Beach Villas In Plymouth

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Elizabeth - Verified booking

  Being honest, Plymouth wasn't on our to do list.

  Having visited the south west many times previously, Plymouth was a place sign posted off the M5. However a week later I'm so glad we decided to visit. Royal William Yard is a lovely peaceful location. Previously a naval establishment from the 1800s, the old naval buildings are now converted into luxury apartments and a few restaurants. Prior to arrival, communication from the owner was good. On arrival day, we spoke with the housekeeper (nice lady) who met us at the apartment building and showed us our allocated parking space; plus helped with any information we required. The apartment itself is within one of the converted naval buildings and is very well put together, with just about everything we needed for our stay. We were provided with milk, coffee, tea etc plus some miniature Plymouth gin and tonics. Nice touches! The apartment (on two floors) is well decorated and appointed and was spotlessly clean. The view from the lounge window over the water was great, we spent ages just watching the various craft going past, with views towards Cremyll. Royal William Yard itself was lovely. The restaurants were good and sitting on the green in the sun was very relaxing. There is plenty to see within RWY with information displayed detailing the history of the place. We spent a number of evenings just walking around RWY plus sitting at restaurants on the waterfront. In addition there are benches outside the apartment where you can sit and watch the harbour. Access to Dartmoor and various beaches was easy. Another great day out was to use the Cremyll ferry which sets off nearby and then spend a few hours walking around the Mount Edgcumbe House and country park just across the bay. So a week later, would we visit Plymouth again - definitely. Would we visit this apartment again - most definitely!

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• Manivelan - Verified booking

  Amazing Location, Mesmerising Sea /Sunset view, Nice coastal waking path and beach.

  We, family of four have just returned from a week's holiday in this lovely Chalet. Nice and clean, Has everything you need for cooking, washing and cleaning. Hair dryer, Iron box and board, Nice Dyson cordless hoover. Lots of DVD movies and Nice Smart TV also with freeview channels. Really enjoyed watching the sea every day. Nice cafe and superb ice cream in the near by shop. You can walk along the coast or just walk to the beach or just sit in one those many benches and watch the sea and boats sailing. Asda express is just 10 minutes drive and drive few more minutes you will find restaurants/fish and chips. Drive a little more you will reach super store supermarkets. So it is well connected to nature and town centres. It is a private property and also Useful to know that the gates closes at 8:30 pm during summer (don't worry you will get your own keys on the first day to open the gates anytime you wish to drive out or drive in). On our first day We got struck in the traffic and were so stressed that we won't reach before the gates close since we thought the gates close at 7:30. We rang SykesCottages and the lady on the phone went extra mile to do all they can and finally arranged a call with the kind owner of this chalet. The owner contacted us and reassured that the property only closes at 8:30 and reassured that in worst case she would make arrangements for us to get the keys. I can't express how relieved we were after the phone calls from and the owner. My heartiest thanks to the lady who called us on 23/Aug/2024 late evening from Skykes Cottages team and the kind owner. when I woke up today in my house and went to the doors there is no lovely sea view to look I really miss the lovely place now. We will definitely return to this place next year.

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• M - Verified booking

  Unfortunately we were not told about any building works near the cottage when we booked so when we arrived we were shocked to see a major build with scaffolding to the left of the house.

  The garden to other side of the cottage was also being used for the builder's portaloo and portakabin which which when in use the door overlooked our garden. The workmen started at 7.30am and started the cement mixer and were constantly wheelbarrowing buiding materials pass the cottage. We did call Sykes as we wanted to leave that morning but were told if we did we would not qualify for a refund so after spending most of Monday speaking to Sykes they confirmed the owner would either reduce the weekly charge by 20% (not an option) or refund the nights we did not stay, we ageed to the latter so we could just get out of this situation. We did finally manage to get a refund for the 3 nights we did not stay (although it was due to Sykes we had to stay and pay for an extra night!) but the owner refused to consider this. In retrospect we should have asked for a full refund! The photos on the website are not a true reflection of the area at the moment so these photos and information need to be updated. If we had been told of the excessive build we would not have chosen this cottage. The cleanliness was also an issue, chip in oven, bbq dirty, t-shirt found behind microwave (?) and worse was the filthy smelly rugs in the sitting room. The back garden was also overgrown as noted in a preious review July 2021. Sykes do not check the cottages as far I understand they rely on the owner and paying guests to update them which totally unacceptable. You will most certainly be aware of the problems as noted above as it took nearly all week to speak with your company to get any conclusion when it should have been a week or relaxation.

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• Joseph - Verified booking

  Location, Location, Location - the chalet "sells itself" on the view from the front!

  It is well equipped with plenty of storage space, but it may be a bit of a squash for 4 adults. Dust in corners and cobwebs on the lampshades suggests that the cleaning prior to our arrival was insufficient. The wifi code is not provided in the information pack (you have to use your initiative to locate the router behind a chair and then find it on the back of the router!). The property is accessed via steps which, although not an issue to us, could present difficulties for some and this is not readily evident from the property description. HOWEVER, the biggest issue is parking. This is managed by a 3rd party (PPS) and it is clear from other reviews and conversations with other residents / holiday makers that there are frequent issues with them. The owner's response to other reviews on this matter is "sorry",. but unfortunately that does not solve the problem. In our case the ticket machine took my credit card payment but didn't print a ticket. Trying to make contact with PPS was fraught with difficulty, and although I was able to reach them eventually via email the whole week was overshadowed by this ongoing issue. The solution lies with parking to be included within the rental, and that is an issue for the chalet owner / site owner to resolve.

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• Charlotte - Verified booking

  We had an enjoyable week at Beach Cottage.

  The house is modern and clean and it very lovely to have the doors open out onto the decking and to sit and look out at the water and watch the activities going on on the lake. The bathroom is very small, as mentioned in other reviews, but it is clean and modern and usable. We had no issues with noise from the nearby pub. Parking was not an issue for us. There was only 1 day that we couldn't get parked at the back of the property. We had an issue with the oven in the property & unfortunately there was no instructions in the visitors folder so we ended up having to find a manual on the internet. Once we had released it from safe mode using Youtube we then discovered that it was actually faulty. The owner arranged for repairs but we were without a cooker for our whole weeks stay, which wasn't ideal when you are self-catering! The property would benefit from having a more 'personalised' visitor manual and a clothes airer of some kind but these are minor things. There are some nice walks from the property and the Clovelly Bay Inn is most definitely worth a visit. The food is the best we have had anywhere! The boat taxi to Plymouth is a good service and there are some nice food places and shopping in Plymouth itself. All in all, an enjoyable week.

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