Dog Friendly Ilfracombe Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Kay - Verified booking

  Many thanks for a wonderful stay.

  The cottage was in a superb location and we spent the week walking the coast path from Porlock to Ilfracombe. We were unable to get the televisions working or the video player but once we had established how to connect the cables, we found the signal so weak that we were unable to watch a programme. We realise is not the fault of the owners. We had no problems at all with the cleanliness of the property. Having lived in an old terraced cottage ourselves, we found the same issues at Harbour Cottage as we experienced at home: black sooty like dust escapes from the loft spaces and was to be found on the floors and surfaces in tiny amounts. We have no complaints about this at all - part of the charm of living in a period property and it was evident that the property is cleaned regularly and to a high standard. Thanks for the milk left in the fridge and tea/coffee. This was lovely as we had come on a long journey and arrived late at night. The outside spaces are lovely. A cream tea was enjoyed on the top terrace using the jam left by the owners. Thank you for a lovely stay. Kay and Neerose

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• Sara - Verified booking

  A mixed review.

  Great location and the cottage had a well equipped kitchen. The garden is a nice feature and is sunny until the end of the day. However the main bathroom being on the ground floor, while the bedrooms are on the second floor is not ideal. We had the second bedroom set up as a twin room. The room is tiny, you can barely walk around the beds and neither of us could unpack as there was not sufficient storage. The twin beds were incredibly narrow (about the width of a pillow) but the quilts were single size and kept falling off during the night. The ground floor bathroom has no ventilation so it was very steamy and musty. The cottage is nicely decorated and has attractive artwork. Being a cottage there are lots of stairs, so it would not suit elderly people or families with young children. I would recommend the cottage for couples. The proximity to local shops, pubs and the harbour is one of the best things about the property.

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• Mrs Taylor - Verified booking

  We loved our week away at the roost. made us feel welcome and was available on site if you needed help. The roost was clean, cosy, comfortable and so peaceful in an idyllic position. It reminded me of a tree house set in Africa. Whilst we didn't have giraffes to feed from our novel height we did see plenty of birdlife including a tawny owl which appeared each night as the bats left the roost (which Paul built). The hot tub was lovely at the end of each day. Lee bay is lovely, hidden away. We would definitely recommend The Roost as long as your mobility isn't impaired as parking is away from the house up 20 steps. You can drop off luggage via a side gate on the road but you can't park there. Over all our holiday was very enjoyable, peaceful, comfortable and I would return at the drop of a hat.

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• Mr Secrett - Verified booking

  So bad we moved out after two days When we arrived at 5pm , we found that heating timer had been switched off and each radiator turned down. No logs left to at least get fire going ( as is common in most other houses) The oven is really difficult to use ( and a number of pans provided don’t work on induction hobs). We worked out that it needed three hours to heat up before it could be used so plans for a meal that night were scuppered Internet was down that after 2 days of chasing marsdens we were told couldn’t be fixed for another 4 days Kitchen is deadly for anyone over 5’ 10” as two low beams right over table and by fridge - a serious accident waiting to happen Asked for more duvets that they sent a mail ( no internet!) to say they couldn’t source

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• Mrs Anne Ashmore - Verified booking

  One of the reasons we booked the property was because of the pictures and description of the garden area. Upon arriving at the property, the garden was not at all like in the pictures and description. The large expanse of garden area had been fenced off and was not accessible to us. The garden area was small and quite overgrown. I think these pictures and description of the garden need updating as they were obviously taken when the property had first been converted 8 years ago. The description and pictures are now not a true likeness to the real garden.

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