Dog Friendly Cottages In Ringwood

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Sue - Verified booking

  Awful experience.

  We booked 2 weeks in January 2024. Really dark and dangerous access from the road during winter with no lights to assist you with finding this property. An old garage that's been converted in someone's back garden with no thought to adequate heating or proper double glazed windows. Doors and windows were really draughty we all caught respiratory illnesses. Someone thought it would be cute to walk through a dressing area with a single bed in it to get to the main double room. No hot water for 2 days and then it was warm at best. There were 3 of us and they "generously" provided 3 glasses, 3 plates, 3 cups, 3 glasses and 3 sets of cutlery. No washing up bowl but hey, they had a massive dishwasher ( not very environmentally friendly). No oven dishes provided so you couldn't cook a decent meal. The washing machine held our clothing hostage from Sunday to the Thursday when they finally called a repair man out. The splashback on the wall behind the hob had a lovely collection of dead flies behind it. We arrived on the Saturday and asked to cancel the 2nd week on the Sunday but Sykes have a disgusting customer service plan of not bothering to answer you or call you back when they say. You chase them and both the owner and the company blame each other. I was made to feel like an ungrateful wretch for asking for a refund of the 2nd week. They have offered an appalling sum of £40 to cover the clothing. Not suitable for families with children. Not suitable to anyone who likes to go for a walk from a property. Use a car, bring your own cosy blankets when you watch TV and take a huge torch with you or even a "flag man" from the olden days to see you out safely onto the road.

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• Gemma - Verified booking

  The Annex had obviously had a lot of money spent on it to make it very attractive.

  The quality of all the furnishings is very good and a beautifully comfortable if small double bed! All the the white goods were of good quality. But despite the accommodation being for 3 people, There were only 5 knives in total - dinner knives, 5 wine glasses of three differing shapes, 5 mugs of two patterns and one chipped, 2 bread and butter plates but at least a dozen dinner plates, no bread knife, no baking tray for bought in Cooks meals, no cafetière or any means for making fresh coffee! Sorry, we dont do instant coffee!! When we arrived the dish washer was full of dirty crockery and cutlery! The wardrobe had an empty sweet packet on the shelf. It It lacked attention to detail! Usual grumble, no hooks to hanging dressing gowns or towels on backs or doors or anywhere. Despite there being a level floor inside the property, there were three steep steps (for me) into the property. Not the owners fault, but feel Sykes should be aware by now if my difficulty.

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• Samantha - Verified booking

  We’re a couple with a little westie.

  The property was lovely, clean, bright and it had everything we needed. We tend to stay in on an evening as we go out exploring all day and we had everything we needed to cook and relax. We even woke up one morning to see a deer in the grounds which was lovely! The property doesn’t have an enclosed space outside, so just be aware of that if you’re with a dog (ours doesn’t go off lead if not enclosed), apart from that I couldn’t fault anything. We visited a few areas, Poole (dog friendly shopping in The Dolphin, good cocktails in the Viper and a boat trip from the quay), Swanage ( beautiful beach and seaside town - highly recommended), Weymouth and Bournemouth - all easily accessible by car. Wimborne Minster was lovely too and the hubby enjoyed a few cocktails in the Dancing Moose, which had a lovely fire and is dog friendly, whilst I had a wander around the shops. We’d happily return without hesitation - thank you!

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• Julie - Verified booking

  This will be a lovely place to stay once all the outside work has been completed but unfortunately there was a lot of noisy work going on when we were there for a lot of the days.

  This meant we had to be out earlier than planned most of the time so not very relaxing. The owners were very nice and apologetic, they didn’t realise the work was scheduled as builders just turned up. It might be worth checking if anything else is scheduled if you want a quiet stay. The owners contacted Sykes and to attempt some redress we were offered 50% off another stay there before the summer by Sykes but when we declined Sykes just marked that as resolved. The owner kindly offered us a takeaway meal but we had already made plans. The Annex is brand new, in excellent condition, the owners live next door. Nice touches like milk, biscuits and tea were welcome. Other thing to note is the second bedroom is like a dressing room, and has a comfortable single put you up bed.

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• S - Verified booking

  Lovely property.

  Just a couple of things that were not so good. Most of the dishes were still in the dishwasher from the last peoples stay and were not clean. Don’t really think we should have had to deal with someone else’s dirty crockery. And the dishcloth and tea towel supplied were stained. I’m not saying they hadn’t been washed but we’re not what you would expect from such a high end property. There was nowhere to put anything in the bathroom - no shelves or even a hook to hang toiletry bags and the shower tray was very slippery, nearly had an accident with that but I understand that it’s newly installed so probably learning curve. Also, the only way to get rid of steam in the bathroom was to leave the door open to outside - no window that could be left whilst out for the day.

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