School Holidays 2017 Cottages In Newlyn

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mr Strawbridge - Verified booking

  Great cottage for exploring this corner of Cornwall with everything it has to offer from historic mines to amazing scenery and far more than we managed to see in one visit. An extended original "miner's cottage" there was a great connection to the past we wanted to investigate in the area. Great food at the local Trewellard Arms and at Geevor Mine among many other locations. For those wanting to explore the mining heritage, having three major mines practically on the doorstep, and within walking distance if you try a bit, is great and you can watch sunsets over the mine heads and stacks from the cottage. Visitors with dogs may want to be careful of the local cats who like to sun on the courtyard wall, but cat lovers will need to avoid adopting the bravest who will try to come in if you leave the back door open. Maybe not great if you have a large car, but them most roads around that part of Cornwall are better suited to small cars anyway. The road outside can get you fretting about getting in and out unless you are confident getting in and out of a fairly blind turn into a narrow road or turning the car within the shared parking area. Don't see that as an issue with the cottage though, it's the nature of Cornwall and a world which remains much unchanged since before cards existed - take the chance to live a different life for a while.

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• Amy - Verified booking

  Upstairs in the cottage was lovely, though downstairs the living room was very small, photos on website do not show the dining table also in the lounge, and a large un-needed coffee table taking up all the room!

  !! No drainer to dry pots on if you wanted to handwash. Plus side, lovely garden, outside tap, Badge Inn across the road was lovely, and great train access to St Ives. Cleanliness - sofas were covered in dog hairs, and absolutely stank of wet dog. I hoovered them after we arrived and left the rugs covering them in the corner all week which made it a bit better. Leaflets in the basket were years old, the window in the kitchen was so dirty on the inside you could right your name in it, Whilst checking around when we were leaving, under the sofa was also full of 'tumbleweed doghairs', and 3 draws upstairs were full of someone else's clothes from a previous visitor!!! Not great housekeeping standards, I appreciate it was dog friendly, but not everyone has dogs and surely it should be cleaned properly and deeply after customers!! Its not difficult to hoover under a sofa as opposed to round it. Would not recommend the cottage because of this, and we noticed there are other comments in the visitor book regarding same issues.

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• Sallie - Verified booking

  We loved Pippin, it is a beautiful little cottage in an amazing location.

  So close (but not so it effects the peace of the cottage) to the train shuttle back and forth to St Ives & the bus route - we only used our car once during our week stay. There are great facilities & it is clear that the owners have thought long & hard about what is needed for a comfortable stay. It was lovely having the little well tended garden. Lelant is a great village and Porthkidney Sands just a short walk away is breathtaking! The bathroom was fantastic, the underfloor heating was a real bonus to keep it dry. We were disappointed that there wasn’t any recycling facilities, we even walked up to Tesco at Carbis Bay with our plastic, cardboard & glass but there wasn’t anything there either. A footstool would be idea in the lounge just for that extra bit of comfort! Some confusion about check-in & out times, the listing differs from the email received and the guest books differs again. 3pm check in and 10am check out would be ideal as 5.30pm & 9.30am takes a whole day of your holiday away.

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• Ms Walters - Verified booking

  Pendeen Watch is a beautifully appointed and well equipped cottage. Back patio area has gorgeous sea view. All the kit you may require from coffee machine, air fryer, dishwasher to washing machine and dryer. Little touches like the laundry basket and shower mat were appreciated. Great kitchen, comfortable lounge and upstairs is so light and airy. The extra starter basics were provided washing up liquid, teabags, coffee, sugar, tin foil, clingfilm - all of which make landing there so much easier. We liked the eco-friendly approach to all elements of cottage management from air heat pump central heating to waste recycling. The automatic lights were excellent pointing the way down the path to and over the front door like the Billie Jean video - made us feel safe and thought about as clients. Keysafes are always a winner. Then finally the welcome card, fresh milk and a bottle of wine - just, thank you!

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• Louise - Verified booking

  Very disappointed with responses from Sykes following 2 separate calls.

  All week we were plagued by an intermittent beeping from a neighbouring apartment. Although I appreciate the resolution may have been out of your control neither time did anyone call back to report what the management company were doing. And we had no courtesy calls. This noise was disrupting, especially at night when no other sounds blocked it out. In fact it would appear the MC did nothing. A guy testing the fire alarm on Friday ended up calling Carbis Bay Holidays who manage the property. They came out Friday lunchtime but only closed the kitchen window that had been open wide since we’d arrived. The beeping continued and was still going when we left Saturday morning. The drains need a clean as are most unpleasant when the washing machine is on. Otherwise apartment was very clean, comfy and welcoming. Everything

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