Villas In West Midlands

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What our customers say about their holidays

• Emily - Verified booking

  The house is really modern and well stocked.

  It is in a quiet village but note that the pub next door is closed. We were not informed of this until 2 days before we arrived. It was advertised when we booked that there was a pub next door and only when we found out the info ourselves and asked the vendor was it confirmed. However, there is another pub only 5 minutes walk. Nice canal walks into the local town and the town has many pubs and restaurants. We recommend visiting BOD. The Kitchen/ dining/ lounge area is lovely but note that the TV is not in this room. Although it was lovely, the floor was very dirty. We noticed this after a few hours after arriving and our socks were filthy. Thank goodness for slippers and the mop! There is underfloor heating which we couldn't quite work out. It was often very cold in the house during the day and then very very hot at night. The floor was very warm and this made it difficult with a dog. We had a cage and had to regularly move the cage to cold spots so that the dog did not over heat. The welcome book said that the floor temperature was set during the winter months. We tried to work out how to turn it off but wasn't very successful. If it wasn't for the dog we probably wouldn't have cared so much. The snug room was great with the fire and gets warm very quickly (great after a new years day walk). Note that the snug room is not really big enough for 6 adults. There is 1 large sofa and 2 chairs (not arm chairs) only. The bedrooms were great and beds were very comfy. Both bathrooms were good size and clean. Nice garden and big enough for the dog to run around for 5 minutes between walks. The kitchen had everything we needed. We took our own tea towels and cleaning products which was useful - it's fairly standard that there are few tea towels and 1 or 2 dish washer tablets which is why we take our own. This might feel like a mixed review which is fair. However, we would stay at this house again. The modern cottage style was lovely and with a downstairs bedroom i would even consider a family holiday with grandparents.

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• Julie - Verified booking

  We enjoyed our stay at Cornerways and would recommend staying here without hesitation.

  The welcome gifts were really appreciated. The cottage and garden were big enough for our family of 5 people and our large dog. The cottage is situated between 2 pubs but unfortunately were closed when we were there but that didn't spoil our holiday. (one is opening up again after refurbishment about 2nd August). The car parking is a bit of an issue as the road can be quite busy trying to get on and off the gravel parking bay but we managed. There is a large recreational area about 200 yards down Shrewsbury Road, which has a cricket pitch, goal posts and multi sports court. There are plenty of places to take a dog for walks. The people we spoke to were very friendly and gave us some ideas where we could go to eat and places to visit. We ate a few meals at The Sutherland Arms in Tibberton about 10 mins drive. On a Monday The Swan at Forton do a carvery for £5 and is really value for money and gets quite busy so you may need to book. Newport is the closest shopping area where there is a fish and chip shop,curry shop,kebab shop and Waitrose and a few more shops. Places we would recommend to visit would be Chester, Ironbridge,Llangollen, Cadburys World,

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• Robert - Verified booking

  Holiday accommodation great.

  My only complaint is about Sykes itself. I complained early on about the incessant irrelevant emails most with no direct Information about my booked accommodation. I sent in a complaint asking you to stop sending them. I received a reply saying your complaints section was busy and you would reply as soon as you were able. There has been no response from you. Do you really have that many complaints? The emails have kept coming with no respite. My frustration and annoyance continues to the point where, apart from this one where I can make my point again and hopefully you will act and respond, I no longer open them. As each day passes and each new unnecessary and unwanted email arrives the chances of Sykes getting a future booking diminishes. I don’t bother to consider opening them anymore. I understand you feel direct marketing is something you want to do but really what is the point when it is used so much that it is then ignored and quite frankly they become a ‘b - - - - - nuisance’ . I could unsubscribe but is that the impact you want to achieve? But I will likely soon if I don’t get a timely response this time.

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• Karen - Verified booking

  The property was fabulous and is in a fantastic location.

  Exactly what we were looking for. Communication from the host was excellent and he sent us a really useful information pack via email in advance, which was much appreciated. There were also some very kind supplies provided on arrivals which was very kind and a lovely thing to do. As I say the stay was really great and the only part that caused us concern was the access to one side in the loft bedroom between the narrow stair access. The loft room.is split in two and the left hand side (when assending the stairs) of the loft bedroom (1 single bed to each side which was split by the staircase) led straight into the void of the top of the staircase and even although there was a stairgate provided, due to the layout it could be used slightly further down the stairs. This did still leave the real possibility that the children could drop down a few steps into the top of the narrow stairwell. We improvised by moving the bedside cabinet to block of the drop area and put the eldest (5 year old) of the two children into the bed located in that side of the loft room.

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• Beth - Verified booking

  Ash House was perfect for what we needed.

  It had a great location, in the lovely village of Alton, with a pub (serving great food) & shop around the corner. It's a 5 minute drive from Alton Towers too. The house itself was very clean, welooming & accommodating. It had everything we needed & also included a welcome of some food bits & milk - which was very handy arriving at night time. There was wood provided for the open fire, lots of games/books/dvds, and even a playstation & games in the upstairs room. We had to call the number provided to ask for assistance near the end of our stay, and the phone was answered promptly and dealt with, we were even offered a later check out stay due to the issue. We wouldnt hesitate in recommending Ash House or returning - which we hope to next year.

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