field/ pen with sheep in. This wasn’t an issue for our dogs as they’re well trained and didn’t pay much attention to the sheep but some dogs (like the ones the other side of us) struggled with this as again our dogs could have literally put their noses through the fence and sniffed/ touched the sheep the other side. For a reactive dog or even dog selective this could be a stressful garden situation. We had 3 dogs with us and next door had 5! We had to be very aware whenever next doors dogs were out as 2 of ours didn’t like the fact next doors could jump up on the fence to look into our garden so we couldn’t have them out at the same time. It just depends how you feel your dogs would cope. It didn’t ruin the stay but we had to be careful each time and it wasn’t as relaxing as it could have been just sitting out in the garden admiring the lovely views. I wanted to mention this as it doesn’t seem to in the holiday description. Overall a lovely time away and we’d likely go back.

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• Julia - Verified booking

  A good sized cottage for two people (and 2 large dogs we had with us).

  The photos don’t do it enough justice I think, it’s much nicer! The kitchen and dining space is one large room (dual aspect) with plenty of room for dog beds. The living room has an amazing view from the patio doors, onto a small but perfectly sized fenced in lawn, to the countryside beyond. Ideal for those with dogs. All stone flooring downstairs, with the large downstairs toilet/utility room perfect for drying wet dog towels, and the installed stair gate was great. Situated down a very quiet country lane (for brief dog walks) and other walks only a few minutes drive away. Black Rock/Widemouth Bay beaches were also great to visit, even in the Winter! Although we stayed there during a rather wet and windy winter the cottage was lovely and warm with a comfy sofa and fast wifi so all good! Plus was lovely to see the farm animals, a couple of sheep right out the back when we were there, as well as ducks, geese and chickens having a wander around from time to time.

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• Robert - Verified booking

  I cannot fault the high spec of West Curry Cottage, the proprietors had taken so much trouble to ensure the comfort, cleanliness and well equipped facility.

  The additional little touches left of bread, cream tea, butter, milk, wine were so thoughtful and appreciated. However, when booking I knew it was semi detached, what I didn't know about was the connecting door between the cottage and the farmhouse which had no sound proofing what so ever and we could here everything. Saturday and Sunday was slightly quieter because the family were in the garden. Following Monday nights noise we decided we were not prepared to put up with further evenings like that and decided to leave on Tuesday evening thereby cutting our holiday short by two nights. I will admit to not complaining to the owners about Monday evening as I don't really see what they could have done to avoid repeat incidents. I would strongly suggest that the issue with the connecting door is fully included within the cottage spec so anyone booking in our circumstances will be fully aware that there is no sound proofing between the two properties connecting door.

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• Lauren - Verified booking

  A lovely break away over Easter, which was made even more special thanks to Ian & Monica's warmth and hospitality!

  Everything has been thought of to make the cottage a 'home from home'. Highly recommend to couples (and their dogs!), looking for a relaxing break. The views from the garden do not disappoint (even with the pigs in your eyeline!) and the house itself is very cosy. We were greeted with home made scones, with cream and jam, a pint of milk, bread, butter and a bottle of wine which was a lovely welcome. Being on a working farm, we were surrounded by animals, which was a nice change to the hustle & bustle of town! Really do recommend, and would not hesitate to come back with family and friends again in the near future. A few recommendations of what we fit in over our 3 nights - 2 different beaches, Bude & Widemouth (by car), Tamar Lakes (by car, highly recommend if you are looking for up to 2 hours of walking, followed by a cream tea at the café on site), and walked to the 'Stumble Inn' for a Sunday Roast (approximately 40 minutes road walking).

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• Julie - Verified booking

  The cottage was amazing with absolutely everything you could need for your stay.

  It was spotlessly clean and the all the furniture was very comfortable. The garden was fully enclosed with fantastic views of the surrounding countryside.it was so lovely to see the pigs & sheep from the garden. Monica & Ian are fantastic hostes who went over and ubove to insure we had a brilliant holiday. The welcome pack was such a lovely touch. The directions given when you get your key collection information are spot on. Obviously it is a working farm in a rural location so is lovely and peaceful. But it's only around 15 minutes drive from the beautiful beaches and town of Bude, or around 10 minutes drive to Launceston where there are several large supermarkets and local amenities. The cottage is very central to Cornwall/Devon so is an ideal place to stay if you like to travel around sightseeing. We will definitely be booking again. As when we arrived we arrive as guests and when we left we felt like friends.

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