Holiday Cottages With Hot Tubs In Bamburgh

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Steve - Verified booking

  The cottage is in a wonderful, quiet location literally a few steps from the beach.

  It is not a cheap cottage even early in the year and that is justified by the location but the interior let it down slightly and did not quite match the location. As reported to Sykes on the Monday of our stay in the second week of February 2025 the downstairs toilet seat was loose and was the wrong shape for the toilet and the upstairs electric shower did not work. A representative of the owners did attend the next day and reported the issues for future repair. The downstairs shower room suffered from condensation and would benefit from an electric heater as was present in the upstairs bathrooms. There was a towel rail but that was ineffective in heating the room and reducing the condensation. The main bedroom on the ground floor would benefit from improved heating, there is an electric radiator but it is not powerful enough to heat the room and it felt and smelt damp all week. Other bedrooms and the lounge had a different and far more effective type of radiator and the main bedroom would benefit from one of these being fitted. Access to the cottage is via steps a short flight of at one end and a longer steeper flight at the other end - this may make the cottage difficult for individuals with even slight mobility issues and does not appear to be mentioned in the pre booking information at present. The cottage was clean and tidy and had sufficient cutlery etc. Considering that the cottage sleeps 6 the lounge furniture only had 2 x 2 seather settees and one single armchair. Neither of the settees were particularly comfortable. The floorboards upstairs creaked very loudly and could be heard throughout the property, sufficient to wake everyone else up. Having said all that, as a couple we would happily stay there again probably slightly later in the year March/April or September/October as it is in such an wonderful location. If you like peace and quiet and direct access to a beach where you can walk for miles and hardly see anyone and enjoy nature and birdwatching this is a great place for you to stay. The hot tub was a nice extra luxury that we paid for for three days during our stay.

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• Kay - Verified booking

  I had to call maintenance on arrival as there was no travel cot, nor was the sofa bed made up.

  There was no linen or a duvet for the sofa bed. The travel cot and linen was dropped off. Disappointing that I paid extra for the sofa bed, it wasn’t ready and then I had to make the bed. I had phoned the number during the week to confirm request for travel cot and high chair was received. I was told it was. When I phoned on the 12th the gentleman said Sykes did not always pass requests on. Again I said I’d phoned during the week and was told it was noted. The fault does not lie with Sykes. I also had ask where the cutlery was as I couldn’t find it, despite the maintenance team member telling of the hidden drawer, I couldn’t find it- it was the wrong side he told me of. He quickly phoned back after speaking with housekeeping to tell me where it was. I am not familiar with such a feature in a kitchen , nor stove fires, so I had no idea whether the ashes were meant to go outside in a bin.. I could not see a bin for ashes so left the ashes in the pan. I do think there would be value in an information folder being accessible. On Thursday 17th morning we had no hot water, 5 adults and 2 children to get ready for the day meant we were unable to go ahead with our plans. The maintenance team quickly came, but couldn’t fix the problem so an external contractor had to repair the system. It was 4pm before the contractor left and the system was fully functioning again. Not that we were told but as the contractor had left we assumed it was fixed. Overall, we very much liked the cottage, it was immaculately clean, probably one of the cleanest I have rented. The decor was lovely, a casserole dish was a miss as was plastic tumblers for outside. A few more bath towels would have also helped. I appreciate there is a washing machine and tumble drier but as I am on holiday it is nice not to be too regimented to allow for days out etc and not have to worry about timings for the washing, The maintenance team were lovely, those that I spoke with and called at the house, they were very prompt in dealing with everything.

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• Dr Jones - Verified booking

  This was a really practical house for multiple families to stay in - with 5 really good sized bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. The kitchen is really well appointed and the dining space is brilliant. There are beautiful views from the upstairs, you can see the sea and lots of open farmland with a lovely stables behind the house. There are thoughtful touches throughout the house, with rooms not having their own en suite having dressing gowns for privacy and a lovely welcome pack that was a great start to the holiday. The kitchen is packed with everything you could possibly need in terms of utensils and equipment and the two dishwashers are brilliant. A couple of comments to make people aware of before they book - there are a few rules to follow. The hot tub is only 9am-9pm which was disappointing, dogs must be crated if left alone in the property despite the whole downstairs being stone floors, and there is no grass enclosed at the property if you are bringing dogs. There is grass around the property to the front but not as part of the garden. You also aren’t allowed to charge your cars - despite there being no real alternatives nearby. Also, you have to strip all the beds and be out the house by 9am, which is a little unreasonable. Seahouses itself is beautiful - there is plenty to do, to see, the food is brilliant regardless of what you are looking for. We can’t recommend the boat trip to the Farne Islands highly enough and we walked to Bamburgh along the beach and it was brilliant. The house is a short walk from both the town centre and the beach, making it ideally situated for both!

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• Sharon - Verified booking

  We found the property clean and spacious and in a great location.

  The hot tub was lovely. The free swim at the spa was really good & we paid to go again. The welcome pack , hand soap & toilet rolls was appreciated. We enjoyed our stay but had a few issues. The beds were not comfortable & even the children complained they could feel the springs. The pillows were so thin you couldn’t sit up in the bed without your head falling through the slated headboard. The oven had no instructions but the maintenance man provided them quickly, however the temperature numbers had worn out so we had to guess. He did take photos to report it. We also had an issue with hot water tap in the bedroom with the bath. It wouldn’t turn off correctly . The maintenance man advised it needed a plumber & we couldn’t use it. No one came during our stay. Only one key was provided for the property, 2 would have been helpful with a party of 6. Hopefully these issues will get sorted as it’s a lovely property.

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• Ms Hopper - Verified booking

  The house was beautiful. Very clean, exceptionally well equipped and comfortable. Having 2 kettles and 2 dishwashers was especially useful. Everything just worked really well for us. Very useful that every room had its own bathroom / en suite and everyone felt the beds were comfy. The welcome hamper was a lovely thought. The hot tub was a high point used frequently by some of us and the complete security offered by the outside area, for when we had a dog with us also made life much easier. It was a 12 - 15 minute walk to the harbour ( some of us walked faster than others. The house is in a good location for access to Seahouses and for walks from the house. We were fortunate to have great weather for the time of year, so had a great stay from every perspective.

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