Cottages for the Easter Break

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Sheena - Verified booking

  The cottage was in a lovely spot, with good views from outside.

  If the owners would just prune the big Bush down outside the lounge window then you would have a better view. Whilst the property, on first glimpse, seemed clean enough, on closer inspection the cleaning left a lot to be desired. We unfortunately had to move beds and cupboards to get at sockets and find a working extension lead. Whoever cleans these properties clearly never cleans under or behind the beds as the amount of dust and cobwebs and dead bugs was disgusting. This was all bedrooms and behind sofas. There was even a big cobweb full of deadbugs behind the door in the loo so you saw it when sat on the loo. This was particularly annoying as there is a notice that says if you don't want to clean the propert before leaving you have to pay £25 for them to do it. I gave the place a thorough vacuum myself. We had to hunt for the TV remote at one point, only to find out that the lack of vacuuming extended to under the cushions of the sofas as well, not pleasant. In the kitchen behind the bin, this too was not properly vacuumed due to all the crumbs found. I swept the floor to clear up a spill but no dustpan provided to sweep up, so maybe that's why there were crumbs?!!The property is a little tired and kitchen and bathroom could do with an update. Otherwise surfaces were clean, the fridge was clean and so was the cooker. Yes the cooker is old fashioned but it worked perfectly well and both ovens were clean. There was very little in the way of house-keeping items so take your own. We had less than half a toilet roll left and none spare left for us ( I always take some just in case so was glad I did). There was only a small amount of washing up liquid left. No spare bin bags, although again I had taken some. Tea towels were provided. As there is a separate loo take some hand gel as no sink in there to wash hands in. The owners should really change the shower curtain annually as it was mouldy, which is to be expected with curtains but replacing it costs very little. One of the extension leads did not work but we found one in another room to use. Both bedside lights in twin room didn't work, one was missing a bulb which was found while cleaning on the day we left. These should have been checked prior to us starting our stay. Bedding was crisp and clean so that was good. There was enough crockery and cutlery (initially thought there not enough spoons but there were) and there were plenty of pots and pans to cook with. On the whole we had a great stay it was such a shame that the cleaning let it down. I hope your cleaners do a better job in the very expensive properties you run. I wouldn't rush to stay again as I would prefer a sea view, but would consider the other apartments they have in the property.

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• Jonathan - Verified booking

  Words and pictures do not do this place justice - it's first class and I cannot recommend it highly enough.

  I booked a last-minute stay for 7 nights. Communication with the owners was very easy, and I was provided easy directions although sat-nav took me straight there. On arrival, I received a warm welcome from the owner and a comprehensive tour of the property and features. It was spotlessly clean and felt spacious yet incredibly homely. The location is stunning - well away from the main road, in a valley, with lovely views of fields and woodland. It's very peaceful and stars at night put on a real show. The hot-tub is a proper hot-tub which the owner maintains well, and has a genuine rock 'n' roll insulation cover to keep the temperature stable at night. Kitchen is stocked with good equipment and the fridge freezer was large enough for us only to do one shop all week. The lounge has a good woodburner and cozy ambient lighting. The selection of board games was a lovely touch and we enjoyed time away from the television! All three bedrooms were supremely comfortable, well insulated, and well equipped. The bathrooms have excellent showers. The home has central heating which heats all radiators across two zones and the hot water. It can be thermostatically controlled and has timers and boost settings. The house is so well insulated and warm that we barely needed to use it. The house is situated a few miles north of Brecon. There are lots of things to do locally. If you want to burn some energy off, I recommend climbing Pen y Ffan from the nearby north approach which is much quieter than the south route. At nearly 3,000 ft, it is a spectacular walk from start to finish and well worth a day out. We can't wait to come back to Caecrwn and would not hesitate to others.

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• Anthony - Verified booking

  This apartment was a large apartment well laid out with comfortable beds.

  The wooden furniture in the bedrooms, although useful, plenty of wardrobe space and drawers, was well used and some of the drawers had dropped making it hard to open/close some. The plentiful windows allowed in plenty of light, but the roller blinds didn’t cover the whole windows, allowing early light to flood in. The kitchen was well equipped, with just enough equipment, and the water was good and hot. Good parking on site and the quiz night and bingo session in the bar was great fun and entertaining. The bookable pool was advertised to be open from 9:30 till 3:30, but we were told on arrival that it is not available to book in the mornings as it is used for rehab sessions for Firefighters, which is a great facility but felt that the limited availability wasn’t made clear on the Sykes advertisement. Also, the booking had to be made on the day it was required, as they didn’t always know what bookings would come in for rehab. We were only able to use the pool once because of those limited timings. The Gym was similarly limited availability. We found this a little disappointing. especially as as we’d paid over £1k for the week. As there was no outside play area, it wasn’t really ideal for our two lively teenaged grandsons, but may suit other family set ups. Having on site 24 hour staff was reassuring and the whole building felt secure and safe and staff very helpful, in the main. We felt pleased to be able to support such a worthwhile charity but didn’t feel it represented good value for money giving the limitations as mentioned above. Nevertheless we enjoyed Littlehampton and found the apartment to be very clean and well located.

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• Suzie - Verified booking

  Ok, firstly we would like to say that we were very grateful to the people who we rang to help guide us to find the property as the directions were inadequate as it didnt state from which direction you would be approaching.

  secondly without their guidance finding the property even though we were in the right road would have been impossible as the name of the property could not be seen from the road, and you had to be facing the front the door to see it... no signs in the road at all!!! Then we would comment that the visual appearance of the property was apauling! the door looked ancient and delapidated.... the internal of the flat was expreemly disaapointing and old fashioned. When we arrived there was no welcome note, NO HEATING and NO HOT WATER... and no clue as to how to get hot water or heating!!! thanks to my husband he found the switch hidden in a cupboard, had i been there on my own i would not have had a clue....... The main bedroom the bed was very small, and the pillows were disintergrating... the bathroom was freezing and by todays standards totally unacceptable... the shower hose was disintergrating, NO TOWELS - this surley is a basic requirement... the TV was tiny and we found the hand control hidden down the side of a chair... the radiator in the second bedroom (where one of us had to sleep due to the small double bed) tthe radiator was behind a huge wardrobe...and thereofre inaccessable... there were cobwebs... and the floor in the toilet was clearly not cleaned... the best and only part that we enjoyed was the location being able to walk to the beach, but it ended there... NO VIEW to sea..so for us this was a VERY disaapointing trip... only blessed by the weather we were fortunate enough to have experienced.

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• Channelle - Verified booking

  Super amazing stay.

  Exactly as described. Is even bigger in person than the pictures appear. Nice large living room with plenty of seating and a big table in the kitchen. Three toilets in the cottage altogether. Lovely big hot tub. There was plenty of room with 5 of us in there. Could easily fit 6 and still have space! Nice enclosed back garden for the dog to happily run around in, and to say hello to the horses on the field underneath! The views are absolutely incredible, you can see the rolling hills of the Beacons from all around. Short drive to Brecon town where we hired a canal boat and had pub lunches/drinks. Aldis and Morrisons there too. The cathedral is super lovely and has a garden cafe. The only down points (which weren't big at all!) Was there were only a few complimentary teabags, and only a few loo rolls. We had to go out and get more of these supplies, which I've never had to do when staying places before, but it was a minor inconvenience. And there was only a small recycling box underneath the sink and nowhere for us to empty it. So we started filling up boxes etc with our recycling, which was obviously a bit of a pain with the dog sniffing about. We didn't really have hot water all week, it was lukewarm at best, but we used the hot tub to warm up so wasn't too much of an issue. But honestly these were minor things. Everything else was super perfect and I would definitely come back again so thank you to the hosts! Perfect way to spend my birthday :)

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