Holiday Cottages In Salcombe

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Ruth - Verified booking

  Batson House is a beautifully presented holiday home, done up to a very high standard.

  We enjoyed our stay here but felt that it could have been made better by more useful information being available. In the information book with regard to heating it simply says that the house uses oil not gas and to please bear this in mind when using. This means nothing to me as I have never lived in a house that uses oil. We ran out of hot water after 3-4 showers on the first morning. There were 10 of us that would have liked to wash and the house sleeps up to 12. There was nothing to warn us about the fact that hot water was likely to run out and to use hot water sparingly. There were a few other gripes too. It didn't seem to be possible to actually turn on the lovely heated towel rails, again some information about how to do this would have helped. Also, the bottom oven didn't work. The house claims to have WiFi but when you get there it mentions in the information book that the Wifi is unreliable and intermittent. This is an understatement! I hate having to rely on such things but two members of our party needed to be able to complete some work over the weekend and were reliant on the Wifi in order to do so, some prior information about this again would have helped. Lastly, the layout of the house means that noise travels very well, so when younger (or older!) people go to bed before others in the house, it is hard to keep noise to a level that doesn't disturb those on higher levels. Having said all of that, it is a lovely house in a lovely situation and the walk in to Salcombe along the creek is beautiful.

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• John - Verified booking

  We had been somewhat forced into finding a suitable house at the eleventh hour due to our regular home in Salcombe (for 20+ years) had suddenly been sold and our holiday cancelled !

  Why did we not stay in Batson in the summer so many years ago ? Batson House was perfect for the visiting family during the first week … but maybe a bit too large when we were left as just grandma and grandpa ! The location for the little boat at the slipway and the peacefulness were ideal - and it was actually a shorter and flat walk to the pub than it had been from North Sands… so that was appreciated. The house is perfect for at least 3 couples with assorted children - maybe 4 couples at a push. The only complaint (seen before in reviews) was that the BBQ was very dirty and needed complete strip down and wash & brush…. and we had to go and buy a new gas bottle at £49 (!) as the one left was empty. If it is offered as part of the package it should be useable on arrival. Other than that it was all very good … although there were no “instructions” specific to the house which might have helped when we lost all water pressure to the house ! Eventually flicked what looked like a light switch in utility room (next to boiler pump switches) and pressure was resumed. Somebody must have turned it off thinking it was a light switch ? Oh … and it would have been handy if the lights on the steps could be made to light up at night (or have instructions to get them to come on). But it is still a 5 out of 5 from us. Thank you.

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• Catherine - Verified booking

  Batson House was stunning and only a 1mile walk to Salcombe.

  It was however not good value for money. On arrival the barbeque was thilthy. The clothes airer was broken. There was a washing line but no usable pegs. The double room door was v tight and someone got stuck inside and was unable to get out. There was a damp smell in the ensuite bathroom, first floor. There was also a broken door handle to bunk bedroom, leaky shower door and broken toilet brush top floor bathroom. This room also had cobwebs and dead insects.There was a lack of small things like dishwasher salt, rinse aid, salt and pepper, cleaning materials, washing up brush.The garden had 3 bins full of rubbish, one of which had been knocked over so there was rubbish all over the car park. I did speak to Coast and Country on arrival and went into the office on the Monday morning. The rubbish was cleared on day 3 but nothing else was fixed until the Thursday night just before we left. We did have an enjoyable holiday but it could have been better.

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• Andrew - Verified booking

  Some of the beds are quite hard!

  Mix-up with one bedroom/bed/linen, sorted, but took too long! More actual keys for the apartment would be good, as it sleeps 7, if 'we' dont all go out at the same time & return at the same time, we are not all able to access the apartment!!! Mirror in master bedroom, we mentioned this when we stayed last year too!! On the plus side, its a beautiful apartment, location is to die for & having the pool, which is heated is just the icing on a gorgeous cake! Oh, & its slap bang in the center of Salcombe, what isn't there to like! Sadly, looks like next year we will be priced out of staying, as cost of rental looks to have sky-rocketed out of all proportions!!

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• Mrs Preston - Verified booking

  We had a wonderful stay at White Horses - the house is perfect for young families. A gorgeous open plan space, beautifully furnished with a cosy, homely feel. The garden and outside terraces are amazing and quite a sun trap in good weather! Great location with north and south sands almost on the doorstep - an easy stroll on the way down... harder to get back, especially with buggies, as the lanes are so steep! The house was really well equipped with everything we needed. White Horses is an easy and enjoyable space to be in with young children, which is exactly what we needed. We had a wonderful holiday and made some great memories there!

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