Dog friendly cottages in Lyme Regis

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Andrew - Verified booking

  The Rousdon Estate is a fantastic place to stay.

  There are good short walks around the estate with a lot of interesting and quirky buildings to look at. For longer walks, the massive plus is that the estate has its own path down to the Undercliff (about half way along) from where you can walk to Seaton or Lyme Regis. If you cross the Undercliff path the private path continues on to a private beach which was virtually deserted both times we went (although the path is quite challenging). 2, Old Home Farm itself is a very clean, airy and well-appointed house which had easily enough space and seats, etc for seven of us. The large fridge-freezer was particularly welcome as we did a lot of cooking ourselves. The house also has a nice sunny garden, front and back. We didn't have any of the problems previous guests had with showers (we've had a lot worse!) However, although it was very clean, we did have a few niggles about how the house had been left for us. First, we had asked (when booking and also by phone the week before we came) for both the beds in bedrooms 1 & 3 to be made up as superkings. We had received an email saying that this would be done but bedroom 3 was still a twin when we arrived. We had to zip-link it ourselves and luckily we had brought a spare double sheet and duvet. Second, like the previous reviewer in April we were pretty appalled to be greeted by a pile of 26 empty bottles just lying around outside the back of the house. Then we found a further 14 bottles in a food waste bin in the same location, making 40 in all. Clearly the cleaners expected that it was future guests' responsibility to dispose of their predecessors' empties. Anyway, we put them all in black sacks and put them in the orange top black bin - where all rubbish and recycling has to go - and put the bin out on Tuesday night for Wednesday collection. We found out about this in the guest book but it would be helpful if this info could be displayed more prominently. In addition, there was no outside bucket for cleaning our dog's paws after a muddy walk so we bought a Lyme Regis "Crab Bucket". Before leaving, we wrote "2, Old Home Farm" on this bucket and left it outside the back door for future dog owning guests to use, so we hope that it is still there. Finally, we would like to say that these were only minor irritations and we really enjoyed our stay at 2, Old Home Farm and on the Rousdon estate and would definitely recommend it

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• Amanda - Verified booking

  First time to Lyme Regis , what a gem!

  Excellent location for popping in and out during variable weather!. So much to explore. We left the car in the long stay Holmbush car park for the entire 5 nights stay. Very good bathroom, the best . Pleasant styling throughout. Kitchen would benefit from having a long shelf above sink area, to put things whilst preparing food etc. Didn't try the Nespresso machine as pods provided not compatible, shame . Marked down on cleanliness as some of the crockery not clean, obvious dried egg etc. but we found the dishwasher to work very well . More teaspoons and knives, dessert spoons.would have been useful. The TV only had limited channels available on free view even with a retune and the internet channels took a while to set up for the new? router pass code. This was useful to view some of the missing freeview channels Beautiful view from top terrace, sadly only one afternoon good enough to sit out . A shrub on way up somewhat overgrown . Nice goodies left , thank you , we really enjoyed our stay.

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• Caroline - Verified booking

  This converted bungalow has two large bedrooms and a bathroom with shower upstairs.

  There’s also one single bedroom and a twin bedded room downstairs. The twin bedded room really is the only negative point in this house, there is a brick wall very close to the windows which makes the room seem enclosed and dim. I would suggest converting this room into a utility room. I strongly suggest you install a light in front of the garage entrance in the garden. The freezer, washing machine and tumble dryer are in there. I tripped down the stone steps when I went to get something from the freezer. I was stopped by the fence but scraped my heel and got a fright. There is a light outside the sitting room but it doesn’t extend that far. The beds were very comfortable, the kitchen well equipped and a pleasure to cook in, the art works around the house were lovely and the small garden was beautifully laid out and a delight to use. The Wi-Fi and smart tv were excellent and the information folder was very useful and full of thoughtful details.

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• Karen - Verified booking

  A comfortable cottage with good beds, sofa, showers, TV and WiFi.

  The cottage needs a deeper clean between lets as we found dirty crockery and coins under furniture etc. We felt the housekeeper is not given enough time to do this properly despite the late check in time of 4 pm. As we find with so many cottages it could do with a bit of TLC in places, e.g. replacing the upstairs bathroom door handle etc. The location is good as it is only a 15 minute (hilly) walk to shops, pubs and beach. We had wet weather so sadly didn’t get to use the garden but imagine this does not get a lot of sun but did have a nice table, chairs and bench. The driveway has been poorly designed and we had to park very close to the neighbours fence to avoid scraping the bottom of the car. We drive a normal family saloon and could not understand how this design was ever signed off by the developer. Despite the weather (which no one can predict!) we had a comfortable and pleasant stay in this well equipped cottage.

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• Chloe - Verified booking

  Just returned from a 3 night stay and wish we could have stayed longer.

  We travelled as a family - 6 adults, 1 child & 1 dog and found the property to be very spacious, clean and comfortable. The kitchen was very well equipped, water was always hot and the garden was pretty and safe for the dog. There were just a couple of negative things. One being all the showers were fairly weak, particularly the one over the bath. Secondly, the outside bins were full of rubbish from the previous occupants. We realise the bins are only emptied once per week but it did make it a bit tricky getting rid of our own rubbish. Plus, seeing a load of wine and beer bottles outside the property on arrival was a bit unsightly. The estate & surrounding area is lovely, very peaceful, with easy access to Lyme & other towns/villages. We would happily book this property again & hope to return next year.

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