Dog Friendly East Devon Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mr Finnigan - Verified booking

  We wife, myself, and our 8 year old cockapoo recently returned from a lovely week at Glenislea. The location is fantastic: 50m to a park, where people were having picnics and barbecues (and perfect for that early morning or late evening walk with the dog). The park includes a securely fenced play area - ideal if you have children. 100m to the seafront promenade, just by the lifeboat station, and also 100m to the local independent shops, pubs, and cafes. Sidmouth has the added bonus that it is still bustling, even out of season. The house is is secluded, and set back, but still has views of the park, play area, and sea views. It is spacious, with a large lounge and diner on the ground floor, together with a kitchen and downstairs WC. The first floor has a large double bedroom at the front, a separate twin room, shower room, and separate WC. Whilst the 2nd floor has another double bedroom. There is a small private, and tidy courtyard to the rear. The beds are very comfortable! As each day went by, we became more and more relaxed, and it was great to dump the cars at the end of each day, in the local car park (20m away), and dine out in one of the many nearby pubs and restaurants. Most of the pubs, cafes, and shops in Sidmouth are dog friendly too, which was a bonus for us. I do recommend purchasing an e-permit for parking in the local car parks (£25 for 7 days), which is also valid in all East Devon council car parks, so handy if venturing further afield. We would happily recommend Glenislea to friends and family, if they were considering a break in this lovely part of East Devon.

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• Alexander - Verified booking

  The Holt disappointingly feel short of our expectations.

  There were a couple of significant issues which shouldn't have happened. However overall it is a lovely well equipped cottage in a good location which serves as a good base to explore East Devon. Regarding the listing, it doesn't make it clear that you're actually on a holiday cottage site with 7 other cottages. One of these is directly overlooking the garden/hot tub area. The cottage is overlooking a car park. The directions to the property are also incorrect. Everything else in the add is as described. It's furnished well and the rooms and comfy and cosy. Regarding the issues. When we arrived there were shards of glass inside and outside the property. I actually cut my hand on these when sitting in the chair. We had a very young baby with us which meant we had to be very careful on where we put here. It was all over the garden too which meant the dog couldn't go out. It was also all by the hot tub. Our first night was spent trying to clear all this up. The second day someone came to try and clear it up. R.e. cleanliness, there was a unempited bin full of used sanitary products and the hot tub had a bloody plaster in there and grime around the sides. We never really got an apology for the issues we raised. It looks like the site is for sale which goes some way to explaining management's lack of disregard. Overal a nice stay in a nice cottage, but we paid a lot of money and shouldn't have encountered these issues. Maybe try once under new management.

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• Victoria - Verified booking

  Thank you so much for a wonderful stay.

  We have had an amazing week. The Holt is very well equipped with a lovely comfortable sofa, beds and everything we needed. We liked the added more personal touches such as quirky whale light, rope side light, paintings etc. Flowers, biscuits, milk, teabags, coffee pods etc were also well appreciated touches. The hot tub was wonderful and lovely to have it regularly cleaned and perfectly located in a gorgeous sunshine trap. The Wi-Fi and smart tv were both excellently received by our teenagers. Our ideas on very small improvements that might help future guests - • A keysafe to leave key when out if more than 1 adult couple here. • Recycling is great but took us a few days to find it as gate was closed over so maybe more signposting or a plot map of entire area in the instruction booklet. • Entry gate was just secured with string and not that strong as latch is broken especially with a dog • There is space for 6 guests but the saucepans and oven trays are not that big for cooking for 6 so we did purchase more while here which we have taken back with us but may be worth getting • The garden has an apple tree which is full of rotten apples and all over the patio as a result there are many wasps and many stings had. If the over hanging branches were cut back this would help a lot All in all we have had a wonderful stay and hope that we may return another time. Many Thanks

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• Ian - Verified booking

  We had a lovely stay in Smugglers Cottage, thank you .

  The cottage was well equipped and in a great position, in spite of restrictive parking to unload. Loading back up was overcome by parking opposite the cottage after 6 pm and leaving by 9 am. There were just a few points that we found in the cottage, which did not spoil our stay, but we felt should be pointed out. A second key would have been very useful, as we could not leave the cottage unless we were together or we had to liase as to the time we got back, or one of us had to stay in! The wardrobe in the main bedroom needs a lower step, as I found it very difficult to get into! The right hand window in the bathroom we could not open and needs to be fixed. As the weather was warm and sometimes humid, the extra opening would have cleared the steam quicker and prevent dampness and ruining the beautiful decorated bathroom. The garden was amazing, but due to the three tiers and no handrails from the second tier upwards, it was difficult to use the garden for our friends who came for lunch. We were ok and used the garden often, but handrails would be alot safer. Again thank you for a wonderful stay in the cottage and we highly recommend it.

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• Ann - Verified booking

  The property was a little disappointing for the money.

  The sign at the end of the lane was obscured by greenery & so not easy to see. We booked it to cater fo my elderly parents as it was listed as having a walk in shower in the downstairs bathroom. This was not the case, it was a shower cubicle with a large step up into it & so my parents were unable to use it. I was told the bed downstairs could not be configured as twin beds, when in fact it was two single beds attached so this could have been done. The property could have been cleaner, coffee stable was dusty & the bed & bedside cabinets in the downstairs room have clearly not been pulled out & behind them cleaned in months! The oven was difficult to use & once we had turned it on (after speaking with the owner) it also needed a good clean as once it was hot the fumes when you opened the door made your eyes water! Beds were comfortable & clean but the bath towels were awful & not much bigger than the hand towels - you couldn't wrap one around you after a shower as they were way too small. Location was good

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