Villas In Lyme Regis

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Tracy - Verified booking

  The cottage is beautiful.

  It’s in a fantastic position that is incredibly convenient for wandering into town. There is a generous garden to relax in. On cloudier days you have the conservatory which I loved. The owner has gone to a great deal of trouble to present the property with real character, quality and care. The pictures don’t do it justice as it was much better than I expected. I will love to return one day. There would only be a few things that I would change. Instructions for the hob would be really useful. I have stayed in many different cottages before but found the hob less than intuitive. It drove my father to complete distraction!! The beds were incredibly comfortable. I took the opportunity to take note of the make of mattress in the largest bedroom as it was great. However the wonderful innovations of increasing air flow and coolness wiling always be negated by polyester mattress protectors etc. My only other observation would be that beds should never have hard corners. They may look cool but only ever remind you of their existence when your shin catches a corner…ouch!! That is it. I would change nothing else inside as it was simply perfect. Outside is wonderful. I found no issues with the parking. The garden was lovely and my mum was very jealous of the beautiful borders. The only down side is that we inherited someone else’s rubbish on arrival. Furthermore not all of the rubbish was bagged. I did see the instructions related to rubbish removal and the potential to be charged ( I don’t know how) if not bagged. As a consequence I took time out of my holiday to bag other peoples rubbish. I also had to buy bin liners. I see from past feed back that there have been issues with rubbish before. There are no excuses regarding instructions as they are very clear but no one is perfect so we can all forget to do things. However not having basics such as bin liners is just daft especially when this has been flagged before.

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• Samantha - Verified booking

  The cottage is beautiful and in a gorgeous location.

  The attention to detail in the cottage is amazing, it is very well presented and has a lovely feel about it. The hot tub is a big bonus if you get the weather for it. It is a bit overlooked but I can see that in time the shrubbery should provide some screening, however a parasol would help in the meantime, and to also cast some shade on very sunny days - the heat of the hot tub and the sun is intense. There were four slight issues - in the single bedroom my son locked the door with the key from the inside but then could not get it unlocked, it had jammed. By throwing the key out of the window and then using a bit of force, it eventually unlocked but I would suggest removing the keys altogether, they look pretty but I would say that they are not really needed. The second is the bed in the main bedroom, it’s rather creaky. The third being that my daughter found a used sock in one of the her bedroom drawers (which we left there I’m afraid..she didn’t want to touch it and then I forgot to remove later on). Lastly, it was having no access to the heating. I appreciate we stayed during July but a couple of the evenings went very cold and it was then that we found the heating system was locked. We would have maybe lit the wood burner but no wood was provided. We understood that usually neither of the these would normally be needed in the summertime, however having one as an option would have been good. I do not want any of these points to detract from the cottage itself, or indeed our stay. We loved staying there and would definitely recommend to anyone else visiting the area.

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• Emma - Verified booking

  Not the best stay that this cottage … firstly it’s not family friendly as described the property is located on the corner of a busy road so when having to park the car across the road on a evening it’s not very safe !

  It’s also does have a damp smell to the cottage . I have been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and I get very cold on an evening, the Central heating is locked so you’re not able to put the heating on just to take the chill away ,you have no were to dry wet towels items of clothes ( only a small wooden aire me in the utility room which you only get a few pairs of underwear items shall we say) On booking our weeks stay it’s stays that starter for woodburning stove, included in the price. however this is not the case … I even had a mouldy honey spoon in the cutlery drawer. I sent a message to the owner and the gentlemen, that looks after the property… that he will speak to the owner about the heating this was never resolved ! I have all correspondent text messages that shows they never replied I have spoken to Sykes to try and resolve this matter , This is their reply Dear Mrs Midgley, Thank you for contacting us regarding your booking at Pound Cottage. The owner has advised they do not wish to offer compensation as you did not give them any chance to rectify the issues. If you wish to pursue compensation then this will have to be done via third party means such as the small claims court. We will now close the case. I did sent txt message to Anthony/ Jacqueline and I think over 3 days it’s Long enough to rectify any issues and yet they didn’t !!

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• Roberta - Verified booking

  Great house in Lyme Regis, Hernelee Cottage was perfect for our needs, stylish house and beautiful gardens, blessed with amazing weather we had a fab week.

  It was walking distance from the beach and shops (albeit down a steepish hill) but a great location. Some simple things could be fixed to improve this house further the electrical hob/rings didn't work easily, the large rear ring just wouldn't come on it seems the touch controls were faulty, the smaller front ring worked but there was NO manual anywhere for it (we checked the handbooks inside the kitchen drawer, so it was trial and error to push the right 2 buttons together to get it on), the Aga was totally switched off (so we didn't use that as we presumed it may take a while to work). The main TV channels (i.e. BBC1/ITV etc) would not work all week, kept saying "no signal", we did manage to use Prime and we had to use our own Netflix login (as the one for Lyme Bay had been deleted) so I guess if you had rainy weather the TV would be more needed, so be good if that could be sorted. The gates for the parking area as you face the front door the one on the right would not swing back all the way as its a sloped up tiled area so it sticks, so hard to get a large car in, but small ones would be ok. But these minor issues did not detract from the great property and location, we would definitely stay there again.

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• Brian - Verified booking

  Excellent location, faultless.

  Our 2nd time here and overall really enjoy it. Lyme Regis itself is a lovely town, clean and well maintained by the Council As noted in the guest book the previous rentals found the patio parasol broken and they left it under the table. We managed to fix it However, For the cost of the holiday I do think there should be:- A TV in at least one of the bedrooms as I mentioned last time A shelf in the bathroom for toiletries not just the window sill The ceiling bulb in the 2nd bedroom has still not been replaced or the light is not working as was the case in October '23 The main bed is very firm, perhaps too firm for some guests The pillows were hard also The sheet is not a fitted one and does not stay in place. Consequently within minutes rucks up and becomes very tangled and uncomfortable There is still no obvious instructions as to how to dispose of food waste. There is no waste disposal in the sink and both dustbins say 'no food waste' on the lids. Finally there is a real lack of privacy from other guests in the house above as they make their way past the cottage to and from the beach. Some sort of screening would be of a real benefit

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