Dog Friendly Cottages in Wadebridge

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Rebecca - Verified booking

  We had been very much looking forward to our trip having been to this part of Cornwall Wall many times before.

  When we arrived after a 4 hr drive. The worktops in the kitchen dirtys and all the dining table also dirty. I though ok these are minor things there was cleaning items there i'll wash everything down. We dropped our things off as it was a sunny day. The rain came in we got soaked. Came back to have a shower no hot water. Thought brilliant. There was a john bray booklet in property after ring many numbers we finally got one that worked , well the gentleman said please text me. So we explained we had no water. Was asked to leave property while it was fixed. I contacted them a few hrs later as we had heard nothing. It had been fixed so after been sat in soaking wet clothes for 2 hrs we went back to get a note left from maintenance it would take a further 2 hrs for the water to warm up. This is absolutely not what you expect. 4 hrs in soaking wet clothes to wait for a shower. Then we finally at 9.30pm got into the shower and it flooded with 1 min of being on. We didn't phone maintenance as to be honest we just couldn't be bothered after it took 4 hrs the last time and it was a Saturday night and we were meant to be on holiday. The outside light hardly even worked and wasn't bright enough for the location of the proprty anyone elderly woukd habe struggked if they also had taken a dog. Then the following day tried to wash our dogs with outside shower this also didn't work and looked like it hadn't for a long time. We had stayed in a John bray cottage at Christmas in padstow Town which was absolutely wonderful we had so many lovely touches left for us. This property how ever did not live up to the pictures or standards of that. The halls in the main bedroom had cracks all over them and so did all the hallway walls and walls in living room the whole length where radiator is. John bray contacted us when we arrived home and I explained everything with them. I also contacted Sykes cottages who didn't want to know and offered us no refund. They said we should have contacted house keeping to come and clean the property again for us and also would have sent a plumber out. To be completely honest it took 4 hrs to fix the boiler we were completely fed up and why should we be contacting them when 1 the property should of been clean and 2 should surely check all facilities work before advertising them as so. What made matter worse after I had made my complaints to John bray and skyes I went on the review pay to make a review and they same comment had been made by someone who had stayed in the property one month earlier so they obviously took my £400 for a 3 night stay in early March and didn't bother fixing any of the issues. I would absolutely not book with Sykes cottages again. The accomodation was in a fairly remote place with several cottages around ours which we didn't mind this at all as we visit the area 5/6times a year. And perfect for the things we do but the pictures don't show a true reflection of property. And if you happy ringing multiple times to get thing fixed that's ok but we were not as we tried to enjoy our holiday so stay out as much as possible. For the price we paid in March there were many nicer property's which was a shame .

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• Martin - Verified booking

  The shower does not drain well and floods bathroom, many areas of bathroom in disrepair requiring remedial work.

  The curtains in main bedroom were threadbare and you can see straight through them. The kitchen utensils were awful, flimsy old and not one sharp knife. There are no hooks on doors or anywhere to be able to hang clothes on, no where easy with a mirror to dry hair or put make up on. The cleaners mid way were superb and did a fantastic job of cleaning. So thanks to them. Very tired property indeed needs overhauling decorating etc. it doesn’t live up to the photographs and is extremely dark in front room. The car park kept flooding from the back/front gate and it made it hard to get in and out of the car. We tried all the phone numbers on the day we arrived (Saturday) as no clear instructions for the heating and immersion were left and those that were there were from a past letting company with 3 different WiFi codes, plus to mention the shower draining. We were unable to get a response from any of the numbers and you ring one number only to be told to ring another so we went without and muddled along. We have stayed in all the houses in upper and lower Treglyn but this was the most uncomfortable of them all. Which is such a shame as such a great place to be.

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• Julia - Verified booking

  Hi there We absolutely loved our stay!

  Would book again for next year if only it was available! Just a couple of points that might improve someone’s stay… The winch arm for the garage could possibly be labelled and put in an obvious place for guests to use the garage. If The hose at the bottom of the steps could be connected we would have used it to wash beach shes and feet before entering the house. Prevents sand on the carpets. The kitchen Could definitely do with more user friendly chopping boards - the ones provided were extremely heavy marble and wood. A measuring scale and sieve would have been really useful. The shower was blocked on our arrival - we mentioned it to John Bray … my husband managed to sort it out before the maintenance guys came - apologies for using their time. The games room was brilliant and was great for the teenagers! My 93 year old mother loved the views from the big windows and we had such a wonderful time. Thank you again for letting the property. Regards Family Stewart.

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• Christina - Verified booking

  What a nice little place-it could be!

  It needs a lot of maintenance inside. The tabs are not fitting to the sinks, they are much to short. Washing your hands is quite a challenge! A lot of fittings are falling off-either the plastic shower linings, fittings in the hand wash sinks or other little bits. Everything is quite dusty-not to mention the windows from the inside, where spider webs had to be removed first! Cooking is a challenge because the cooker hood has never been cleaned-int seems. The frying pan should be thrown away because it’s totally scratched and the surface is coming off. Not to mention the fire alarm that started beeping because of empty batteries. I could go on and on but I’m stopping here. From the outside the house should be cleaned urgently, especially the windows. One thing really appealing is the location! Very nice. All in all we would not recommend this holiday home !

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• Claire - Verified booking

  We had a fantastic stay at Penpoll, the cottage was absolutely superb and very well equipped, a real home from home.

  We loved the location right by the riverside and enjoyed peace and quiet by day and stargazing at night. Thank you too for the wonderful welcome hamper, it was such a lovely surprise and very much appreciated. The cottage was an ideal place to stay for visiting the stunning beaches, walking along and admiring the dramatic coastline and also visiting the local towns and markets. We were lucky enough to have lovely weather, so made the most of getting out and exploring along with some days spent on the beach. All in all one of the best holiday cottages we have stayed in and we would definitely stay here again. Thank you to the owners for sharing their lovely cottage, we had a great time making memories with the family.

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