Dog Friendly St Austell Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Eileen - Verified booking

  This property is a real home from home.

  It has everything you might need for your stay and your comfort. The only thing it didn't have was a hair dryer, so take one with you. But the owners quickly supplied one after I mentioned I haven't bought mine. The white TV in the photos has been replaced with a larger black one. I had no problems with the signal as mentioned by another review. The bed and sofa are very comfy. I loved having the footstools to put my feet up at the end of a tiring day walking and the throw. The property is in a very quiet location, no noise at night (couldn't hear any Seagulls, unlike other properties I have stayed at in Cornwall). There is a heated towel rail in the bathroom for drying towels or an extendable airer in the garden. A tall unit in the bedroom doubles as a mirror if you turn it around - ingenious. Off road parking right outside property. I preferred to walk down to the harbour via the coast path, there are steps but it is not as steep as walking down/up the road and better views. Instructions of how to join it are in the property. Would recommend getting the ferry from Mevagissey to Fowey (£17 return 2023) instead of driving there. Lovely walk along the SWCP from Mevagissey to Gorran Haven and onto Dodman Point. If you carry onto Hemmick beach (this part is steep in places and very overgrown), you can take the direct route back to Gorran Haven via fields and a camp site, which takes half the time. Then get the bus back to Mevagissey. Very nice ice cream at Gorran Haven, which is very welcome after a long walk. Charlestown very charming place to visit, where they filmed some of Poldark. Another nice easy SWCP walk is Portscatho to St Mawes, good views across to Falmouth. Portscatho is a lovely stop for picnic lunch, there was also a restaurant there which looked inviting but I didn't use it.

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• April - Verified booking

  We booked sebright as a little getaway with our dog.

  I must say I was a little sceptical after reading the reviews. Sebright is a lovely, relaxing and private getaway in a lovely part of Cornwall. The owners heated up the hot tub for us as we travelled down so it was ready for us when we arrived. We arrived late as we couldn’t travel as early as we wanted but the owners left the light on and the keys on a safe place so we didn’t have to disturb them. The farm was beautiful, we didn’t see much of it as we had planned days out already but we absolutely loved the privacy of our stay, 6ft fences all the way round meant that you had safety for your dog and private space. The log hot tub was just luxurious, you can feel the heat piping in. Lodge was spacious and had everything we needed, we brought food which we thought would be easy to cook given previous reviews but honestly you could cook a full roast dinner here, the comment about ‘no facilities, scissors, mop’ they had weighing scales! We brought extra bits given the old reviews but ended up leaving them in the car. There was everything we needed to be honest. It was clean on arrival and there was some fresh scones, cream and jam and even milk in the fridge. We didn’t actually get to meet the owners but they were very friendly when arranging keys, and were disappointed we didn’t get to meet their spaniels! We brought ours! We didn’t plan for the weather well but that was our own fault so we did leave late Sunday night, to beat traffic but the fire was a cosy place to snuggle up and watch a film. We felt it was close to the places we wanted to go and visit and was perfect for us. We have told many dog owners how we thought this was a perfect secure getaway and a lovely break for us too

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• Valentina - Verified booking

  The location was good, but the cottage smelled of damp, likely coming from the bathroom.

  Garden and outside area were not great, we were expecting a proper garden with a nicer fence/enclosure, but there was just grass. We appreciate that it is was the end of October, but gardens can be looked after in winter too (especially for the amount of money that two nights in the cottage costed). Hot tub was great, but it took almost an hour to reach the right temperature and the bag of logs can be used once only, so to use the hot tub again, extra money is required for another bag of logs, which is excessive after having spent almost £400 for two nights. It was very windy and we could hear something in the cottage rattling for the entire stay (not sure what is was, our guess is the metallic heater inside the cottage which is powered by wood). No shower gel/shampoo or hair dryer provided, which we found disappointing. We appreciate that these were not on the list of things provided, but it is what is expected as a minimum. Everything listed was there, enough space in the wardrobe for two nights, nice cottage inside, but, again, we were expecting more as furnitures had rusty handles and were old. It was clean, there is a dish washer and even dishwasher tablets are provided. Check in time is 5pm, extreme really, especially when you have to check out at 10 am and leave everything clean behind you, even take the rubbish out. Earlier check in was accomodated for us, but for 3pm, which is still late if you are there just for two nights. We were welcomed with ginger biscuits (which we loved) and a botyle of wine, which was very nice on the owner. Overall not bad, but can be improved a lot. And a bit too expensive for what we found.

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• Danielle - Verified booking

  We did enjoy our holiday.

  The place was nice but smaller than expected, however the sea view was lovely. We do have things to note though. I think marketing as pet friendly is not quite accurate. We kept our dog out of the bedroom as much as possible (as requested) however, one time he snuck in while I was grabbing something from the bedroom and jump on the bed just once. He did get a few mud marks on it but to claim that you needed to replace the sheets and under sheets, we think is a little misleading of your title as “pet-friendly”. We’ve been to Cornwall before in other venues which have definitely been more accommodating for dogs, especially as a fee for having a pet there is already taken for the holiday. To then ask for £85 for new sheets I would recommend changing your accommodation details for “no pets”. The hot tub was nice, although I’m not sure if everyone has used a firewood hot tub before, so maybe more information on this is needed for future holiday visitors. The bed was comfy and facilities were generally clean. We do believe there was either rats or some small animals scattering around outside but I guess to be expected for a location near farmland. Overall it was good, we had a discount due to booking last minute so we feel it fairly meets the price of booking we paid/to experience of accommodation. However, if we had paid usual price, we are not sure we would feel the same.

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• Bryan - Verified booking

  Sebright was clean with great views and the enclosed garden was great for our dog.

  We were left with scones, jam and cream on arrival which was a nice touch. The Sebright in my view was/is a camouflaged caravan not a log cabin as advertised as l didn't want a caravan stay, although it would have been cheaper. The bedroom bedding was clean although rather heavy and felt that with a little better layout could have had bedside shelves or cabinets. The kitchen area could do with a toaster and a microwave although l appreciate the space restriction but worth it. The sofa was on the small side and sort of swallowed you when sitting down. We attempted to increase the heating one evening following the instructions without any luck so decided to put the log burner on but it was difficult to get going as we only had larger logs and not sure about the two small levers ? Some basic instructions for the log burner, hot tub and washer drier would be a help. The bathroom did smell of damp and the sink area could be increased to provide some extra area to put some basic products on or a toilet bag. Also a toilet brush would have also helped. So a cosy caravan not a log cabin as advertised but has great views and enclosed for dogs but it's not what ĺ expected especially for the cost. . .

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