Romantic Cottages in the UK

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mr Dyer - Verified booking

  WE LOVED STAYING IN THE OLD GRANARY AND THE STABLES - Our extended family (7 plus 2 dogs) booked this truly wonderful accommodation for the 4 days of Easter. Our hosts Rob and Bridget, were very kind and helpful. (My opening comment to them was the photos did not do the places justice..!!) We struggled to choose which of the 4 en suite bedrooms we each would have as the whole place is so wonderfully appointed and decorated... all high end appliances, furnishing and fittings. The fully walled, shared square courtyard with wisteria on the walls, shelters you from any breezes and is a wonderful warmth trap... the courtyard AND the garden is fully enclosed and totally child and dog safe... It was wonderful to go immediately on walks from immediately outside the property, the adjacent farmyard, which is concrete hard standing, is well cared and clean, and the grandchildren loved having the ponies nearby; ( for those not interested there was no noise and smell). The set up with grandparent having The Stables, which had a good sized living area which with the open plan kitchen enabled us, after agreement with the owners, to entertain some local family ... we ate our main meals together in The Old Granary A Truly Wonderful venue , which we were sad to leave..thank you once again.

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• Confirmed Guest - Verified booking

  We had a lovely time and were surprised at the huge size of the upstairs bedroom and bathroom. Having a full size walk-in "rain" shower that I (6ft 3in) could fit under easily was great. We wanted a small cottage with a log burnder, which felt isolated with nobody around, and got exactly that. It was still close enough to town to get food/supplies easily. The internet connection was terrible (no bandwidth and huge network jitter and packet loss), but I was told this is going to be fixed soon. I resolved the issue by going into town and getting a 4g dongle device with O2 that got me a very consistnt/stable 10 megabit connection when I left it in the corner by the front door. My partner was getting 30 megabit with O2 on her phone inside the building but we didnt want to use up her limited data. I was getting hardly anything with EE on my phone, but that may be because I have a cheap phone. Suffice to say, *if* the internet is still not fixed, I would recommend bringing/getting a 4g dongle if you need any sort of internet access. It is worth noting that the CCTV is only on the outside of the building and not inside so you shouldn't need to worry about privacy concerns. We will very likely come again, and have already recommended it to our friends/family.

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• Aminur - Verified booking

  The owners were very helpful and available when we called or texted them.

  The cottage was clean. The location of the cottage is within a shared area with neighbouring cottages and hot tub and a swimming pool. The cottage was very nice for a short stay however few improvements needed. - Provide guides/instructions for the property (we didn’t notice there was a freezer at the back of the kitchen counters until the end of our trip) - The heating was not working. It was very cold the first night as we only had one electric heater. After asking the owners we noticed there was a spare fan heater. - The cottage could do with a coffee table by the sofas for when you want to watch TV and eat. - Pathways to the cottage could do with some lights as it gets very dark in the evening and it is a long walk from the entrance of the property. Having to use mobile flash light can be difficult when you have bags to carry. - We were expecting there to be basics like salt/pepper/sugar/milk but none was provided given the price we paid for the stay. However basic kitchenware provided.

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• Suzanne - Verified booking

  We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Old House.

  The property is perfect and, although small, we had everything we needed. It was beautifully clean throughout and the furnishings are very tasteful. The bed is extremely comfortable and the beautiful views from the bedroom and living room windows create a feeling of tranquility. We were very lucky with the weather and enjoyed walking to An Corran Beach and along the bank of the River Stenscholl. Staffin is well equipped with amenities and, as well as making use of Staffin Stores for odd bits of shopping, we visited both the Columba 1400 Cafe and the Hungry Gull, all within easy walking distance of the property. To avoid the potholes and take in the scenery more easily, we made use of the no.57 bus on several occasions with trips to Portree, Uig and Broadford (for Broadford we changed buses at Portree to the citylink service). It was so handy having a bus stop just at the end of the Garafad Road. We hope to return one day- it was a fantastic week and we really loved the property.

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• Nigel - Verified booking

  We would unreservedly recommend the Old House.

  As for Staffin, well we came to like it but we were blessed with good weather. If your idea of Skye is mountainous hills, look further south where travel times would be shorter. The cottage was very comfortable. Yes it’s compact, but all the essentials are there and are pretty much uncompromised by space limitations. The standard and style of decor and fitments would meet the exacting standards of customers of, say, John Lewis or M&S Home. As you get to know the area more you take in the shops and the cafe virtually a stone’s throw away across a sheep filled field. And you notice the little boards that weren’t there the day before, announcing an event. Nearby is some spectacular scenery, eg at Storr or Quiraing, and the Fairy Glen (not the pools which are way down south) aka Hobbitland. If you go when the weather’s nice, look out for coffee vans and full car parks. But simply considering the Old House itself, we were very comfortable and very happy.

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