Dog Friendly St. Ives Holiday Cottages

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What our customers say about their holidays

• Margaret - Verified booking

  This beautiful house is elegantly decorated, with lovely furnishings in smashing spaces, and we were really comfortable and warm during our stay (in a wet week in November), with easily controllable heating and hot water.

  We arrived to a decorated Xmas tree and lots of strung lights, in living room and dining room, which was quite magical. Beds were very comfy with good quality linen and having a choice of two very nice bathrooms, in the main part of the house, was great. There is a problem with water draining, though, from the “Narnia shower”, and the shower tray filled alarmingly to the top very quickly. The pretty, smallish garden would be lovely during the summer, and the owners have made it a charming space. Maybe trim the foliage a bit, to expose more of the gorgeous view towards the sea. Being so close to the SW Coast path is great, though it’s steep and a bit intimidating with the graffiti on the substation being the first thing you see coming out of the gate. The kitchen is very high spec, with a huge range cooker, coffee machine, lots of cupboard space and worktops and very pleasant indeed to cook in. However, some basic items were missing, including a corkscrew, serving dishes, mixing bowl, wooden spoons, cafetière, newer sharp knives and decent sized cereal bowls. I tried to cook a roast dinner. The oven trays and some of the pans were in a very poor state and needed replacing. There was only one casserole dish and two small Pyrex ones, but luckily we were only two guests. For eight people more options of kitchenware is definitely needed. The oven also was due a good clean and there were a few too many spiders in cupboards and corners (The vacuum cleaner was hidden under ‘stuff’ in the understairs cupboard and weighed a ton because it clearly hadn't been emptied for ages, so we couldn’t use it to clean up spiders or on checkout at the end). We LOVED the log burner in the main living room and would really have appreciated a starter bag of logs (none were left) as we had no idea where to buy some from (there aren’t any garages around and we didn’t find Tesco straight away). The ‘welcome pack’ of two small bottles of apple juice and shortbreads probably wasn’t worth leaving, except for kids maybe? We figure it’s because we only stayed five nights that neither logs nor wine were provided (luckily we brought our own wine). Parking is not on the property itself, which we hadn’t picked up from the Sykes details. This was a bit stressful at first, and made unloading and loading (in the rain both times) more difficult. I realise there is nothing that can be done about it, except maybe make it clear you have to park outside on a lane, and walk quite far across the garden to the back door. We loved having a keysafe as we much prefer to manage our own check-in. All in all a smashing property which needs a few tweaks to make it perfect. We had a lovely stay.

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• Margaret - Verified booking

  This beautiful house is elegantly decorated, with lovely furnishings in smashing spaces, and we were really comfortable and warm during our stay (in a wet week in November), with easily controllable heating and hot water.

  We arrived to a decorated Xmas tree and lots of strung lights, in living room and dining room, which was quite magical. Beds were very comfy with good quality linen and having a choice of two very nice bathrooms, in the main part of the house, was great. There is a problem with water draining, though, from the “Narnia shower”, and the shower tray filled alarmingly to the top very quickly. The pretty, smallish garden would be lovely during the summer, and the owners have made it a charming space. Maybe trim the foliage a bit, to expose more of the gorgeous view towards the sea. Being so close to the SW Coast path is great, though it’s steep and a bit intimidating with the graffiti on the substation being the first thing you see coming out of the gate. The kitchen is very high spec, with a huge range cooker, coffee machine, lots of cupboard space and worktops and very pleasant indeed to cook in. However, some basic items were missing, including a corkscrew, serving dishes, mixing bowl, wooden spoons, cafetière, newer sharp knives and decent sized cereal bowls. I tried to cook a roast dinner. The oven trays and some of the pans were in a very poor state and needed replacing. There was only one casserole dish and two small Pyrex ones, but luckily we were only two guests. For eight people more options of kitchenware is definitely needed. The oven also was due a good clean and there were a few too many spiders in cupboards and corners (The vacuum cleaner was hidden under ‘stuff’ in the understairs cupboard and weighed a ton because it clearly hadn't been emptied for ages, so we couldn’t use it to clean up spiders or on checkout at the end). We LOVED the log burner in the main living room and would really have appreciated a starter bag of logs (none were left) as we had no idea where to buy some from (there aren’t any garages around and we didn’t find Tesco straight away). The ‘welcome pack’ of two small bottles of apple juice and shortbreads probably wasn’t worth leaving, except for kids maybe? We figure it’s because we only stayed five nights that neither logs nor wine were provided (luckily we brought our own wine). Parking is not on the property itself, which we hadn’t picked up from the Sykes details. This was a bit stressful at first, and made unloading and loading (in the rain both times) more difficult. I realise there is nothing that can be done about it, except maybe make it clear you have to park outside on a lane, and walk quite far across the garden to the back door. We loved having a keysafe as we much prefer to manage our own check-in. All in all a smashing property which needs a few tweaks to make it perfect. We had a lovely stay.

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• Helen - Verified booking

  Property would welcome a very deep clean, throughout the whole house.

  The stairs to the additional room, which looks as though it is off the garden, but actually it is not - are extremely steep and not ideal for older occupants and the fire escape steps to that room are very slippery and dangerous - not quite sure how they passed a fire inspection. The path and steps at the back door are also extremely slippery and quite dangerous, as they are covered in algae. The kitchen has no oven gloves - well not that we could find, so it was quite difficult to remove things from the oven or off the hob. The kitchen table was very sticky, even after being cleaned several times. Some of chains on the blinds are broken. Lounge furniture extremely uncomfortable to sit on and could do with updating and would also welcome a clean, especially under the cushions it is not pleasant to see debris and also behind the chairs. We think there is a possible leak in the on-suite bathroom - as there was dripping into the plant in the downstairs toilet, which you can see from the light fitting in the downstairs loo has been repaired several times - which would suggest you may already know about this? Large Family bathroom - the floor has loose tiles & grout and the shower head is also broken due to limescale build up, which causes it to leak. Small bathroom, hot tap knob comes off. Previous occupants clothes and underwear in one of wardrobe drawers. Utility room - washing machine door - very difficult to close and if it is not closed correctly - the sensor doesn't register so you have to push it quite hard to get the washing machine to work. NO - clothes airer for the house - so difficult to dry wet clothes etc. Garden - Washing line - under a tree - so you can only use 2 side's and your clothes get covered in conifer debris - also there were no pegs!!! The front gate has screw expose, which caused a cut on my husbands hand as he didn't realise it was exposed. It does state on the details the garden is secure and enclosed - this is not the case - especially at the back where the public path is, the wall under the bushes is very low and my dog nearly escaped. The brick path is very uneven and slippery when wet, not easy to negotiate when you are a little unsteady on your feet. Finally the garage - games room - lots of exposed wires, ladders left open, extremely untidy and not welcoming at all, not ideal for small children. As a family we have visited main properties with Carbis Bay Holiday's and this was a real eye opener and I truly believe it does not warrant 4/5 star's it really is not 1 star worthy. I hope you take this feed back on board and make some improvements going forward.

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• Michael - Verified booking

  We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Glenside and were blessed with good weather.

  The kitchen in particular was very well appointed with all the items you could need, however, it did take a little time to workout how the microwave worked. Instructions for the appliances would have been beneficial and some details of the local area although these could be found on the Internet. The lounge areas were comfortable but a little ‘tired’ which I suppose is understandable with pets being permitted to stay. A bonus was the television in the main lounge having Netflix and a TV in each of the bedrooms. The beds we used were comfortable and clean and, like the lounge, there were areas of the bedrooms which were ‘tired’. There was a fantastic view of the sea and Godrevy lighthouse from the main bedroom. Each bathroom was of good quality and clean. We only used the main shower which was refreshing after a day and evening out visiting the local area. Outside the grassed area and surrounding shrubs were very well maintained, however, the decking area was in need of a good clean and some maintenance. Speaking with the gardener he commented that the decking area had been identified as an area to have some work carried out on. With the bad weather during spring and Glenside being fully booked until early next year it is difficult to see when the work could be done. Glenside is very well situated and it is a short walk to the train station with 2 trains a hour for the short, inexpensive, ride into St Ives along a picturesque journey. We used the train many times. The beach is a short walk as well, however, it is quite a steep hill and tiring coming back up. We did find a far easier way to get to the house from the main Carbis Bay to St Ives road which negated the narrow sharp bend. This was to turn down Pannier Lane, next right turn after Valley Road and before Tesco, follow the road down and around and turn left down Parc Owles, Glenside house is the clearly signposted on the right. Whilst at Glenside house we did see if we could book another week in September but found that it is booked until early 2025.

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• Michael - Verified booking

  We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Glenside and were blessed with good weather.

  The kitchen in particular was very well appointed with all the items you could need, however, it did take a little time to workout how the microwave worked. Instructions for the appliances would have been beneficial and some details of the local area although these could be found on the Internet. The lounge areas were comfortable but a little ‘tired’ which I suppose is understandable with pets being permitted to stay. A bonus was the television in the main lounge having Netflix and a TV in each of the bedrooms. The beds we used were comfortable and clean and, like the lounge, there were areas of the bedrooms which were ‘tired’. There was a fantastic view of the sea and Godrevy lighthouse from the main bedroom. Each bathroom was of good quality and clean. We only used the main shower which was refreshing after a day and evening out visiting the local area. Outside the grassed area and surrounding shrubs were very well maintained, however, the decking area was in need of a good clean and some maintenance. Speaking with the gardener he commented that the decking area had been identified as an area to have some work carried out on. With the bad weather during spring and Glenside being fully booked until early next year it is difficult to see when the work could be done. Glenside is very well situated and it is a short walk to the train station with 2 trains a hour for the short, inexpensive, ride into St Ives along a picturesque journey. We used the train many times. The beach is a short walk as well, however, it is quite a steep hill and tiring coming back up. We did find a far easier way to get to the house from the main Carbis Bay to St Ives road which negated the narrow sharp bend. This was to turn down Pannier Lane, next right turn after Valley Road and before Tesco, follow the road down and around and turn left down Parc Owles, Glenside house is the clearly signposted on the right. Whilst at Glenside house we did see if we could book another week in September but found that it is booked until early 2025.

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