Dog Friendly Cottages In Chipping Campden

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Nick - Verified booking

  Our stay at Jacdaw Cottage was wonderful!

  The hosts decorated the house beautifully for the Christmas season, and we were welcomed to a clean and cosy home. The property was furnished with stylish and original features, and we found the beds, sofa, and chairs to be extremely comfortable. The hosts were very generous in leaving us a Pannetone, juice, and fruits as a welcoming treat. The warmth of the house and the logs provided for the fireplace made the Christmas feel even more special. The kitchen had everything we needed for our short trip, and we were able to cook a delicious Christmas meal using the oven. The bathroom was also completed to a high standard and had a lovely rainfall-style shower head. The bathroom is the only bathroom, which is shared among all guests. The property can comfortably accommodate four people and a dog. The car parking space was also very convenient, and we were able to park our small MPV with ease. Previous reviews have commented on the parking and we had no issues with this. We found it easier to reverse down the very quiet T road and parking in the space. Otherwise, if you aren't a confident parker, you can park on the main road and it is a 20-second walk to the property, down the slope. The village of Blockley is picturesque and typical Cotswold look and stone properties. The village has two pubs, a small café, and an excellent shop that sells local food items. We particularly enjoyed visiting the Great Western Arms (a less than 2 min walk from Jacdaw cottage), which is dog friendly and had a great selection of food and drinks and very friendly, welcoming staff. Overall, we had a relaxing and enjoyable Christmas stay at Jacdaw Cottage, and we highly recommend it to anyone visiting the area. We would happily and look forward to booking this beautiful cottage again.

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• Confirmed Guest - Verified booking

  I would have loved to have given more stars. The cottage itself was lovely and cozy, with great character. We enjoyed the open fire, the layout, the underfloor heating and the views. It was well located in a lovely village. The welcome food items were much appreciated and it was a great setting to spend a couple of cozy wintry days. In terms of constructive criticism, we found a lack of attention to detail, especially concerning cleanliness. The big ticket items were fine (bed, sofas etc.) but examples where it fell short included: sticky smears on the ground floor windows to the garden, placemats with crumbs / glass marks on them, scrambled egg crusted onto one of the pans, chipped plates and a microwave and freezer that needed a good internal wipe down. There was a main lamp not working and the upstairs bathroom (which was very small) had a very drainy smell. We messaged about the lamp on Saturday (having arrived Friday) and were told no-one could attend due to the storm that was blowing through (fair enough), but this was then never followed up on. We messaged the next day (Sunday) about the drains but received no response at all. We arrived mid-evening on a Friday and were due to depart on Tuesday morning, but decided to leave early, on Monday evening, due to the drain smell. It was a lovely property but needs a little TLC and better attention to detail. Check in is quite late at 4pm and check out quite early at 10am. The reason given is so that the cottage can be cleaned properly but I wouldn't say this had been achieved. I hope that's helpful so that these points can be taken into consideration to make improvements for future guests.

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• Confirmed Guest - Verified booking

  Loved the situation and the view. The cottage was well decorated.and we absolutely loved Blockley. The garden room, terrace and views were really fantastic and made our holiday. Some small criticisms - at this level we would expect a washer drier, not just a washer (that is apart from the fact that no-one told us the washing machine was out of order and was only fixed the day before we left....so we had to hand wash some clothes!). My husband found the lighting in some rooms poor particularly the living room. Needed brighter bulbs. We had to turn the AGA off as it was so hot and would have appreciated some step by step guide as to how to turn it on...our mechanically minded son in law looked it up on line and finally worked it out...but without him we would have been stuck. It would also be an idea to put summer duvets on the bed during July and August...we were roasting! A couple of kitchen things that would have been appreciated: some oven gloves....and if I am being very fussy a spaghetti scoop! Also, although the bread bin is fun...the bread you leave doesn't fit into it! Apart from these niggles we really did have a lovely time and we enjoyed the generous welcome hamper. We have already told others good things about the cottage.

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• Kathy - Verified booking

  This was an interesting house.

  We were a bit surprised when we first arrived at the layout, especially since my husband had currently got some mobility problems. We decided to use the basement bedroom because of this, and, to be fair, the description does mention that this bedroom has fewer stairs and would be best for less mobile visitors. We enjoyed our stay and got used to the many stairs. However, I do feel that there were a couple of issues with the description on the Sykes site. I don't think you can really say that the dining room table is "positioned in the nearby open-plan living/dining room" when the said table is up quite a lot of stairs to the next floor up. The basement bathroom certainly needs a grab rail as the floor is lethal for anyone, let alone someone elderly. No non slip bath mat provided. There was one to share with 2 other bathrooms. And we had to take 2 picnic chairs and a bean bag with us as there are certainly not 'sumptuous seats' enough for 10 adults if the house is full. We did feed back these comments and the owners were lovely and said they would take the comments on board. I would still recommend the house as it is very lovely, and the other bedrooms were beautiful. Also the perfect base from which to visit so many lovely places.

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• John - Verified booking

  Cosy little cottage, just perfect for a short break.

  There were just two of us but would be quite small for four adults although certainly both double bedrooms were very pleasant and the whole property is very well presented. Well equipped kitchen with nice welcome with milk, tea and coffee, crisps, biscuits and chocolates. Lovely and warm (it was November) and super cosy with wood burner in the evening in the comfortable sitting room. Super little bathroom with excellent hot shower. Good Wi Fi as you would expect for a small place. Wasn’t quite sure where to put recyclable waste so it would be helpful to leave some instructions for bottles and cans, paper and food waste etc. Other reviewers have quite rightly commented on the parking which is basically impossible, not just the size of the spot but the very steep slope (prob about 1:3) leading down. Top tip is don’t even try to drive down to the cottage but park on Station Road as it’s only 20 yards or so to walk down. However Blockley is a lovely village, the food at the local pub (The Great Western Arms) was excellent. Overall a very good place.

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