Dog Friendly Croyde Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Louise - Verified booking

  Overall good apartment, not really suitable for our dogs (too many outside fire escape steps).

  New bed, great bath towels. Balcony view fantastic. This made the flat (although could do with a good old clean and paint!) accessed from bedroom. Did find empty crisp packet and dirty cutlery in drawer. Dated bathrooms and kitchen decor but perfectly clean and fit for purpose. Except need new hairdryer and felt there was too much junk in the wardrobe alongside our clothes. Needs to be more separate. Completely separate cupboard. Made it feel cluttered. Cupboards very full in kitchen too. Should probably be cleared out a bit. Too much crockery and extra equipment. Loved our holiday and enough warning was given re steps but I do think a photo of the steps would help. I would say price point is just about right for decor, cleanliness and steps access. Great views - this made the holiday. BEWARE I did read about there being stairs but there really are so many! I'm not keen on heights and as they were outside the flat (aside from the last set that are internal) I felt vulnerable. It's the fourth flat up. Our 2 greyhounds were very hesitant on the outside fire escape stairs (I did take a chance on this). Not great when they were rained on. 3 sets. On the 15 min walk to the bay: the stiles are high and stone (keep sheep in) and the second style impassible because of steepness for our dogs. Would have been dangerous for us to lift them and make it over so we couldn't do that walk. Main road and B road has no pavement so we had no choice but to use the car. I did find a good walk to mortahoe and twichenen out of the camp and turn right. High up so great views. Be aware this flat is almost within a next door caravan site (you drive through this site to get to the flat) and below the flat is the astro turf for sports so regularly busy with activity so if looking for a quiet spot - this is not it. It's not overly intrusive but it is high on activity. Sunday night cold shower? First 2 nights fine. Husband had to look at thermostat. Outside balcony lights not working.

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• Rachel - Verified booking

  We had an amazing time at Greenbank.

  The property description was entirely accurate so we were prepared for the check in*/out times, stairs and the garden not being fully enclosed. The house was immaculately clean, beds super comfy and the welcome pack useful (although coffee sachets were slightly out of date -still perfectly drinkable though). The location was great for the beach and shops/cafes and there was more than enough space for our cars, as well as the on-line delivery vehicle! The EVC was a real bonus and the hot tub superb. We enjoyed the outdoor kitchen and appreciated the beach toys left for our use. The garden has been beautifully landscaped with a variety of social spaces so always somewhere in the sun or shade, the view is wonderful and we even enjoyed watching a local football match from the terrace! I cannot rate this place highly enough. Of course, there were a few things we might have added but all would be personal to us and not necessarily of use to others. (* We were lucky insofar as the previous guests had left on the Friday so the property was available early for us on the Saturday - this was communicated in good time and was an unexpected bonus. Had this not happened, there is enough in Woolacombe to do.) My main gripe was that we hadn't booked another week!

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• Sarah - Verified booking

  The old police house was a great place it was very clean, tidy and in a great location.

  The beds were very comfortable. There was more than enough cutlery, and dinnerware for all the family there were even kids cutlery and dinnerware. The notice board was great as gave us useful information so did the handbook that was left but really needed updating and it was contradicting what was on the notice board. The outdoor toilet is great addition.there was a cupboard full of games most were old but still fun to play. The only downside to the property was the lack of door handles, out of the three bedroom doors upstairs only one room had a door handle making if difficult for privacy. One of the bedrooms was also missing a blind so got a lot of light coming into the room in the morning. There were no instructions for the washer/dryer so had to Google them. There were pegs in the property but no clothes lines so this made it difficult to dry clothes when the weather outside was wet. The stairs in the property are steep and could really do with a handrail all the was down. The stairs in the back garden are also very steep and narrow but when you make it up on to the decking it is very lovely and big area for all the family to set out and enjoy. Overall this was a great property I would definitely stay at this property again.

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• Stella - Verified booking

  We loved our all-too-short stay but hope to return as a group next year.

  Everything was spot on. The only glitch was that some of us were rather chilly one night, which the owner thought was because the previous people had been too hot and turned down the radiators or thermostat. Oh, and the turn off down to the house is a bit hairy: a sudden turn off (very easy to miss) and then very narrow and bumpy. You pray not to meet another car. But it's lovely to be able to just walk down the path to the seafront. No car needed! I have only given the grade 5 recommendation because that relates to Sykes Cottages, who were rather opaque and obstructive about the possibility of an earlier arrival (the stated time of 5pm is quite late). When I contacted the owner directly she was very obliging and helpful, and in direct contradiction to what SC had told me, said she often negotiated earlier arrivals via SC especially out of season. They had said to me, and I quote, that 'it was their policy never to contact the owners about early check ins'. So I was left feeling pretty annoyed about that. But as I said, the house and location are lovely, as is the owner. Sykes, not so brilliant.

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• Mandy - Verified booking

  What a place!

  ! Surf View was pretty much the perfect location for our reunion of 7 old school friends. The house was easy to find with the extra detail provided by Sarah, who was also super responsive and accommodating to our enquiry about getting in a little early. The house layout is so spacious and comfortable, and beautifully decorated with art and funky details like the lighthouse lamp. The eating and lounge areas in particular had lots of room so we didn't have to be clustered together. We were particularly impressed with every bedroom having en-suite facilities. The kitchen was well equipped so we could cook easily at home, though we also had a very good meal at the Watersmeet Hotel. We walked down to the beach each day, and also found our way to the National Trust walking route which goes up and across the neighbouring hill. A good path most of the way - other than the exceptionally wet section at the beginning section after Storm Ashley! All in all, we had a wonderful time -this was the best place we've ever stayed and we're planning a repeat visit next year.

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