Dog Friendly Cottages in Dorset

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Clare - Verified booking

  We had a lovely stay in Pips Hideaway set in the stunning village of Milton Abbas.

  It was perfectly situated for exploring Dorset. It was also so quiet and peaceful and a joy to listen to the relaxing sounds of the birds singing and see lots of varieties of bird feeding on the bird table. We were slightly confused by the directions to the property as we didn’t come via the Blandford way so we had to go through the village of Milton Abbas (which is stunning) and turn around to follow the directions given. There is a very weak mobile/GPRS signal in and around this area so perhaps some directions from the other end of the village would also be helpful. The property is absolutely stunning. So well thought out, so very well decorated and so very clean and tidy. It has pretty much everything you could need in these sort of holiday properties. I didn’t find myself saying very often ‘I wish this had….’ (Although maybe a clothes airer for drying the towels and swimming costumes after days at the beach would be an extra bonus?). We absolutely loved the quirky layout of the house which is something of a trend we like to look for when finding holiday properties to stay in. The owner lives in the beautiful thatched cottage next door and on arrival had prepared lovely scones, jam and clotted cream and later in the week had baked a very tasty Dorset Apple cake and gave us some slices. Whilst she lived next door and we had a shared drive, I did not feel that we were in each others pockets or overlooked. It still felt very private. However, we did feel that if we needed to we could call on her and it was slightly comforting to know she were nearby should there be an issue. From this area you can visit most places in Dorset within 30 minutes to an hour. The closest beach is only 30 mins away. During our time we were able to visit: Dorchester, Monkey World, Dorset Falconry Park, Cerne Abbas (and walk to the giant), Weymouth, Portland Bill, Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door, swanage and Corfe Castle all within reasonable travelling distances and all great places to go. This property was ideal for our holiday in Dorset with our family of four and it was also well affordable. I would absolutely recommend it and would stay again if we return to holiday in this area.

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• Julia - Verified booking

  We chose your property because of the pictures on the site.

  Picture 1 of a beautiful looking bungalow, with a sunken garden. What we got was a tired looking property garden completely overgrown with pot plants and weeds making access to the sunken garden dangerous. Picture 2 table nicely set up to "unspoilt views of the beach" . What we got was a row of 10ft hedges blocking out the view. The table is rotting away. The porch and balcony dirty with cobwebs even the porch ceiling. Teenagers smoking pot made leaving windows open (as you requested) impossible. Picture 3 of sitting room a bright airy room with crisp white curtains. What we got were dull thick curtains a dirty rug, room crammed with sad unloved furniture. The kitchen looked very sad. Cupboards full of every pot and pan, utensils you could wish for but no larder or room to put supplies. No extra purple bin bags. Broken washing up bowl and dust pan and brush. Cutlery and sharp knives in cupboard under sink accessable to young children as no child lock. Bedroom window sills need filling in. Cupboards rammed with linens, leaving little space for clothes or suitcases. No room to hang a dress. No full length mirror. The bathroom - wet room. Not ideal showering and having to mop up after each person otherwise flooding occurs. Who wants to do that at 9.30 at night before bed on first night. Water runs behind the toilet. Its not practical. I see previous people have mentioned the tiredness of the property and furniture before but it doesn't look like any notice has been taken. Hopefully the 2 days after us when there are no bookings someone sorts our findings out. This property could be absolutely wonderful. I have pictures and video if you need evidence

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• Holly - Verified booking

  Positives - amazing location and stunning views.

  - lovely balcony. -fully enclosed garden for the dog. Negatives -we spent 45 mins looking for the car parking space at 9pm at night - really terrible directions on the welcome email. Asked many local who also didn't know where undercliff carpark was...should be made clear it is not the 2 public car parks. we called the Sykes cottages emergency voicemail line and no one returned our call despite getting a text from them. - the house is not signposted from the road and when I did finally find it using the what 3 words it was pitch black and overgrown and needed a torch to get into the keysafe. Really not a stress free way to start the holiday. - the property felt quite dirty and run down, with cobwebs/spiders and dust covering the bed frame, the glasses needed re-washing before use. - was unable to shut the washing machine door..therefore unable to wash anything. - I agree that this is not the owners fault but other holiday makers should know that the park situated next to the property is used by the locals to smoke weed on a summer's night, so on 2 occasions we were woken by the youths (who sit right below the balcony) and the bedroom was filled with fumes, so we had to shut the windows.

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• Paul - Verified booking

  I have marked the property down simply on the basis of parking.

  When we arrived there was nowhere to park so I parked on the neighbour’s drive (no. 16) for a few minutes to unload our heavy cases and dog crate. The neighbour called down over his intercom to my wife demanding we move the car immediately. I ignored this but we were unable to park in Diments Garden during our stay and I was worried how I could load the car on departure. Luckily I was able to get a place on the very last morning so I avoided another confrontation- I was planning to park on the pavement outside no 16’s drive. During the week I didn’t see a single car on no 16s drive. If I owned Rooemakers Cottage I would see if he’d let people park on his drive for, say, 30 minutes for a reasonable sum. It would make a huge difference. We were able to park in Hospital Lane every day which wasn’t really a problem otherwise. Other minor points - my wife suggested a make up mirror would be good. Our granddaughter slept in the upstairs room on Sunday afternoon and my son thought the curtains were very thin so it was very light in the room. Otherwise everything was absolutely fine - clean and comfortable.

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• Fiona - Verified booking

  The cottage is deceptively small but in a great location.

  It would benefit from a deep clean and it needs a spruce up because it looks very tired. There were cobwebs and some of the glasses and cutlery had to be washed before we could use them. The bathroom needs sorting out - the water goes everywhere from the shower including leaking as far as the bedroom on one occasion. If I needed to wash my hair, my husband had to stand and sweep it back into the shower for the whole duration of the shower. We could not get the tv to work and the instructions in the guest guide are not up to date. I did report this through the first night survey, but it was never followed up by anyone. Finally, I would recommend that you put a sign at the bottom of the steps leading up to the property, it was difficult to find on my first day and if the sign had been there I would have known I was in the right place. Having said this, the location absolutely saves this property and we had a relaxing week.

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