Last Minute Cottages in Teignmouth

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Catherine Laura - Verified booking

  After a traumatic 2018 a holiday was most definitely needed.

  So months of saving to provide this holiday for my three daughters and elderly mother our holiday dates had finally arrived. After a very long and tiring journey. All excited for our holiday and about the property we would be staying in. But the excitement didn’t stay for long. On arrival at the property first impressions weren’t good as recycling boxes overflowing and big bin full to the top. Then NO key in the lock box so couldn’t enter the property. Contacted owner who suggested we climb through the window. Luckily my children are of an age where this was possible as myself or my mother most certainly wouldn’t have been able to do this. Once my 9 year old had managed to get into the property and opened the door we where greeted with a very strong musty smell, bits all over the hall floor, very thick cobwebs and flies above the front door. Upon further investigation to look around our holiday home we found dirty washing in the washing machine, pots in the dishwasher. kitchen cupboards smelt mouldy. Dust on shelves, behind tv, on skirting boards and that was just the first floor. Going upstairs main bathroom shower screen rubber seal not the best and ornaments, pictures, hooks all dusty/dirty. Shower heads in en-suites where black/dirty. Tv in second lounge thick with dust. Wardrobes dusty, Not good at all especially when one of your children is asthmatic. Down the side of one of the beds was sweet wrappers and somebody else’s socks so definitely not cleaned. I could go and on with what we found. Luckily the weather was on my side if we would have had to spend any long periods of time in the property I would have requested Sykes to find us somewhere else to stay. Which is a shame as it’s a good size house, in a good location with plenty of books, games and films. But it is most definitely in need of some deep cleaning as feel only the bear minimum is being done.

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• Jennifer - Verified booking

  Our family of 11, across 3 generations very much enjoyed our stay at the Coach House.

  Location was great and we were on one or other of the local beaches on most days, even with indifferent weather. It was a very easy walk down to the closest beach, even with all of our paraphernalia loaded onto a beach trolley. Easy access to the Lido. We were there for the end of Carnival Week, which was a nice surprise. There is a Water Festival next week, and there seemed to be lots to do around the area if the weather is less than great. Overall, it was an excellent place to stay, with easy access on arrival using the key box, 3 house keys provided so that we could all come and go as we wished and the games room was enjoyed by the children. Netflix on the television was useful for a wet and windy morning. A couple of early problems were quickly resolved by the caretaker and owner. Worth mentioning is that the kitchen is a little small for a group of 11 people, but we got used to working around each other. There is definitely noise from the road which is immediately adjacent to the Coach House. Several of us in our group use earplugs anyway to help us sleep so it wasn’t too bad, but with windows open on a warm night there is noticeable traffic noise as vehicles accelerate up Dawlish Road. However, neither the kitchen size nor the proximity to the road would stop us booking the Coach House again. The children especially enjoyed going through the Smugglers Tunnel to Ness Cove beach.

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• Donna - Verified booking

  Family of five adults ageing from 23-78 years young stayed at the property.

  It’s a lovely spacious house as described over three floors. The rear courtyard is enclosed which is good as we took our two pups. This had a table with a few chairs and also a small line to hang out your beach towels / washing. I really liked that there was two lounges as at times we could use both to do different things. At the property there are books games puzzles really thoughtful especially if you’re unlucky to get a rainy day with our weather. The kitchen was well stocked for equipment and the little touches like the toilet roll bags for the extra toilet rolls in one of the rooms made it all look part of the seaside theme. Some real effort has been made to make this a home from home. The location of the house is really too close to the town / beach and there is also a Lidl just at the bottom of the road over the main road. We unpacked our car parking across from the house did a quick Lidl trip and unpacked before moving our car to one of the local car parks, again not far to walk from the house. There is a lot of helpful information given before you arrive to help you decide where to park depending the duration of your stay.

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• David - Verified booking

  Great holiday home.

  Location close to beaches, town centre, train station, numerous bus routes, Shaldon and the superb ness cove and many pubs and eateries. Our family group of 10, 6 adults and 4 children down to 3, had a mixed weather week but managed the beach on most days, a train ride to Dawlish Warren (didn’t know about the horrible fun fair) and a highly recommended mackerel fishing trip. The kitchen is on the small side for a large family but plenty of included equipment and utensils. The welcome hamper was extremely nice and filter coffee, tea all provided. One or two of the bedrooms need twin beds to accommodate children or poor sleeping adults. Bathrooms need bathroom accessories. The dining table took a little getting used to due to size and uneven surface. The games room and equipment is great although the table football should be moved into the lounge to enable space to play table tennis. Garden space good, barbecue very basic. A great week celebrating a special birthday.

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• Joanna - Verified booking

  Needs much better instructions in binder eg.

  Put rubbish out on Fridays for private company to collect - not picked up. No instructions re: bed linens/ towels when checking out. Kitchen - dirty. Fridge was dirty inside, kettle and toaster, actually everything in kitchen had a film of grime covering it. Old food ( peas) on counter when we arrived. Enough to put me off cooking there, and eating off plates/cutlery until had been put through the dishwasher. I did contact Sykes about this and have photos to back up my claims. One tea towel for 2 week stay! No bin liners. There are far better, and more organised, places to stay in Shaldon. Bathroom and bedrooms were clean, including bedding and towels. Location is great. Stairs barely wide enough to get a suitcase up. Skimpy on supplies left eg. 2 toilet rolls. Overall I got the impression the owners are cheap on the little things, and they need to change their cleaning company asap. Personally I would not return. Lots of other choices out there.

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