School Holidays 2017 Cottages In Looe

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mr Crossing - Verified booking

  This property is in a great location near the facilities and wonderful views (less the fact it is very difficult to access due to the narrow road, for very small cars only, and a steep hill which was a problem for the older members of my family, which really should be strongly mentioned more in the general description), it could be a really outstanding property with more care and maintenance. Unfortunately the basic expectations and high standards of a 5 star property as per the Original Cottages Website are not met. This is a 8 bed space property, with only 7 chairs for dining, some of the furniture is broken or in decline, there are lots of chips, marks and stains on the walls, making the place look tired. The toilet seat & bin are in a poor state and the handle to the toilet door falls off in use (middle toilet). We were horrified that there are no mattress protectors on the beds and there are disgusting stains on the mattresses and there were hairs on the some of mattresses and sheets. There was a large amount of dust and hair under the beds/furniture. Its such a shame as its a lovely property, just lacking the basics, for example there is no where to hang coats, only an old coat rail with only 2 pegs left for 8 people? On arrival the dish washer was full of dirty dishes, the right hand oven had burnt food all over it and stunk of fish (we could not use it all week, it was that bad). The light blue chair in the front room is of very poor quality, try sitting in it for a period of time! A really serious note is the Health and Safety Hazzard of the sunken entrance and metal strip which would stick up at the front hallway right outside the living room, this caused numerous members of my family (both young and old) to fall/trip, luckily there were no serious injuries, but this needs to be addressed now. From the photos, I had high expectations, this was a family holiday I had planned for a long time to treat them to a lovely location and property, it is not cheap, but some aspects of it felt cheap, but we made do and tried to not let it spoil our holiday, Looe and the surrounding area is a fantastic place!

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• Mr Mead - Verified booking

  DON'T DRIVE TO THE HOUSE - THE ROAD IS TOO NARROW! Although the information stated that the road was narrow, it isn't clear that it won't be suitable for most vehicles. We have a mid-sized car (Ford C-Max) and had 1/2 inch clearance on each side at times and the hills were very steep with sharp bends. It was incredibly challenging and we were lucky to escape with a small scratch on the car - we saw other cars on the road sustain much worse! There is a local man (Pete - Looe Luggage Transfer) who will take luggage up and down to the house in his quad bike and trailer at a very reasonable rate (£8). Definitely recommended (on Facebook and 07810644449). Aside from the road, we were incredibly lucky with the weather we had. The house itself was nice - amazing views and the balcony on the front gets the sun all afternoon and evening. Everything was comfortable and clean, although there were a few issues with the bathroom on the top floor. The living space is much smaller than it appears in the photos - we struggled to seat seven of us around the table in the kitchen and had to use the breakfast bar as overflow seating. The hills to walk up and down between the town and the property were very steep so be prepared for quite a hard walk up.

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• Mrs Lambert - Verified booking

  We had a lovely week in Petroc during the May half term - the cottage is beautifully and tastefully decorated and is very well equipped. Our family consisted of four adults and two children aged 4 and 6, and we were very cozy and comfortable, and just managed with one bathroom! Being minutes from the safe beach makes it ideal- the children loved surfing, crabbing and rock pooling, kite flying and even managed the coastal walk to Polperro - stunning. We have rented several cottages in Looe over the years, and we think this might be our favourite. My husband’s family came from Looe so it was very special to be part of it again. The Sardine Factory is an excellent restaurant but with young children we mainly self-catered. Hopefully we will return…

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• Marion - Verified booking

  Arriving at the boat house, it was easy to pull up outside to unload cases.

  The cottage is beautifully and recently renovated to a very high standard. The facilities were excellent and a lot of thought had gone into providing everything needed for comfort. Extra touches like the sonas speaker and plug in torch were great. The mattress was very comfortable as was all the bedding, so we both slept very well. The bathroom was done to a high standard with a lovely shower. The owner Simon, was great at communication and obviously cares that his guests are happy. Probably the best thing about the boat house is its location. Its situated within a couple of mins walk to the beach, shops, pubs and restaurants. I would most definitely recommend the boat house to others and would stay again.

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• Jean - Verified booking

  We really enjoyed our break at the Boat House, it’s a lovely well thought out modern conversion of a tiny cottage.

  The location is great being in the centre of town with shops, pubs, cafes, beach and quay all less than a minute’s walk. Yet it’s on a less used street and so is very quiet We found lots of places for meals out on the doorstep. We used a weekly parking ticket from Cornwall Council to park less than 10minutes walk away, Looe’s narrow streets are not suited to vehicles, so a minor inconvenience was getting luggage to and from the cottage. Looe itself has a good bus and rail service so we were able to explore using public transport, there are lovely local coastal walks. We found the boathouse to be a great base for exploring a corner of Cornwall that we hadn’t visited before.

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