School Holidays 2017 Cottages In South Hams

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Dan - Verified booking

  On the whole the property is a characterful, beautiful and historic cottage, it has ample outside space and the setting is fantastic.

  Unfortunately on arrival, we thought that the property was not cleaned to an acceptable standard. Whilst areas had been cleaned, much of the homes carpets and upholstery were not clean, dusty corners, cobwebs, and just a general feeling of uncleanliness was evident throughout all rooms, the kitchen floor in need of a scrub and polish, in addition to a lingering odour that bestows homes of dusty and slightly dirty nature. At 6pm following a full days travelling, we really did not intend to contact the holiday agent to commence a dispute, so we spent the first hour of our holiday hoovering and cleaning. We are practical and down to earth people, so it wasn't the end of the world to us. However, with a baby who would be crawling on the floors we needed to get it sorted there and then. We called into the Salcombe agents office for the property to inform them as we were passing by. We are not expecting action, we were just informing them of our experience. They suggested that we should have contacted them straight away and sent photos so that they could send cleaners out. This just wouldn't have been workable at 6pm on a Friday evening when we are knackered and need to get the kids down. Sending cleaners for a quick spruce up wouldn't have helped much, it's not necessarily the regular cleaning, but that the property needs a serious deep clean, the vac is a 25 year old Henry, so unless there's some emotional attachment to it, he probably needs replacing. The only mattress that seems fit for purpose is a single in the middle room, the rest, along with the pillows have the ability to reshape your back and neck into arrangements only a qualified chiropractor can sort out. A special mention to the fridge, whose noise became so loud at one point we thought it might be trying to communicate. A minor issue. Many areas were good however, the new cooker and hob were fantastic. The Amazon TV stick worked great for the kids. The single child's room decor was really fun. The house is of an age where you expect the quirks, and much of the decor fits well with that character and helps you disconnect from life back home. A side note, the nearest pub didn't do any food, although was welcoming. The Royal Oak further round was pretty bad, the bar lady served me whilst on her phone, empty glasses littered the place, with areas caked in dust. I love a dive bar now and again but this place took to a new level. We had fantastic weather with some brilliant visits to local villages and towns. We've made some wonderful memories and the cottage played a good part in that. The areas mentioned let it down, so I'm not sure we would return. I think the areas mentioned are fairly easy to address though.

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• Carol - Verified booking

  We both loved our stay at 33 Island Street, and particularly the character and cosy furnishings of the cottage.

  Also a well designed kitchen, well equipped (though no microwave), and with excellent wifi & TV reception, and easy central heating. Upstairs is tasteful and carefully furnished in character - my sole complaint was the hardness of the mattress in the main bedroom, which affected my sleeping. The twin bedroom was fine. The bathroom is compact but effective, with all you need. (But the hot tap on the bath seemed was fixed to off for the hand held shower.). I managed the steep indoor stairs (as an over-70) as it has an effective handrail. There is no garden - not expected in such as authentic cottage. Location: very handy for the waterfront walks, eateries, the Salcombe Dairy and town services. Also near the Co-op supermarket, which is great for food shopping, and the main bus stop for rides to Kingsbridge and beyond. Plus good, friendly service from Coast & Country Cottages.

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• Shaun - Verified booking

  The property itself was lovely, the location stunning and the hosts were great.

  However there were many problems with the cottage. The bed was extremely uncomfortable with no support in the middle. I had to roll up the spare quilt and put it under the mattress to stop ourselves rolling into the middle. There was no shower and not enough hot water for a decent bath. The floorboards in the bedroom, landing and stairs creaked loudly so that if one of us got up it always woke the other. The 2 single beds were damp, the walls mouldy and the wardrobe unusable because of the damp smell. The sofas were sooo uncomfortable . The kitchen not really fit for purpose ie, limited cupboard space, cooker had such low pressure it took an age to cook anything. The conservatory leaked. No view of the garden or countryside from the outside space. In general the cottage was tired and in need of updating. Not a place I will be going back to.

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• Angelina - Verified booking

  The house is amazing and we can see how the owner has refurbished it with cate snd attention to detail .

  The pictures do not do the house justice the view of harbour’s coming and going is an all day experience. The ability to swim every morning in sea walk two minutes back fir breakfast is amazing ! In covid times and staff shortages I understand that deep cleaning in short turnaround times is hard I would like to have had cleaning products at the house as we did have to go over the surfaces particularly hand rail of stair case several times to remove grime build up . We also had shoes off at door so a basket or storage box at front door would have been useful . An amazing stay and family get together certainly love to go back a house that is a home excuses joy and calm . Thank you Angelina

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• Pippa - Verified booking

  A lovely little cottage.

  Great open plan living area and kitchen. Comfortable, clean and great position for exploring Devon and surrounding areas. Altogether a lovely week’s break with a great pub and restaurant nearby. My main criticism was finding it. No signage on the road. The directions said to go along the side of Shute Cottage but that sign was hidden with a hanging basket. The approach past the car parked in the driveway of Shute cottage is not ideal and you have to walk past the bins and rubbish. That area could be cleaned up quite a lot. Otherwise it’s a very quaint and great cottage to spend a holiday. My daughter and I had a lovely week together which we will never forget. Thank you.

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