Holiday Cottages in Dorset with a Swimming Pool

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Sheila - Verified booking

  Somerhill is comfortable and homely place with stunning views.

  Quiet area, easy downhill walk into town and would recommend Graham’s taxi for a ride back in the evenings. Group of 7 ladies, who meet up every year to spend time together for 3 nights. The house has space to allow separate activities from jigsaw in the conservatory, to paying games around the kitchen table and reading in the lounge. It worked very well, especially as we experienced very stormy, wet weather during our stay. We cooked a three course dinner together on one of the evenings. The house was well equipped with dishes, glasses and oven space. We brought an electric steamer with us for the vegetables which freed up room around the oven area. (Roasted duck and dauphinois potatoes plus heating the plates). On the whole the house is clean. A few areas for improvement cobwebs and a couple of large spiders in the lower corners of both en-suite bedrooms. In the bathrooms the showers and toilets were clean but for an excellent score need to a look at areas like the blind in one of the en-suites and corners on the floors. A few tips to make stay even better for us as seven individuals. Four of us had to share a bed ,which was our choice, but a having the ability to split the beds in one of the en-suite bedrooms would be beneficial. A coffee machine would be a great (Nespresso or similar). Also, as previously mentioned one or two larger saucepans. No problem with the showers, however a deep clean around the edges to get rid of the black would help. I am sure at some point an upgrade of the bathrooms will be planned. Would be helpful to have a handheld shower in the third floor bath. All the above are just observations and would not deter me from recommending Somerhill. We would have loved to use the pool but the wet and extremely windy weather was not on our side. Beautiful private gardens as well.

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• Louise - Verified booking

  Lovely property and location, prefect for our family of 9 to stay.

  The beds were all very comfy, bathroom facilities were great and the heated pool was a highlight for us (and functional despite some concerns we had from reading previous reviews - some parts of the tiling / pool cover needing work, but safe to use and otherwise a great feature). The only slight disappointment was that the known issue with the electric in the kitchen (as there was a sticker about it in the house file) caused some issues with the cooker tripping out and that during our stay the microwave also tripped the electric and ceased working. We did hope to use the EV charger installed, but there were no instructions that we could find unfortunately. This would have been a really beneficial extra for our stay had we been able to use it. Overall, we had a excellent stay at Somerhill and made lots of very happy memories with the family. We would happily go back to stay here again.

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• The S Family - Verified booking

  ‘The Hide’ is a truly lovely retreat, the décor is stylish and the views are beautiful. The house is well equipped with everything you could possibly need during your stay, along with many thoughtful touches, such as board games and books. There is plenty to do at Silverlake between the pool, hurricane terrace and spa, water sports, zip wire and lots of lovely walking trails. We can also recommend take away pizzas from the shack! It is ideally located for exploring the abundance of nearby beauty spots – we enjoyed day trips to Weymouth, Poole, Studland Bay and Lyme Regis. For eating out, we had great food at The Black Dog Inn and The Frampton Arms (both have children’s play areas too). All in all, we had an incredible week and made lots of lovely memories. Thank you for opening up your home to us, we will definitely return for another visit.

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• The S Family - Verified booking

  ‘The Hide’ is a truly lovely retreat, the décor is stylish and the views are beautiful. The house is well equipped with everything you could possibly need during your stay, along with many thoughtful touches, such as board games and books. There is plenty to do at Silverlake between the pool, hurricane terrace and spa, water sports, zip wire and lots of lovely walking trails. We can also recommend take away pizzas from the shack! It is ideally located for exploring the abundance of nearby beauty spots – we enjoyed day trips to Weymouth, Poole, Studland Bay and Lyme Regis. For eating out, we had great food at The Black Dog Inn and The Frampton Arms (both have children’s play areas too). All in all, we had an incredible week and made lots of lovely memories. Thank you for opening up your home to us, we will definitely return for another visit.

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• Graham - Verified booking

  Wonderful stay at stopes.

  Our two boys loved bird watching from the top. It was magic to watch the sunset and a real experience to be able to go up there. The owners were fantastic and very helpful when one of our children were unwell. The cottage was cosy and clean. The views from the windows were lovely... you could see portland bill too. We loved the area. The boys loved the pool. The lighthouse was the highlight of their summer. They couldn't wait to tell their friends they had stayed in a lighthouse. Lots to do locally. We fished from weymouth, went to brownsea Island to hunt for red squirrels, loved kimmeridge bay and the snorkel trail, fireworks on the beach, hunting for Anthony Gormley sculptures, rnli open days. We loved going over to studland. The boys enjoyed the tank museum.

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