Dog Friendly Cottages In Barmouth

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Sharon - Verified booking

  Booked for 4 nights - stayed for 1 This is the review we left in the visitor book at the cottage: the dreadful smell of fumes in the kitchen and the rest of the property made us feel Ill.

  We tried to resolve this with the owners to no avail. At the time of writing, this the complaint is being handled by Sykes Cottages. At 6.15pm we are leaving to find somewhere else to stay, our health is more important. I have a dreadful headache and we can taste fumes in the back of our throats. The owners of this property should be ashamed of themselves -end- When we arrived at the property it smelt like an oil tank leak, the property was warm as the heating had been left on, the smell and taste of fumes evident. We turned off the heating, opened the windows and sat in the cold, the following morning we reported this with housekeeping (as advised in the book) and to Sykes cottages and left for the day to visit the area. We checked in with Sykes three to four times and were advised that a plumber had been and no issue found. When arriving back at the property we called the plumber (he had left his business card), he confirmed no leak, but hadn’t put the heating on. We said that the smell was overwhelming and requested that he returned, when we told him about the fumes he told us not to put the heating as it can be detrimental to our health. Sykes then confirmed that the owners would not permit the plumber to return as he found no leak earlier in the day. We had no option but to leave the property. Sykes out of hours service didn’t return our numerous calls and we were left in the lurch! I have been told that the owners of the property had a new boiler fitted 2 months ago. However upon reading reviews of the property others have also complained about the smell. We are not people to ruin others livelihoods or holidays, but when health could be at risk we want to warn others. Sykes - your customer service team are dreadful, if this was a fire or a flood, a visible issue you would have helped us. As it was fumes, with no evidence except for our word you chose to ignore us! I am writing this review 5 days after leaving the property and still awaiting your ‘investigation’ and response? This holiday cottage left us feeling unsafe, let it be a warning to others!

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• Emily - Verified booking

  I have tried to resolve the issue without leaving negative feedback as the general condition and location of the property was lovely.

  However, we did have an issue that was concerning and I do not believe yet resolved. On entering the property there was an overwhelming smell, which we thought was firefighters or similar. Given it is an old cottage and there is an open fire we presumed it was based on that. We opened some widows and it seemed to improve. This happened several times, the whole time my partner had a really bad headache. We didn’t report it on the first couple of days as we thought it was the fire. Only on the last night when we used the heating and the smell got worse did we realise it was related to this. On further inspection we traced the smell back to the heating oil tank directly by the house and believed that possibly some had been spilt or leaked. As we were leaving first thing in the morning I reported it when we arrived home. I have since followed up concerned others would experience the same issue and worried it may not be safe. I have been told by Sykes they could not get hold of the owner (as of today 15/4/2023) but also told an engineer had checked it, which doesn’t make sense. Both can’t be the case. I just think it only fair people are aware and it is resolved correctly.

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• Emma - Verified booking

  We have just returned from a long weekend at Hen Bopty.

  We took the scenic route from Worcestershire and the views were spectacular. When we first went into the cottage, it was utterly charming. The whole place was immaculate and the Welsh cakes left out for us was a lovely touch. The location of the cottage is ideal. Idyllic and peaceful, but it’s only a very short walk to the pebble beach. We took a walk along the beach all the way to the harbour, where we went across in a small ferry to Barmouth. After a fantastic day on the enormous Sandy beach, we went back on the ferry and caught the mini steam train back to Fairbourne to save our tired legs. On Sunday we went for an evening meal at the George lll Pub, which has the most incredible back drop across the estuary and enjoying amazing food, watching the sun setting was magical. The cottage was super well equipped, the owners have thought of absolutely everything, and the cottage management team were really responsive and helpful with our queries. I would highly recommend this cottage to anyone. It’s suitable for everyone and really did feel like a home from home. We cannot wait for our next visit

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• James - Verified booking

  The house was everything we hoped for and so well equipped we wanted for nothing.

  The board games and cards meant we managed to leave the TV switched off and with the fire lit it made for entertaining evenings in. The position of the home with the sound of the sea and its views across the bay from every room were amazing. A short walk down to the town or beach made it ideal for the older kids in our group to venture out on their own whilst some slightly more strenuous walks up gave you some fabulous views across to snowdonia and up and down the welsh coast. We found plenty of things to do in and around Barmouth - along with swimming in the sea and lazing on the beach we visited the fun fair, did a little shopping, went pony trekking and played pitch and putt (fairbourne) and ate a lot of ice cream - all in all we had a great time and would not hesitate to recommend a vist to the fabulous home in an idyllic setting in a beautiful part wales

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• Suzanne - Verified booking

  The cottage was directly opposite a school so description of on an unused road was inaccurate as the road was used for taxis and parents dropping school children off and for deliveries to school .

  Cottage itself we didn’t find very clean we had to hoover on arrival there was bits all over floor and cobwebs in corners in rooms not just little ones . The log burner we didn’t feel safe to use as it had a hole in back baffle plate and where down pipe joins top of log burner when we shone a torch from inside you could see the light showing through to outside from joins and this isn’t right. On arrival we could smell oil /kerosene from storage tank outside cottage and you could smell it in doors as well ,we could see slug trails on front room floor and bedroom couldn’t find the culprit we did try but still not nice ,cottage was well equipped with things you could need ,no dishwasher tablets so remember to take some if you want to use it .we were there for 2 weeks and weren’t contacted to see if we would like a change of towels or bedding .

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