School Holidays 2017 Cottages In Weymouth

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• James - Verified booking

  I have used Dream Cottages for holidays since 2013, a number of times in the Brewers Quay area of Weymouth.

  Once again they amazed me with the quality and cleanliness of the accommodation. The property, located in a gated Muse, is well appointed and has everything you need for a great self-catering holiday, or just to use it as a base whilst exploring the area. Covered parking opposite the property is an added bonus too. Pubs and restaurants are 5 minutes away in Hope Square and even more a minute or two further, to the harbour, or 10 -15 minutes to Weymouth town centre and the beautiful beach, (a smallish section by the Pavilion and amusements is dog friendly all year round). The property's master bedroom on its third level, has a very comfortable king-size double bed. There is plenty of storage space in the bedrooms and the master has the added bonus of an on-suite bathroom, albeit getting into the corner shower could be a bit of a tight squeeze for some! That said there is a further bathroom opposite bedroom 2 with a bath with hand shower over, and a cloakroom toilet downstairs. The kitchen as with the lounge and rest of the property is excellent. One slightly negative point is that in the description of the property, whilst it mentions a small patio to the front, it fails to mention there is no garden. As a dog owner, this could be a problem if you don't want to let your dog roam around the courtyard area. However 5 minutes and less than half a mile away along Newton's Road, overlooking Newton's Cove and Portland, is a lovely, safe, cliff-top open space to exercise your four legged companion. Alternatively, a lovely stroll can be had through Nothe Gardens, again a few minutes away. Whilst during my stay there was construction work taking place opposite Shire Horse Mews and also nearby, long term renovation work to the listed buildings of the old Devenish Brewery, neither caused an issue during my stay. Would I stay at this property again? Definitely yes, and use Dream Cottages for my next booking? Most definitely.

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• Gary - Verified booking

  The location for Weymouth could not be better.

  Really easy to access everything. The property is well equipped with a selection of things to use. Unfortunately though this is the worst place we have every slept. The beds were horrendous. The metal frames creaked very loudly if you made the slightest move. We had our 2 children sharing the twin room so if one made the tiniest movement it woke them both up. The mattresses were thin so you could feel the bed slats/ metal. We had spent the weekend before camping, and that was far more comfortable! It feels like the rooms have been decorated in quite fresh white paint to make it look nice and then cheap beds put in which is a shame. There are NO wardrobes. Just some hooks. The one small cupboard in the main bedroom was full of bags and a hoover. We were not aware this property is connected to a restaurant and their extractor fan is loud till late, loud staff coming and going, bottles bin being emptied early hours, washing their kitchen equipment in the street. We would not have booked had we had known this. We were prepared for some street noise being central but not this. We were aware before booking that there was no parking with this property but the local parking was horrendous, and it took us a long time on arrival to get a space. As it was August it was particularly busy but 1.5hrs trying to park a distance away was not good. We decided not to move the car all holiday. Would not recommend this place for a family.

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• Gary - Verified booking

  Very happy with the property.

  It matched the the photos in the listing and we felt it was great value for money. The location is perfect, right next to the docks, and was not difficult to get to by car. As mentioned in the listing, the property is adjoined to the kitchen of one of the dock side restaurants so there is some associated noise, mainly during the day. It did not bother us and would not deter us from staying there again. There is a public parking bay right outside the property. But there is no guarantee that it will be free, and also bear in mind that the street is quite narrow and there are delivery vans daily. That said, we were able to park our SUV without issue, and the Pavilion Car park is less than 5 mins walk away and always has lots of space. The main beach and shops are less than a 5 min walk. We ate breakfast every morning at the Custom House Café, which is just around the corner and does an amazing full English. Another previous guest mentioned about the quality of the beds. I'm happy to report that the double bed in the master bedroom is now amazingly comfortable - much better than our bed at home! Our 10 and 12yr old daughters also didn't have any complaints about the twin beds in their room. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in the property, and would not hesitate to stay there again.

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• Charlotte - Verified booking

  We were apprehensive about our stay having read previous negative comments however the property itself was well equipped and tastefully decorated with a spacious living room, kitchen diner and bathroom, beds were comfortable as were the settees.

  The double was smaller than the twin but probably because it had an en suite. The property was ‘reasonably clean’ -previous food splash marks in the kitchen and dusty units and dead spiders in the living room were a shame and much from the broken extractor fan in the main bathroom was on the tiles. Minor little things needed addressing such as every pair of curtains had hooks missing or were hanging off the end of the poles, the blind in the twin room had been previously broken therefore didn’t go fully down and the towels needed replacing. The property is in a housing estate which could put people off but it wasn’t a problem to us had two good parking spaces and within easy walk to the harbour. Sadly our major negative, was the property is a semi detached and the neighbours, of whom there appeared to be many, were washing clothes outside with a washing stone (obviously their culture) after 9pm which was extremely loud and would go on for over an hour. There was alot of noise from within their house late at night (past 11pm) and kept our child awake who was in the adjoining bedroom to their house. Sadly based on this experience (you can’t chose your neighbours!) we would not choose to stay here again which is a shame as it’s value for money and spacious.

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• Catherine - Verified booking

  Overall we had an enjoyable stay.

  The location is great, and the property well-cleaned and pleasant. The shower is fantastic. When we required help on the first day the response from the property manager was prompt and polite. Unfortunately, the facilities let the place down. These can broadly be summarised as lack of investment in quality fittings, a sense of what is the minimum level of provision that can reasonably be gotten away with, that give it a budget-break feeling - despite charging mid-range + prices. For example, the cooking equipment (particularly the pans), are old and student-grade cheap; there are only 2 very blunt knives provided for meal preparation; you can feel the bed springs through the mattresses which makes for an uncomfortable night's sleep, there was no bbq to use despite being advertised (we booked via a referral website and there was no mention it was available during particular months only). The supplied instant coffee is very basic, and the logs ran out during the first night. With more attention to detail on these fronts and investment in giving guests a better comfort-level of experience (as opposed to the minimum level provision) it would greatly enhance the enjoyability of the stay.

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