Dog Friendly Cottages in Beddgelert

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Wendy - Verified booking

  The property was easy to find using sat nav and following owners' directions.

  Set in the middle of farmland and with lovely view's of the Welsh mountains. The property is of a nice size and layout. The underfloor heating works really well. No instructions available on how to work the heating. No instuction at all for working anything. Only thing we found was instruction manual for the tv in the tv unit and a laminated welcome note behind the microwave. Generally, the property needs alot of work doing to bring it back up to a good standard. The list is too long to put in a review. The property is generally tired looking and neglected. (This was mentioned in reviews last year) There was no DVD player. We contacted the owner (a pleasant man) who came round the next day and installed a brand new player, which was much appreciated. We also pointed out some but not all of the issues we found with the property which he said he would address immediately after we leave. The beds are comfortable. The bedding old and pillows flat. (This was mentioned in reviews last year,). On stripping the beds on exit we found stained duvet and pillows. The ill fitted valence under the double bed was covering a tear in the divan base. Also the carpet in the double room needs cleaning. The utility room is a neglected shed with a washing machine and a sink. A magnificent spiders web that would have looked good in a Harry Potter film. (The one with a giant spider). Broken or unwanted items from the property. And general rubbish and Christmas tree and decorations. Apart from a little bit of washing up liquid a disposal cloth and sponge in the kitchen there are no complimentary items. So need to take everything with you or go shopping in Porthmadog. All that said. We enjoyed a pleasant stay and the views were fantastic. Also enjoyed watching fireworks in the distance on our first night. (Some celebrations going on, we imagine). The bleeting of the sheep with their lambs in the fields all around us was a bonus for us, it was just like Clarksons farm, except the stone walls around the property are all intact. The fully enclosed garden was mown while we were out for a few hours. Looked lovely when we got back. It's a nice place to sit out and enjoy a glass of wine and the views. Would we go again? If the property was brought up to a good standard, we would go back. We will keep an eye on future reviews.

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• Emma - Verified booking

  I would say that this cottage was adequate and a good place to sleep but that was about it!

  Starting with the positives, it was easy to find, directions were great and it is off a main road so no winding down roads for ages to get to it which is great after a long drive. The bed was also very comfortable! There was plenty of cups, plates etc. and having a fridge and facilities to make your own food was great (especially as there isn't any where within walking distance to eat). WiFi was good (and necessary as didn't have a phone signal at the house) Now onto the negatives... The whole house smelt of damp! It needs a really good airing. The people before us had clearly had the oil heaters on or the log burner but not aired the house properly as we could not shift the smell and it was embedded in the soft furnishings. The bathroom downstairs as well isn't the best. The shower has really low pressure and the angle is almost impossible to wash your hair and I am only 5ft 1 so you can imagine by husband struggled who is 6ft. We also found a bowl of rotting vegetables and salad in one of the kitchen draws which gave me reservations about how well the house was actually cleaned before we got there and promptly proceeded to anti-bac everything (with wipes i had brought myself). I also felt there was a lot of unnecessary "stuff" in the kitchen which with covid made me uneasy. Whilst it looked nice having a dresser with cups etc. and it was great to have plenty of cutlery etc. it really isn't necessary and I think they should strip things back to basics and then make sure they provide anti bac to wipe surfaces down etc. and it would make me feel more confident about the cleanliness of the house. The water also tasted funny which meant we went out to buy bottled water. I also think the TV could have been bigger and possible have DVD player or access to netflix. I also think the host could have been more organised with their welcome booklet offering advise on places to eat/drink/shop etc. I know you could argue that we could google it (which we did) but little things like that are what usually set the sykes cottages apart from staying in a hotel that you really feel well looked after! In summary if I had paid £60-£90 a night for this I would have been alright with the price but we paid £934.00 for 4 nights which frankly was a total rip off!

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• Josephine - Verified booking

  Has the potential to be a wonderful property, but needs some renovation and better cleaning.

  Wonderful views and a great location with lots of things to do. Owner was very helpful when calling to arrange key collection and cot/bed guard for our children. Garden is nice and secure for our small dog (side gate is broken, but he couldn't escape from it). On arrival the property was minimally cleaned, dusting and removal of spiderwebs was non existent even at lower levels. The floor needed a mop as our socks were filthy on the first day, and under the rug in the lounge was clearly not cleaned. Several items were missing or broken (pop up waste in the ensuite didn't hold water, kitchen cupboard door half coming off, missing lightbulb in the kitchen, door out from the main bedroom handled wouldn't work so couldn't be used, a few of these had been mentioned in previous reviews.) The whole property needed a bit of a revamp with areas of wall missing paint, loose tiles on the wet room floor and more cutlery required ( three forks for a property which sleeps 5!). The beds weren't very comfortable for us, quite soft and sheets on the main bed weren't big enough for the depth of mattress, so kept coming off. The WiFi speed is very slow, we just used our 4G signal which was much better. The size of the property is good and was nice and safe for our children, but it is definitely not a 4 tick rated property unfortunately.

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• Ceri - Verified booking

  The survey above doesn't really give you the right scoring.

  .. so... Positive - the location was remote and beautiful. The cottage was lovely and modern. The sofa was very comfortable. Negative - the beds were ridiculously uncomfortable and really had an impact upon our holiday. We bought double duvets to try and recreate a mattress protector. You could feel the springs, it was so uncomfortable and such a shame. I appreciate that the beams are a feature and would collect cobwebs, however, there is no excuse for cobwebs at a lower level... bedside light and ensuite door. I got the duster and hoover out to clear them all... but then the amount of cobwebs falling to the floor was beginning to be a huge job... and I was on holiday afterall! Suggestions - put a screen between the toilet and shower in the ensuite... the toilet can't be used for a while after the shower has been used. A surround sound speaker for the TV... it was very quiet in the lounge and very loud everywhere else. The holiday was great... but the beds / mattresses really must be changed as you would expect better for the price paid.

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• Carol - Verified booking

  We arrived late on a Friday afternoon, we had a look around the cottage and was disappointed with our first impressions.

  The first thing noted was the condition of the cooker top was dirty looking. We set about cleaning the c00ker top as best we were able. We then decided to inspect the bedroom and was really upset, the bed appeared to look clean but when we pulled the throw back there was several woodlice in between the sheets! we removed the bed sheets and noted a stain on the sheets and pillow. The issues with the woodlice did not improved. There were other items noted, one of the chairs was broken, the toilet seat was not secure, to try and resolve the woodlice issue we moved the bed and noted that the floor area below the bed was disgusting. There was a travel trunk in the living room which we moved to retrieve a pack of playing cards and it was also noted that the area had not been need cleaned. WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPERTUNITY TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES WITH THE OWNERS PRIOR TO DECIDING TO PUBLISH OR NOT PUBLISH OUR REVIEW.

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