Dog Friendly Villas In The North East

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mr & Mrs Smith - Verified booking

  Beach Plaice is such a modern, clean, spacious, convenient, simply excellent family holiday home in all respects. Although it does not directly face the sea / beach / Islands (being set behind a row of sea-facing houses) it does have a clear view of the sea from the kitchen window. There is ample driveway parking at the front of the house and a very pleasant garden area with outdoor seating provided at the rear, facing onto fields and further countryside, which can all be viewed for a long distance and without obstruction from the upstairs bedroom windows. The house is within fairly short walking distance of the beach, and just a little further for the shops and harbour (both are within ten minutes) and I would certainly have no hesitation in recommending the property for a peaceful, enjoyable, restful Northumberland holiday. I would add that I have found Stay Northumbria Northumberland Cottages to be a very professional and extremely helpful company to deal with throughout my holiday planning and preparations for arrival etc.

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• Susan - Verified booking

  Stoneybeck was clean, comfortable spacious and very well-equipped for our stay.

  The kitchen equipment was very useful for a large group doing a lot of self-catering and the welcome pack was a thoughtful extra. It was very dog friendly with useful dog blankets, bags and treats. The owners responded promptly to queries. Overall we were extremely pleased with our stay. Our suggestions are for a bit more advice about heating. We stayed in unusually cold, wet weather so unfortunately did need some heating despite it being August. The instructions for the rather elderly wood burner weren’t that helpful - until we contacted the owners who explained that the doors needed to be left open so it could draw properly. In contrast, the modern heating system had a moveable thermostat system, which we only discovered how to use when the cleaners visiting the neighbouring property explained it to us. Perhaps a few simple notes in the information pack would help?

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• Karin - Verified booking

  The property was easy to find and perfectly situated to explore so much in the area.

  We were extremely fortunate with the weather (last week in June - not affected by the heatwave in the rest of England!) so were able to be out and about every day. Therefore didn't need to use the fire place, so can't comment on that. The kitchen was very well supplied with everything you might need for cooking your own meals, compared to many other places we've stayed in. The beds were very comfortable. The shower was good regarding water temperature and pressure; again, better than some other places. The garden furniture is now different to the one in the photo as is the layout in the family (larger) bedroom, but nothing to detract from the overall description. I would happily return for another stay to explore more than we were able to.

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• William Simon - Verified booking

  Four of us stayed at Stoneybeck for a week at the end of Sept 24.

  We used it as a base for exploring Hadrian's wall and the north Pennines by bicycle and on foot. It is very well located for Hadrian's wall in particular, as both the cycle route and footpath pass within a few hundred yards of the house. The house is very comfortable with a large well equipped kitchen (the addition of a sieve would be very helpful) and a large sitting room with underfloor heating. In the end we used the sitting room very little as kitchen is the heart of the house. There are two bathrooms with excellent showers. Other reviewers have complained about the space for parking and whilst it is true there is realistically only space for one car, there is plenty of on-street parking within a short walk of the house.

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• Mr Brice - Verified booking

  Excellent clean and comfortable property with high standards of equipment. Plenty of space including the en-suites for the bedrooms. Fixtures and fittings modern and kitchen was well equipped with large fridge/freezer. Good parking on front drive and enclosed rear garden with patio and views to open fields. Only minutes walk to sandy beach that stretches for miles towards Bamburgh. The sandy beach and sea is excellent water quality with no plastic or debris to be seen. Seahouses is around 5 minutes walk to harbour and shops/takeaways etc..We stayed mid May just after Covid restrictions were eased so area was not to busy and roads quiet. Overall lovely holiday and would recommend.

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