New Year Cottages in Wales

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Nicola - Verified booking

  The bedrooms in this property are compact.

  The owners have clearly run out of budget and bought cheap second hand bits of furniture to put in them. The bedroom with the ensuite bathroom had a pullout computer desk to store clothes, which was covered in dust I might add. So there is no hanging space for clothes in this room. There is also no wardrobe/hanging space for clothes in the bedroom that overlooks the bathroom. They seem to have concluded putting two clothes rails in a cupboard on the landing is an acceptable solution. It isn’t in my book. I would strongly suggest getting rid of the dressing table (which had a miss-matching chair which is too low for it) from the bedroom facing the garden and putting in a wardrobe. I would also suggest getting rid of the computer desk in the other room and putting a wardrobe in there. I realise it would have to be half-height as the angle of the roof prevents full height, but it would be better than what’s there! The under-sink storage unit drawer in the ensuite has a drawer that opens about 10cm because the towel rail blocks it. The bath has no bath plug, so what’s the point?! The child gate for the stairs is broken, we had to use a lump of timber we found outside the back door to wedge it up. They have put a fence in which stops you being able to walk from the hot tub to the back door in order to access the downstairs shower room (utter stupidity). The shower tray fascia was hanging off in this bathroom. The kitchen was largely ok, except the ice-making unit in the freezer was broken and pushed the door open, so had to be taken out. The lounge/dining room was ok, I can confirm they have put a 6 seater dining table and chairs in which were not pictured in the listing at the time of our booking. The hot tub was good, heated on arrival so good to go day 1. There is a table and 6 chairs in the garden. Also 2 sun loungers and 4 seats which had cushions in a storage box. When the sun was out it covered most of the garden except the hot tub. They could do with putting a mat to wipe your feet outside the patio door, you end up bringing in a lot of grass if it has been recently mown - which based on our experience was the case. There are two three seater leather sofas, good, comfortable. Plus another sofa, looks like a click-clack one, not sure. But plenty of seating for 6 without being on top of one another. Ultimately if the above doesn’t bother you too much then go, but they just need to finesse the stupid mess ups in the place. Location is great walk down the hill to the little Tesco, takeaways then on to the beach which is glorious. This is one of three identical properties tucked on to this plot of land. We managed to squeeze three cars beside this property where the other two only have space out front for cars so 1 maybe 2 at most, otherwise you’d have to park on the street, which wasn’t overall busy in June.

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• Sam - Verified booking

  The cottage is well equipped and in a prime location to explore Snowdonia National Park.

  We had a comfortable stay there. Thank you. However there are a few areas that could be improved on. Our first thoughts on arriving at the cottage were that it could do with a decent spring clean- there were extensive cobwebs gathering dust in all rooms of the house. The shower tray had hairs in the corner, had some mould on the shower panels and there were hair on the floor under the towel rail. The oven was grubby inside and the grill tray had old fat dripping from the grill rack- it is obvious it had not been cleaned between lettings. On going to use the cheese grater it was used and not cleaned between use. The fridge drawers/shelves were grubby too with crumbs and an old garlic clove remaining. If the standard of cleaning was improved, we would improve our stay rating to 5/5. Aside from these initial thoughts we soon found ourselves at home. The heating system was effective. The house was always warm and hot water was available for showering when required. It is a lovely cosy cottage. To help with some queries we had, it would be beneficial to have a small welcome pack. Such a pack could provide information about how to dispose of waste- what days to put out the bin etc, how to turn off the heating if too hot- we turned down the radiator thermostats. We did not find a room thermstat. Details about the local amentities eg Pub/shop in the village would help some visitors too. Thankfully, there was a very helpful neighbour who helped us with key info about waste collection, as it was obvious all waste had been placed in a general waste bin by previous letters. None the less, we had a comfortable enjoyable stay in this lovely cottage. Additionally, we had some issues with battery charged smoke detector (mounted in the stair well). It kept going off randomly for no obvious course eg overnight. ? if it needs a new battery. We could not find any batteries to replace with. There was a drawer with random old batteries in but none appropriate to use. Inaccuracies in listing: No CD/Radio- not required by us No fuel/starter pack for Multi fuel stove- would have been nice to have No bike storage- unless the gas bottle storage is proposed No BBQ- not required at this time of year but listed

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• Lucy - Verified booking

  We loved our stay in Penmachno.

  It is a tiny village an easy 10 minute drive from the hub of Betws y Coed. The cottage itself was plenty big enough for our family of 4 plus a dog. It was beautifully clean on arrival. The wood burner was lovely and cozy in the evenings. The view from the back garden is stunning. The kitchen had plenty of utensils. All towels and bedding included. There are lots of books, some DVDs and a couple of games but they had bits missing so the kids couldn't enjoy them. We knew there was no Wifi, we managed to get a tiny bit of 4g network in the large bedroom. No hairdryer. Would recommend Hanging pizzeria in Betws for food. We would recommend some of the walks from Gwydir forest....lots of beautiful, clearly marked walks (about 10 min drive). If you fancy a wild swim then you have to walk to the waterfalls on Watkin Path (about 40 min drive). We had to figure out a couple of things as there were no guidance notes in the cottage. The rubbish seems to be collected on Mondays and we had to put the rubbish out on Sunday from the previous residents as the bins were fairly full when we arrived. We figured out the recycling. You can turn on the heating on the boiler in the kitchen if needed by moving the switch to "on". There is no washing machine in the property! For anyone who travels with children they will understand how annoying this was....especially when the listing stated that there was a washing machine. This needs to be made clear to future visitors. All in all a fabulous stay. We liased with the cleaner Lisa who was really helpful with any questions regarding arrival, departure etc.

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• Elin - Verified booking

  The location of Meadow View is great, very close to the beach and to explore the rest of Anglesey.

  The house is on a plot with 2 other identical properties. We weren't disturbed but I chose to close the kitchen blind and lounge curtain for privacy. When booking I was drawn by the photos and reviews. Having staying in ample holiday cottage this one did not meet my expectation, due to the finish of the workmanship in the property, kitchen tap not fitted property, missing grout in both upstairs bathroom floor tiles and broken toilet holder as example. I would advise some attention to detail, the furniture ia dated, the garden needs attention and the grass should have been cut, hand wash to be provided in the bathrooms, 2 toilet roll per bathroom would have been acceptable, some personalised touches in the home for example, Benllech photos, a photo of Anglesey. There was nothing to indicate you were in Wales or just to make the house more homely. If these things don't bother you there's nothing necessarily wrong with this property. It was clean and comfortable, great location and ideal for 6 people sharing the cost.

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• Lee - Verified booking

  The house was a need of a little TLC.

  We did have an amazing stay though and the house was very clean. The tiles in the en suite bathroom were loose and require refitting/grout required on many.. the toilet flush refill appears to be attached to the hot water. But the bathroom had everyone needed, nice bath! In the lounge on two occasions I nearly tripped on the fire up-stand, maybe place a planter on there? In the garden it was nice to have flags and grass. There is one flag I felt was a little dangerous the one between the shower and the hot tub it is loose and the pergola frame leg is standing on this one. Also where the grass ends and the flags start to the steps that is a trip hazard. The knifes in the block were not great other than the bread knife and could do with replacing. Would be nice to have a king bed, but I appreciate the rooms a quite restrictive so you may not be able to fit one in. It felt like a home, and the hot tub was amazing. Would definitely book again

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