School Holidays 2017 Cottages In Sennen

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Linda - Verified booking

  Beautiful, well equipped, comfortable property that we wouldn't hesitate to recommend.

  Easy walk to the beach and coast path. This would have been a really great holiday if it had not spoilt at the end of the week by poor customer service from Sykes. See under. Please note that I am happy for the below not to be included in my review as it has little to do with the property or owners, however, I would like my comments seen by the owners as they were not given an opportunity to respond and I would like them to see my feedback regarding the cleaning company... We have made several bookings with Sykes as we have found their properties are absolutely lovely but, their customer service is lacking. As long as all is well Sykes customer service is perfunctory but, this changes to very disappointing if you encounter a problem, they just don't want to know. Our car broke down the afternoon before we were due to leave our Sykes property. I called Sykes to ask if we could extend our stay or at the very least leave our luggage in the sizeable, double, undercover car port for a couple of hours. Both requests were refused point blank and the Sykes representative refused to even contact the owner to request either. We were only offered a full weeks further stay at the property at the full rate. I accept that extending our stay by a day or two may not be possible (despite the property being vacant for the entire following week), however, to tell me that we would not even be able to leave our luggage in the large car port for a few hours as it would be in the way of the cleaners was just obstinate. This left us with children, a dog and all our luggage without anywhere to go on a cold rainy February morning whilst our car was being fixed, as we had to vacate the property at 10am. Luckily when the cleaners arrived and we explained the situation they were more than happy to accommodate us however they could, and we were able to leave our bags in the car port for a couple of hours whilst our car was being fixed. They had parked in the neighbouring property where they were also cleaning and said that we and/or our luggage would not be in the way at all. Sykes could have saved us an evening of worry about what we were going to do the next day without a car had they just been a little bit more considerate and accommodating! A sincere thank you to the cleaning company that services the property we were staying in, they were so very kind, unlike Sykes.

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• Paul - Verified booking

  Kitticarn is in an absolutely stunning location overlooking the nearby Gwenver Beach giving fantastic views from inside from every window in the morning and the evening when the sun is setting.

  The cottage is well equipped with everything you could possibly need, its clean and cosy and well maintained. The garden is of a good size, eating area and a swing for the children and again the views are absolutely brilliant. Our children loved using the beach equipment that was available, mainly the bodyboards. We visited some fantastic places and most within good reach. Sennon Cove, Penzance, St Michael's Mount, St Ives where we took a cruise to Seal Island, Cape Cornwall, Porthleven, lizard point and Lands End (5mins drive) and the Minack Theatre which was a personal highlight of mine and most afternoons where spent on Gwenver Beach which is a 10 minute walk down a public footpath just down the road from Kitticarn. Most evenings where spent watching the sunset a long the front of Sennon cove in the Old Success Inn or wandering around Lands End. I can't say anything bad about Kitticarn, the owners are friendly and its a fantastic place to stay. Location brilliant, Sennon is picturesque and the dog friendly Gwenver Beach and the adjoining Sennon beach ( in low tide) is just wonderful. Kitticarn ticked every box for us and hopefully we will return one day. We loved it, the children loved it and i'm guessing the pup loved it....Thanks for a fantastic week !!

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• Pippa - Verified booking

  The property is well located for Sennen Cove, but the name “sea the view” is a bit misleading as it doesn’t really have sea views.

  The rooms are very nice quality and design and a lot of thought has gone into it. The photos on the listing showed comfy outdoor furniture but this had been replaced with less lounge furniture (which is obviously easier for them to maintain). So there was nowhere we could all sit and lounge outside (the comfy corner sofa chairs were not there, the swing chairs had been taken down etc). So it wasn’t quite as expected. The bed linen was lovely quality but the pillows were awful - I get this is very personal but I had to go out and buy some as they were that poor and the main bed had a super firm mattress. We had problems with the main patio door not working which meant there was a gap when they were closed and as it is quite an exposed garden the draft and noise of the wind was quite annoying. In addition we had a day of driving rain which lead to a large leak flooding the floor under the picture window. Eating in all the basics crockery was there but for example there was no salad bowl or serving plates, so if you were wanting to do a nice meal in it was a bit basic. The addition of an electric charger was very helpful. It was lovely but overall for the high price I don’t think it quite delivered.

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• Mary - Verified booking

  We enjoyed our stay at Tregiffian Vean, thankyou.

  The location was ideal, quiet surroundings, but easy walking to Sennen Cove, and central for a visit to the Minack (although we chose a very wet evening to go!). However, the property is in need of a little TLC (particularly outside) and a bit of "attention to detail" inside, ie missing light bulbs, lack of full-length mirror, instructions for the washer/dryer, rugs beside the beds in the twin room - cold floor for your feet! Jason the manager was very helpful and quickly responded when we had issues which needed dealing with. We were surprised at the lack of an outside line to dry washing (at least we couldn't find one!), particularly as the house sleeps up to 8 - putting everything in the washer/dryer for a large family is not very practical. The shower was not very powerful in the bathroom on the right as you enter the property. The heating was very efficient though, as the evenings were quite chilly. The garden area could do with a good tidy-up, and the contents of the wooden shed left a lot to be desired. However, these things did not detract from a very relaxing and thoroughly enjoyable break for us five "60 something" ladies from Devon!

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• Gareth - Verified booking

  Beautiful home, we felt bad when we left as we wanted to leave a few comments in the guest book but no one had a pen!

  Thanks so much for a wonderful stay!! We actually stayed in one of these last year (sea scape) and as we love it in sennen so much we wanted to come back. Sea the View didn’t disappoint, the bedrooms are beautiful and the bathroom and showers fantastic. The views are amazing too. Downstairs is lovely and the kitchen has everything you need. Couple of ideas for the new owners, it would be great to have a little bistro set to sit at outside, the big day bed and table isn’t great for anything other than lazing back! Which we did lots of course! And maybe pop a little cafetière in the cupboard - we’ve always had one in all the places we’ve stayed (even when there is a coffee machine) so it was unusual not to have one. The garden could do with a tidy up - I’m not a huge gardener but little things like pulling out the dead leaves really make it so pretty when you’re sat outside. These are just little things tho, we had a wonderful time and will DEFINITELY be back!! Thank you!!!

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