Guests say
Enderleigh Cottage in St. Ives, Cornwall, offers a prime location close to the harbour and shops. While compact, it is praised for its cleanliness and charm, suitable for small families or couples. Some guests appreciated the welcome pack and wine, though these gestures are not consistent.
Reviews are mixed regarding cleanliness. Some guests found the cottage clean and fresh upon arrival, while others reported issues with dirt and ants. The score reflects a generally satisfactory level of cleanliness with some room for improvement.
The location is highly praised for its proximity to the harbour, shops, and beaches, making it an ideal spot for those looking to explore St. Ives on foot.
Comfort receives a moderate score due to mixed feedback. The cottage is noted for its cosy atmosphere, but several guests mentioned the property being small, with cramped spaces and low ceilings, which may not suit everyone.
Facilities and maintenance have room for improvement. Guests have reported issues with missing or misrepresented amenities like washing machines, and maintenance concerns such as loose fixtures and heating problems.
While some guests mentioned receiving a welcome pack and wine, these gestures are not consistently reported across reviews. As such, it is not possible to accurately score thoughtfulness based on the available information.
About this property
Situated a stone's throw away from the St Ives beachfront and harbour is this beautiful mid-terrace cottage. Enderleigh is the perfect base for a small family to spend a seaside getaway to the Cornish coast. Happen upon this whitewashed holiday home, housing two bedrooms over two floors. Step inside and prepare for a relaxing evening in the open-plan living space, featuring fantastic appliances for all your self-catering needs, a sociable dining table for family meals, and plush furnishings where you can throw together a refreshing beverage before a film night inside. Head up to the first floor where you'll find a double bedroom with a lovely window seat and a bunk room, great for children.
Serving the bedrooms is a contemporary shower room, where you can wake up the right way as you unwind under warm water in the spacious walk-in shower before a day of adventure. Step outside where the hustle and bustle of St Ives greets you, home to a plethora of vibrant amenities including well-stocked supermarkets, country pubs, beachside cafés, and trendy restaurants, as well as traditional Cornish pasties along the beachfront. Discover a wealth of coastal attractions including popular surfing and watersports at one of the golden beaches, a picturesque harbour, the Barbara Hepworth Museum, and the Tate St Ives. Other local attractions include Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens and Trengwainton Garden in Penzance, Pendeen Watch Lighthouse, Gurnard's Head, and the Bronze Age site of Mên-an-Tol.
Alternatively, head out along the awe-inspiring South West Coast Path over to the exciting beaches of Carbis Bay, Porthminster, and Porthkidney, as well as the Lizard heritage coast over to Land’s End and the amazing Minack Theatre. Make Enderleigh your new home away from home this year.
St Ives is a harbour town on the Cornish coast, home to a range of beaches, shops, pubs and restaurants, as well as attractions including the Tate Gallery, a quayside, and the Barbara Hepworth museum. Penzance is around six miles away, whilst the Land's End Peninsula rests further afield. St Ives is a haven for surfers and watersports enthusiasts who want a classic Cornish holiday.
Accommodation
1 x double bed, x1 bunkbeds, Shower room with walk-in shower, basin, heated towel rail and WC.
First-floor cloakroom with basin and WC.
Open-plan living space with kitchen, dining area and sitting area
Electric central heating.
Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, Dishwasher, TV, WiFi.
Fuel and power included in rent.
Bed linen and towels included in rent.
Free off-site parking in a private garage for a medium sized car.
(Entrance door to garage is 1.99m high and the width is 2.22m) Sorry, no smoking.
Shop and pub 0.1 miles.
Please note: this property is only suitable for 2 adults and 2 children
Reviews (16)
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Ian
From start to finish! No effort made to sort out any issues from not having key access for 2 days, to property riddled with damp!
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Philip
Could be quite terrifying, especially for a child or lone traveller and needs sorting out immediately. This, I now see, was mentioned in a review on booking.com in May 2024. Second thing, despite check out time repeatedly advised to us by email as 10am, the cleaner arrived at 9am and then we received a phone call from Sykes telling us we were at fault by failing to leave by 9am and arguing the toss with me. Whatever happened to "the customer is always right"? We stayed here last year and were happy to book again, as generally it is a good property.
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Sanjay
We also had friends staying in a house nearby so we did not need to spend much time there. The location of the property is great and so convenient. The property was clean and fresh when we arrived and the check in instructions were very clear. Kitchen is well equipped/stocked. Fridge is not big enough to store more than a few bits, which was fine. We used the freezer box to cool drinks to free up the fridge space. Some things, however, have been mentioned by several previous reviewers and have not been fixed - door handle on the landing cupboard and the shower door, for example. The property is very small. This published information is somewhat clear on this but we felt that being a party of two adults (5ft 7 and 5 ft 1) and a seven year old, we could not have envisaged enjoying our stay had we had a second child with us or had we been taller/bigger. The property has a three seater sofa which should indicate that it is not suitable for accommodating 4 people and believe this should be made much clearer. Our seven year old slept on the top bunk in the second bedroom on the first night but banged his head on the beam so wouldnât sleep in it again. I would estimate the clearance between the top bed and the beam running across could not be more than about 40 cm which is tiny, even for a child! Unsure what we would have done if we had been travelling with two children. We would also like to make the owners aware that the property next door is undergoing works at the moment and the drilling which was ongoing on for a substantial part of the afternoon of Saturday 24th August and between approximately 6-7.30pm daily during the week we were there impacted our stay considerably unfortunately. I have timestamped videos of the drilling on different days should you need to see it.