Perrnaporth Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Dawn - Verified booking

  We had an enjoyable holiday and the owner Georgie was really lovely and helpful, but this cottage is new to the holiday let market after years as a long term let, and it was suffering teething problems.

  As a cottage for 2 people it was fine, but larger groups of upto 8 people might not enjoy this as much. The sitting room needs a reconfiguration. It has only 2 sofas (one of which is broken with a sunken seat) and only one of these faces the TV. We had to move a side table, bring in a lamp from the games room, and lay an extension lead so we could plug the lamp in. The owner offered to try to fix the sofa whilst we were out, but leaving an elderly dog alone with a workman wasn’t feasible. The garden furniture consists of a wooden bench/table and umbrella which you see in pub gardens. This was uncomfortable for reading so I recommend you take your own camp chairs if you want to enjoy the afternoon and early evening sun in the front garden. The back garden is the Chapel’s cemetery which can be accessed via a separate driveway. The 2 chairs in the games room are very very deep (like a fixed recliner) and not good for anyone with a bad back! The alternative seating was church pews by the pool table which were (by design!) uncomfortable. I took to the rocking chair in the 3rd bedroom when I wanted to read quietly, but sadly a swarm of bees escaped from a hive in the neighbouring orchard and took up residence in that bedroom (via a gap around the Velux window) and a wall of the Chapel. The bedroom floor was covered in dead bees as it was very hot in there that week. We were asked to open the Velux window so they could escape, and keep the bedroom door closed!! That meant the other bedrooms were hot and stuffy as we daren’t leave a window open for fear that the bees might prefer those bedrooms!! Not sure how they resolved that problem as the bee expert was there as we booked out. The double beds in 2 of the 3 bedrooms are two single mattresses pushed together. Bizarrely they appear to have mixed up the ‘firm’ and ‘soft’ mattresses, and there was one of each in the 2nd & 3rd bedrooms. Ok if the sleeping partners have different preferences for their mattresses, but may require a shuffling of mattresses if both want firm or soft. The only tv in the Chapel is in the living room, so custody of the remote control amongst 8 guests might cause issues! There appeared to be an unused aerial cable in the games room so you could take your own portable tv. The books and DVDs mentioned as being available were AWOL, as was the ‘welcome package’ provided by the owners for the cleaners to lay out but not there when we arrived. Georgie apologised and provided this when she came to inspect the bee problem as we booked out. But a takeaway ‘Cornish Cream tea’ to eat at home (with scones which were sadly very stale by the evening) was not the same as using the provided voucher for a sit down Cream tea with scones fresh out of the oven at the adjoining Healeys Cyder Farm. However the 3 bottles of different Cyders, the large bottle of Cornish apple juice and the jar of Strawberry jam (all made by Healeys Cyder farm) were wonderful. It was an eventful week at the Chapel, but the lovely weather, the proximity of the beach and facilities at Perranporth and the access to major A roads meant we did not need to spend that much time in the Chapel and the ongoing irritations could be avoided.

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• Craig - Verified booking

  The Beach Halt is a newly finished property and therefore has a fantastic standard of décor and usability.

  We stayed as a large group of 3 families including 5 children under 4 and the space and location could not have been better, we therefore had many highlights of our stay there. The ability to all sit comfortably in a clean and child friendly living area, have ample sleeping space and be able to walk to the beach with all the buggies made it a very convenient place to stay. The standard of décor made it a very comfortable place to stay and the owners really had thought of everything with additional items being provided for your use: we used the Bluetooth speaker, had a bbq one night and the box of toys for the kids was a great touch. Perranporth itself provides some lovely days out at the beach at the local cafes/restaurants which are all easily accessible via a buggy friendly 15 minute walk. Further afield we enjoyed days out at the National Maritime Museum - Falmouth, Lappa Valley Steam Railway, The Eden Project, Healeys Cyder Farm and the Seal Sanctuary all of which are within a 40-50 minute drive making the property a great base to explore some of the many attractions Cornwall has to offer. Thank you once again to the owners for providing this wonderful property, we certainly wouldn't hesitate to return!

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• Vickie - Verified booking

  The house itself is beautiful and the location idyllic, so peaceful.

  We had some lovely goodies from the cider farm on our arrival which were really nice. Unfortunately that’s where it ends. The smell of urine on the furniture and carpets was overwhelming and the first thing we did was go out and buy air fresheners and candles, we put our a throw over the sofa as it was stained and didn’t feel pleasent. We tried to cook in the kitchen but the extractor doesn’t work so all the alarms go of unless you have windows and doors open. We reported this by phone but never received any reply. The outside back door light doesn’t work and it feels very dark entering the property that way, which we did because there is the utility and coat hangers there. The second week my son complained of a rash on his arms and back, to our horror we discovered bed bugs in his bed. He changed rooms but that was the same. He had to sleep on the sofa downstairs. There is cobwebs all over the velux windows, while one is high the others are within easy reach and need to be cleaned. The shower whilst big needs bleaching around the bottom as there is black discolouration on the sealant. This would be an amazing place if it wasn’t for the cleanliness.

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• Kath - Verified booking

  We loved our stay here!

  The kids (10, 12, 13) had a great time with the pool table and there was plenty of space for the grown-ups (me, my husband, BIL, FIL) to hide from the noise. Excellent garden for the dogs, lovely furnishing inside the house, well-stocked kitchen. There are a few small things we would have liked - my husband and I both have quite sensitive skin so had to wash our sheets because they were either cleaned in biological washing powder or heavily starched. A washing line in the garden would have been really useful (the one in the downstairs loo didn’t have enough room) and a recycling schedule pinned somewhere would have been helpful (or for the management company to keep an eye on it) - we looked it up on Cornwall council’s website but clearly other recent guests had not so there was a bit of a backlog outside. These are really small things though, and we’d totally recommend this house to anyone wanting to stay in the area - especially if they love Rattler like we do!

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• Kirsty - Verified booking

  This is a nice house and we had a great holiday but it needs some tweaks/improvements.

  The crockery/cutlery needs replacing- we had 6 cups and only 2 teaspoons. This isn’t enough in a house for 10 people. The listing mentions a BBQ which there was no sign of. It also says there is a log cabin- which is a shed which was locked. There is only one small wardrobe in one of the bedrooms- no wardrobes at all in any of the other rooms so consider this when you’re doing your packing! There is an iron but only a tiny ironing board. The cleaner showed up at 9.40am on check out day- check out is 10am so I don’t think coming early is acceptable. We did have a great holiday and the house is walking distance into Perranporth (if you go through the camp site next to the house) so a very convenient location. We were given great instructions to get to the house and the bushes leading up to the house were trimmed whilst we were there making the drive a lot easier. Prior to this it was very overgrown and was scratching the cars.

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