Isle of Wight Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Kate - Verified booking

  Sadly wouldn’t recommend Sykes as a holiday company as they cancelled my booking on the Friday before I was due to arrive on the Monday, hence the last-minute booking of P5 Whitfield.

  Sykes were a nightmare to get hold of on the phone and the alternative recommendations they emailed me were in Wales and Scotland, despite P5 Whitfield and others still being available. A stressful time! P5 Whitfield itself was easy to find and there was good communication from the owners in regard to arrival. The house was warm when we checked in which was very welcome. The kitchen was well equipped for basic cooking, although a number of pieces of crockery felt sticky and maybe weren’t completely clean. The accommodation was comfortable enough but did feel a little tired in places - frayed carpets, bed frames coming undone, and the mattresses felt as though they could do with an upgrade. The en-suite shower room was unusable for the first day or so as it was smelling rather unpleasant! The door had to kept closed to prevent the smell from impacting the bedroom too much. I alerted maintenance and they came in to the property on the second day and the smell did improve for a couple of days, but by the final evening it had reverted to being rather pungent again. The kitchen sink was also very slow to drain as the week went on and also began to smell a little, so potentially there is a bigger drains issue going on. All in all though this was a convenient place to stay for exploring the island and especially easy to walk into Yarmouth. The Needles are close by, as are lovely walks and views around the south of the island. We also hired bikes and enjoyed a gentle cycle with lots of wildlife spots, including birds of prey. An enjoyable week overall and I would stay again.

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• Kate - Verified booking

  P5 Whitfield itself was easy to find and there was good communication from the owners in regard to arrival.

  The house was warm when we checked in which was very welcome. The kitchen was well equipped for basic cooking, although a number of pieces of crockery felt sticky and maybe weren’t completely clean. The accommodation was comfortable enough but did feel a little tired in places - frayed carpets, bed frames coming undone, and the mattresses felt as though they could do with an upgrade. The en-suite shower room was unusable for the first day or so as it was smelling rather unpleasant! The door had to kept closed to prevent the smell from impacting the bedroom too much. I alerted maintenance and they came in to the property on the second day and the smell did improve for a couple of days, but by the final evening it had reverted to being rather pungent again. The kitchen sink was also very slow to drain as the week went on and also began to smell a little, so potentially there is a bigger drains issue going on. All in all though this was a convenient place to stay for exploring the island and especially easy to walk into Yarmouth. The Needles are close by, as are lovely walks and views around the south of the island. We also hired bikes and enjoyed a gentle cycle with lots of wildlife spots, including birds of prey. An enjoyable week overall and I would stay again.

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• Steve - Verified booking

  We enjoyed our stay - the house was clean, comfortable and everything we needed was there.

  It was rather disconcerting when we arrived as we had the address but no directions as to how to find our house amongst the many on site. We could have done with a map prior to arrival. There were no signs around the complex to point us in the right direction. Fortunately another resident was able to direct us to a building where there was a map. As there was no washing machine it would have been useful to have known that there is a launderette on site.

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• Ronald - Verified booking

  We found the house excellent.

  all round The owner, Mr Allen was able to help us with a reduced ferry fare and was very helpful with advice. We would seriously consider booking again. Many thanks.

• Ann Marie - Verified booking

  We had a few issues on arrival but they were sorted out really quickly -it is a lovely place with everything that we needed.

  It was in a good location for everything that we wanted to see on the island. It was really comfortable and peaceful