Dog Friendly St Just Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Graham - Verified booking

  We arrived to the cottage just after 3.

  00pm Sunday afternoon. When passing through the rear gate we were confronted by a strong smell, it was apparent it was coming from the various waste bins. On entering the property we immediately read the information booklet which stated that the bins required leaving at the rear gate, and collection day was Monday. With this in mind I went to move the bins to the gate for collection the next day. As I moved the large black waste bag/sack a rat ran out from underneath and scurried under the shed, also I was covered in all types of flies. It was clear the bins hadn't been emptied in weeks. Not the way I envisaged to start my holiday. Being unable to contact the owners, I contacted Sykes but got no adequate response. In order to try and resolve the issue i read through the information booklet. There were six 'bins' in total no information as to which bins should be put out and on what date. However, on speaking with the lady living in the adjoining property she advised of what bins were due for collection that week and that collection day was in fact Tuesdays. She also said the bins would not be collected from the rear gate and we were to place them at the end of the drive. Thus explaining why none had been emptied for a number of weeks. The main problem was the general waste bin and sack. The bin was already overflowing on our arrival so we were unable to use that. Reluctantly on our last day we placed our black rubbish bag in the black sack, this being the sack the rat had gnawed into. I have to say the inside of the property was lovely and very clean. The outdoor space could also do with some maintenance. The patio and paths were full of weeds. The length of the grass at the top of the garden was also very long which was not helpful when trying to locate the area where our dog had done her business.

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• Clive - Verified booking

  The cottage itself was really quite nice in appearance and cleanliness.

  What really let it down was the fact the most important things involving sleeping and personal hygiene were a complete failure. The double bed was a poor quality basic bed which had been easily broken by previous guests a year ago. It was mended using pieces of wood and screws making it look unprofessional in quality. Also there was the likelihood it could be easily broken again with rough activity. The mattress was made of a poor quality memory foam which made it impossible to either get a good nights sleep or to turn over without the bed squeaking and creaking or myself or my wife disturbing each other as the bed sagged rather badly in the middle under our combined weight of 31 stone. Furthermore, being elderly, I am 72 and my wife will soon be 70, we were unable to bath, shower and fulfil basic levels of cleanliness only with extreme difficulty. On the one occasion I tried to have a bath, my wife took about half an hour to get me out. My legs could not allow me to stand up as my feet could not get a grip on the wet and slippery plastic base of the bath, there were no handles to hold on to support my weight and I kept on slipping down. Neither of us wanted to repeat this terrifying experience! The hand held shower mixer was useless as the hot water which had very little pressure was quickly nullified by the overpowering pressure of the cold water, making it impossible to mix the two as soon as the unit was raised above the level of the bottom of the hot water tank. All the windows apart from the front bedroom we were unable to open, until unlocked by the owner.

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• Nina - Verified booking

  We stayed at 28 The Turnpike for 2 weeks in August this year, there were 6 of us and we absolutely loved the property!

  Probably the best we've ever stayed in Cornwall over the last 30 years. It was well kept, neat, tidy with some new modern decor and had everything we needed to make a cracking stay, right down to the smallest of details. I don't agree with some of the negative comments on the reviews below/above, of course there will be personal stuff around locked away, this is someone's personal home that they have kindly let us stay in, so it's not going to be like a 5 star hotel, but that just made it feel really homely! As for being kid friendly, we think it definitely was, you can't expect the owner to make it perfect for your child, you have to be prepared to compromise and take some of the responsibly on yourself. ....Complaining about a rose bush in the garden??? ....Really?? Speaking of which, the garden was lovely, plenty big enough for kids and the dogs to play, a beautiful little pond, a great outdoor seating area, nice little utility room for the beach wear after a long day in the sand, a nice big lounge with all the tv stations on a nice big tv and comfy couches and really spacious bedrooms. The 3 bathrooms came in really handy with 6 people staying there too. Absolutely lovely neighbours too, who were always at hand to advise on things like bin days etc. We had 2 cars and a trailer and the driveway and there was plenty of space left for parking and just a few gorgeous miles walk to Cape Cornwall along the most beautiful of Cornish valleys. I can't recommend this place enough, we'll definitely be trying to book again next year.

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• Hannah - Verified booking

  I would absolutely stay at this cottage again and generally things were a very high standard, however there are some minor things which could be improved.

  Firstly, although I don’t expect a ‘welcome pack’ when I stay away, it does seem odd to have a coffee pod machine without even one pod to get you started (or indicate the type of pod required!) Similarly, there were very nice tea, coffee and sugar canisters… all empty. In fact all that was in the kitchen was salt and pepper. It is standard to have at least cooking oil available. In addition, they had premium bakeware, but I discovered when going to remove it from the oven that there were no oven gloves. (Incidentally in the very comprehensive book of instruction manuals the oven is the only one not included). Also strangely the sky box had a parental lock on it. We couldn’t remove this as it didn’t seem to be noted anywhere. I would also suggest mentioning that the property isn’t suitable if you have any accessibility issues - the stairs are very steep and only have a rail on one side. There’s also a very small and not very visible step to the living room which we kept stumbling on. (Not the cottages fault!) The listing states that there is space for two cars on the gravel driveway, however when we stayed there was a large van parked on the gravel most of the time. This made manoeuvring back out onto the road tricky at times. These are minor details as the standard was generally very high and we enjoyed our stay.

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• Sarah - Verified booking

  Molly's Cottage is a small terraced old miners cottage within easy walking distance of the central square in St Just.

  The cottage was sparklingly clean and warm and cosy. The lounge/diner is small but cosy. The TV is ridiculously small. The kitchen is compact but very well equipped - and the fridge is a fridge with an icebox (not a fridge freezer). The washing machine works well and there's both a line outside and an airer for when it rains. The yard at the back catches afternoon sun and has a picnic table. Both bedrooms are a good size with excellent storage space. The electric shower is good and the slightly shorter than normal length bath is deep. There is no wifi at Molly's Cottage, but we had an excellent 4G signal with Vodafone. We had a minor problem with the shower leaking, but house keeping resolved it on the same day that we reported it (and the lockbox for the keys meant that we didn't have to stay in for it to be fixed). Details on how to recycle do need to be updated on the house manual and both the kitchen and the bathroom would benefit from extractor fans - it was relatively warm and dry when we stayed, so opening a window wasn't a problem. Finally, the street is narrow and parking is difficult as there are more houses than parking spaces. We managed to park outside on Friday - handy for packing the car on Saturday morning, but you should expect to park your car in St Just's free car park.

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