Bridlington Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Stephanie - Verified booking

  The victorian terrace is not a cottage, the high ceilings & big rooms mean it is also, not cosy.

  The house is a hodge-podge of styles & a collection of dated and cheap furniture. It reminded us of a student house. The master bed was far too soft - we had to play musical beds as none of us could bare to sleep in it. Those who did got terrible back pain. The bed covers were very dated & cheap, apart from in the twin where the bed covers carried on with the coastal blue theme. In the master, the bedside tables were dirty inside & in all bedrooms the dust along skirting boards was off putting (especially behind beds - we lost our sons toothbrush and upon searching found it behind the single bedside table matted in dust and muck). There are no blackout curtains - again very cheap window dressings. The bath slopes and when wet & soapy, a fall hazard. The lounge had a bad smell, which we later realised may have been the rodent living in the house (our terrier was very preoccupied with trying to root it out, and we heard it at night scurrying about). The faux leather sofa had a strange cheesy smell and was very uncomfortable. Both sofas very uncomfortable, mis-matched and felt cheap. The kitchen was again a mix of styles with black worn leather dining chairs against upcycled vintage ones. The cutlery drawer had crumbs & food debris in it. Upon arriving, the sink was not clean and there was what seemed to be broccoli on the tap. The bureau, where we found the recycling bags, was dirty inside and had a used foot covering in there. The unit under the window in the lounge was also filthy. The yard was referenced as a kids play area, it is not this. It is a concrete yard previously used for parking a car. The kettle was terrible and leaked water all over when pouring. Toaster too small. Again, all these things made it feel cheap. The welcome book gave a very patronising account of how one should conduct themselves during the stay, which was off-putting. Especially when, the house itself is the state it is - it felt as though the owners were cheaping out on it but expected guests to treat it like a luxury palace. The hosts left a bottle of wine and chocolates as a welcome, which was a nice touch, but the welcome card itself had greasy food/finger prints on it. The location is good for the beach and amenities, however for two of our four day stay, there was roadworks outside the house and we could not get our car out. We feel the host would probably have been pre-warned about this & should have passed that on to us. All in all, for the price this host is charging & the turn over they make, especially in high season, they should really invest more in this holiday stay. Other guests, in the guest book, mentioned the toaster and soft bed but the hosts have not rectified these issues. Will not be returning.

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• Fiona - Verified booking

  I found the cottage reasonably clean and comfortable.

  Lack of a shower wasn't too much of a problem as I used the hand held shower over the bath but as mentioned by others it was difficult to get a constant water temperature. The availability of parking spaces on nearby streets was a concern but I did manage to get a 'space' most days on Allison Lane, glad I have a small car. Some intrusive noise from the nearest pub (2 dozen steps or so from door to door) on weekend evenings for a while but the worse noise was my last night, on the Friday. Live music in the pub was incredibly loud, went on until midnight, then customers stood outside for another hour chatting and laughing. Had to have the bedroom window open as the weather was hot this week. However they did finally decide to go home and I got some sleep eventually! This aspect of the cottage location would really put me off booking it again, unfortunately. My sister joined me later in the week and we ate out at the Rose and Crown pub where we had a fantastic meal (their fish pie is delicious) very reasonably priced, and also at The Seabirds Restaurant, another good meal there. However, the cottage is a good base from which to explore the surrounding area and for nearby cliff walks. My favourite was to park at Thornwick Bay and walk north to the RSPB reserve at Bempton cliffs. The views were stunning all the way and the photographic opportunities of the seabirds at Bempton amazing.

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• Madeline - Verified booking

  This should be called Hollow House not Cosy Cottage as it is very echoey and hollow.

  The good side: it is near the beach, the beds were comfortable although the double was very soft. It was mostly clean inside and there was a huge tv which the kids loved. The bad side: the outside is filthy and looks like the windows haven't been cleaned for a couple of years. The curtain in the living room is torn and the net is just a small piece of single fabric. There is a tiny yard at the back with the high wall of a hotel looming behind it. No attempt has been made to make it pleasant so the view from the back is awful. To make matters worse there is also a huge extractor fan going 18/24 hours so you have to keep the windows in the back bedrooms and kitchen shut. There is no way of drying anything - no tumble dryer, not even a line in the yard - and this in a house near the beach. The decor is tatty - an attempt at shabby chic I imagine which is just shabby. The bedding is 100% cheap polyester. I have never stayed in a holiday let with polyester bedding. There towels were small and thin. There were exactly 5 usable mugs in the kitchen - the 6th was cracked all over the bottom; the fridge was small and the bottom shelf on the door had been removed. I expect better from a Sykes-let house. Sykes used to have a good reputation for the quality of their properties but times must have changed as this is one of the poorest holiday lets I have ever rented.

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• Edward - Verified booking

  Great location for visiting some fantastic places in and around flamborough.

  Aesthetically the house looks of a high finish but unfortunately the interior furnishing badly let this property down. The sofas are aged and uncomfortable and certainly a squeeze for more than three people. The beds are of a similar age sloping and lumpy(they tried and failed to remedy this with a mattress topper) resulting in uncomfortable sleeps for my family. Please leave the holiday cottage in a better condition than you found it. If you don’t, you will receive a curt text message nine days after your stay rating your departure cleanliness!! A score of 3/10 for us The reason for our score? Crisps were found under the sofa… A cushion cover had tomato sauce on it (we would gladly have paid for a new one if given the opportunity) and apparently a bottle of oil had been spilt over the cooker. Had such an event happened (which it didn’t) we would of course mentioned it. The lack of respect for our integrity left us quite shocked and sullied our experience. To sum up; good location, aged furniture and an owner with antagonistic communication.

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• Dominic - Verified booking

  I'm not a fussy person with high expectations but elements of this house were really not good enough.

  The house has a musty smell which I can accept, but the chair infront of the tv has aclearly visible stain on the cushion going right through to the other sidfe that smells unmistakeably of stale urine. The kettle is unuseable due to the amount of scale - we got fed up of picking it out of our mouths , and so we decided to boil a pan for hot water, only to find that the pan had bits of old onion stuck to the sides. Similarly cutlery had bits of old food crust on, and we found an old best before september meat packet in the cupboard under the sink. I can accept a few cobwebs but there are far too many to feel like anybody cares about this house. I am a regular user of holiday cattages, not all perfect, but this is the first time I've ever felt I had to give a negative review. The lack of cleanliness can be put down to lack of care, but the kettle and above all the armchair are a disgrace.

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