Dog Friendly Apartments in South West

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mr White - Verified booking

  "The Lookout" at Sennen Cove has a number of desirable features. It is located very close to the harbour and beach (even if the 76 steps up to it can be demanding), and also to the coast path. It has fantastic views of the sea from three large windows. The flat has a contemporary, coastal feel and is light and airy. The extra-large bed is comfortable. The bathroom has an excellent shower, and the one-person bath in the bedroom is a lovely addition, especially given the view from it. There is plenty of hot water and good water pressure throughout the flat. The kitchen includes a full-size cooker and oven, 'fridge, and microwave, and while there isn't much preparation space, it will probably work well enough for most. There is also a washing machine (which we didn't use). Sadly, the flat isn't particularly well looked after. The cleaning in particular was poor in places. While the obvious things were clean enough (sink, bath, shower, etc.), we were bothered by the following: (1) We had to clean dusty cobwebs and spiders off the walls and ceilings in the bedroom. It was clear that no one had done this for weeks. (2) There were what looked like animal hairs on the bed cover when we arrived. (3) There was a dirty single mattress underneath the bed, as well as a mattress protector and sheet. (4) The floor throughout the flat had not been mopped for some time and was sticky. (5) There was black mold on all the window frames. It looked like someone had possibly run a cloth over some of it, but little more than that. We found that a substantial amount came off with just a cursory wipe, suggesting that no one had made any real effort to clean them in a long time. Some of the walls around the windows also needed to have mold removed and to be repainted. (6) The blinds were dirty and needed washing or replacing. (7) The windows were dirty and needed to be cleaned on the inside and the outside. (8) The 'fridge was so noisy that it could be heard in the bedroom with the door closed. Given that it only just about managed to keep items cold when on its coldest setting (and that in cool-ish weather), it presumably needed repair. Our milk went off after two days of being in there, strangely. (9) The sliding bedroom door only opened about three quarters of the way because of how it had been hung. (10) The windows, which are one the flat's main attractions, open inwards, but couldn't be opened more than a few inches because of the blinds. (11) The telescope didn't work, despite following he instructions; my best guess is that a power cable was missing. We drew this to Original Cottages' attention the day after we arrived using the e-mail address specified for support during stays, but heard nothing back. If the issues above were addressed, we would be happy to recommend this flat without reservation and probably to book it again ourselves.

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• Jason - Verified booking

  I honestly can’t find a single fault with Harbour Light!

  We have stayed in a fair few places in Boscastle and my Dad has been visiting for 40 years and this place blew him away. The view of the harbour from the apartment is the best in Boscastle by far, the place was immaculately clean and well furnished. The kitchen and bathroom were top notch and the bedrooms were really comfy. There’s everything in the apartment that you could want and I imagine it is very warm if you visit in winter time. Loading and unloading the car is really easy with plenty of space to pull up right outside the front door, then all you have to do is park at the public car park in the village. If you get a week long ticket with the Just Park app then it works out really cheap daily. At time of writing it cost £15.10 to park for 7 days. Great that you can check in at 3pm, others in the village are much later. The whole thing was very simple. I really couldn’t find a single bad thing to say about our stay, we will be back for sure!

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• Miss Childs - Verified booking

  The location of the property was perfect! Literally right on Porthmeor Beach slipway. Although this means there is constant noise from passing footfall, kids screaming, balls bouncing and cars etc. It was noisy pretty much from 5am - late into the night, so this isn't a property to relax in. The kitchen cupboards had a musty smell, some drawer handles were missing and there were only 3 glasses. Also, the property only has one window in the lounge. There are no other windows so it was quite claustrophobic. The sofa was covered in sand on arrival, we had to get the vacuum out and we found multiple pieces of glass on the lounge floor. I've stayed in 5 different St Nicholas court properties and I would return to them all except this one. St ives holidays were very quick to help though when we requested a fan and had an issue with the key, so no fault on their part.

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• Mrs Casey - Verified booking

  This apartment is only suitable for the fit and able. It is halfway down a cliff with 78 steps ( some very steep) to the top road (Maria’s Lane) and 80 steps down to the harbour front where there is some non- designated resident’s parking. This make unloading and loading of the car really difficult. In saying this, the views from the apartment are exceptional and make the trek up and down more worthwhile. The rooms are spacious and the bed is huge and very comfortable. The shower was also very good and there was plenty of hot water. We would have preferred a proper table and chairs to the bar and stools but maybe that’s an ‘age thing’! The WiFi is excellent but the TV is BT only so there is no Freeview and it is blocked for linking any personal accounts eg Sky Go. It is also quite slow and cumbersome to use.

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• Mr Dove - Verified booking

  We found the property to be extremely comfortable with some truly wonderful views of Sennen Cove. We even watched baby seagulls being hatched on a chimney on a house below the apartment. Furnishings were very comfortable. I would say that this property might not be suitable for people with elderly dogs. My only reason for mentioning this , is that my 12yr old red setter struggled towards the top of the climb up to the property. Some of the steps towards the top were quite high. No problem going down though. Parking wasn’t an issue for us, but might be during busier times. All this said , we enjoyed a fabulous holiday in Sennen Cove.

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