Cottages That Sleep 12 in the UK

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Ms Boyle - Verified booking

  Marram House is a wonderful old house in a fantastic location. It has many fabulous original features and it was lovely and spacious for our large family gathering. The garden is also lovely and spacious. However, the house is in need of a very deep clean and a lot of TLC. We could barely open the 'conservatory' and back door to the garden. The wooden frames were so old and swollen, we were frightened that the glass in the doors would break when opening and closing them. The lounge sofas were old and could do with replacing. The cushions on the sofas also had rather unpleasant aromas, we had to remove them from the sofas. The kitchen wasn't very well equipped and most of the crockery and saucepans were dirty with unpleasant scratched surfaces on the saucepans. Most of the surfaces were sticky. The dishwasher was not very efficient, the dishes came out dirty. There were only 3 dishwasher tabs left for us, so we spent lots of time washing dishes and pans. Weirdly, there were about five 'steamers' for veg, but not one of them fitted either of the two available saucepans. There were only two tea towels. The bedrooms were spacious and comfy, but felt dusty, especially the curtains. We also found previous guests underwear in chest of draws in the front bedroom, the one with the cot, which, although we saw funny side, was rather unpleasant. The bathrooms were adequate, but could be updated without spoiling the character of the house. Having said all that we all loved Marram House, we didn't let these issues spoil our fun, but it would be so much improved by a good clean, new saucepans and new dishwasher.

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• Robin - Verified booking

  The house was booked by my wife and I for a family get together to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary.

  It was all that we expected and more. The house is located in stunning countryside roughly midway between Dartmouth and Totnes. It is extremely well equipped and very comfortable with the helpful owner Peter and his partner Amy and family living next door in ann adjacent property. Everything was provided for our stay. The slight mark down for Maintenance was because, shortly after our arrival, a tap on the bath in the en-suite of the master bedroom broke resulting in us not being able to stop the flow of cold water. Contact was made with Peter, who responded promptly and turned off the water supply to the bath. A plumber was called who later confirmed that a replacement would need to be ordered from the manufacturers. So for the remainder of our week we were unable to use the bath in the en-suite. By way of other feedback members of our family were woken on a few occasions around 07.30am by young children, staying in other accommodation on the Estate, playing tennis/football on the tennis court. We thought this somewhat inconsiderate of the parents of these children, disturbing other guests on the Estate so early, so would recommend that the owners include in their guidance notes, provided in each property, that the tennis court should not be used before 9.00am! However these are minor observations in what was a most memorable week in a wonderful property in a beautiful part of the country. Highly recommended and we hope to return in the not too distant future. Thank you to Peter, Amy and Emma we really enjoyed it.

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• Kathryn - Verified booking

  Great holiday house, lots of space to spread out and lots of fun things to do in the cottage itself.

  Snooker table, dart board and hot tub were well used (in fact husband and son were playing snooker right up until departure). We had great weather so enjoyed the outside space a lot as we brought along lots of garden games from home too. The resident wild bunnies in the garden were a delight to watch. We enjoyed exploring the local coastline the beaches are great but not busy at all. The sea was good for swimming in as the depth doesn't drop away. We also hired bikes at Spurn Point and had a great explore there ending up in a lovely cafe at the Discovery Centre. We ate out at The Nancy twice and Nineteen too, also got takeaway fish and chips from Sue's in Hedon all good meals. We also ate in using local produce from independent shops in Hedon. Two huge fridges were great and a big oven and hob area. Knives could do with a sharpen, a few more cereal size spoons and a better peeler were only negatives kitchen wise. Our mixed generation party had a wonderful time and would look to return if still available in future.

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• Sarah - Verified booking

  Fabulous weekend away with friends and our young families.

  The property was perfect - plenty of space for everyone (both to get together as a big group and have space to themselves), lovely big outdoor area, everything we could possibly need catered for (we didn't think we'd need the washing machine for 2 nights, but with 6 children between us, it did 2 cycles on the first night and we were really grateful to find detergent in the cupboard!). We spent a lovely lazy day at the property, making use of the hot tub and having a kick about in the garden while the dads made use of the full-sized snooker table and dart board! We found plenty to keep everyone entertained, without rushing around to fit as much as we possibly could into one weekend. We also had a lovely meal out at The Nancy, and fun on the nearby play park which wore the children out! On our final day we spent a brilliant few hours in Withnersea, and we're already planning further trips and thinking about who we can take with us next time as the property is suitable for all!

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• Wendy - Verified booking

  We had a brilliant weekend with my whole family celebrating my husbands 60th birthday.

  Beautiful house in outstanding surroundings. Would not hesitate in returning . Everything was thought out down to the crabbing nets & buckets to borrow. Grandchildren had an amazing time - cried to leave ( I know they had to go to school on leaving this amazing property - but they had their uniform i and down the park 7am !!) Facilities - swimming pool & adventure park where a great facility to have with the kids - meant we could relax and enjoy each other’s company. Even though their were 12 of us in the house , there was enough space for a least another 12 ! Plenty of crockery, cutlery & glass ware to do your own catering - loved the AGA !

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