Dog Friendly Villas In Watchet

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Clare - Verified booking

  This is my 4th visit to Watchet which I highly recommend.

  However, it is my first and last in this house. I'll explain the reasons. From the get go this potentially beautiful house looks tired and unloved inside and out! The greenery outside in the photo is now dead and due for removal due to the damage it causes (explained by the owner Jackie). The balcony off the main bedroom is unsightly and unloved and may even be unsafe! Outside furniture looks old and sad! We must have been the first people staying for months due to the damp smell especially downstairs. No deep cleaning, webs on ceilings. Very damp downstairs double room - no windows to air the room ONLY glass doors. One door only can be kept open on a door chain. Not safe at night esp if any vermin around!! We had very hot weather and had to keep the bedroom door closed to keep the dog out. We also had two big issues (one potentially serious due to gas and no hot water) which were resolved by day 4. Luckily we were staying 14 nights! The WiFi (talk talk) was non existent and despite all efforts (and service call out again on day 4) be warned still remains poor. Suggest change of provider may resolve this! The outside is overgrown, especially the car park area and back gate passage area. The recycle buckets all around the back door will attract vermin. Proper storage recommended for these. Owner Jackie very attentive and apologetic for the gas and WiFi. Spouse Gary attended due to the gas issue and realised it required more than their weak efforts to resolve (day 4 remember!!). Over priced at nearly 3 and half thousand for two weeks. It is my firm opinion this property does not carry the Sykes values and should be removed from their catalogue until they have inspected it.

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• Linda - Verified booking

  This house is basic, grubby and overpriced.

  There is a water stain on the ceiling with paper hanging down, black mould round some of the door and window frames, kitchen chair seats are dirty, mugs are tea stained, cushion covers are soiled and marked, the pillows on the beds are stained brown and need throwing away, the duvet is stained with blood, the bin area has tea drips on the cupboard and bin, the walls are marked, the carpets are dirty and the heated towel rail hasn’t seen a cloth for a long time. A used plaster needs removing from the bedroom radiator. Even the information file had grubby finger marks on it! We couldn’t clean anything even if we wanted to as no materials were provided - at least a bottle of loo cleaner is surely a basic requirement! There are no shelves in the bathroom for toothbrushes, shaving gear etc and there isn’t an airer or line (retractable for the courtyard £5 from Wilko, Dunelm etc). Towels got wet, we got wet in the rain, nowhere to hang anything. Owing to the small courtyard with its very high walls little daylight came into the lounge area so we had the lights on most of the time. A couple of lamps would have helped and given the place a bit of atmosphere, and a rug in front of the sofas would also have made it a little more ‘cosy’. Oh, and ten minutes spent weeding the small courtyard would have made it a slightly more inviting. Some of these things could have been reported in the visitors book, but there wasn’t one eg both toilet seats are wobbly and need tightening up. I’m afraid we shall not be returning.

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• Marion - Verified booking

  We loved our week at 'The Cottage' for several reasons.

  The accommodation is as shown and all very clean and tidy. Perhaps one of the twin rooms is more suited to two youngsters and not adults due to it's size. The owner provided us with a generous welcome pack so no need to rush to the shop for supplies. Parking is for two small cars. What is not shown on the web page is the really pretty secluded garden and garden furniture, which we couldn't use due to the continual rain! Within no more than a very short walk are a local Co-Op and several pubs. The Esplanade Bar, a mere half minute walk from the accommodation sells some lovely Somerset cider as does Pebbles. You should try these! Can highly recommend 'The Star' but you need to book for Sunday lunch and choices are limited after the first sitting. The Food is reasonably priced too. The food at the Bell was average. Public transport runs hourly to Minehead or Taunton and all at £2 per trip and bus stop 2 minutes walk from our accommodation. If only we had had sunny weather we could have done a lot more. Overall an enjoyable stay. Would we return for a second visit - yes if someone else did the driving as it was a bit too far for us.

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• Quanda - Verified booking

  The house was excellently positioned and as such we enjoyed our holiday.

  The house was clean and presentable but is in dire need of maintenance throughout and new bathrooms, not a 4 tick standard at all, possibly 3. We had excellent weather so we were out of the house a lot of the time and with 7 adults, varying in age from 80's to 20's the space available was adequate. However, with our family group consisting of people from The Midlands, Scotland and Spain it was not the ideal introduction to UK holidaying. Maybe the owners need to spend a week there themselves? To name of few of the issues; the bedroom downstairs is down a step from the main level with the only shower over the bath, hardly a room for those who have issues with stairs. The towel rail comes away from the wall when used in the family bathroom upstairs and the bath has the iron showing through the enamel in places and needs to be replaced along with the toilet cistern which is cracked. The cistern in the communal toilet downstairs is a different colour to the toilet itself and has a hole in the inside of the door. The dishwasher tray falls out of its runner every time it is used, even after putting it back together.

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• Denise - Verified booking

  Definitley in need of some TLC.

  The windows need cleaning. The garden needs some attention & you would certainly not eat of the rusty table outside. The heating was supposed to come on twice a day it never happened, & the first week was cold for july, the property owner was informed & we were told it had been sorted ,but it hadnt & there is no possibility of accessing the heating yourself as &when you might need it even though you are paying for it! luckily the weather got warmer the second week. There is a terrible, terrible smell in the down stairs en suite & no window you can open to let fresh air in. Although it says harbour view, this is only the case if you want to stand upstairs & look through the top of the window. The upstairs bedroom balcony would be a lovely space if it was cleaned up ,the bedroom itself is lovely, as are the twin rooms. the cottage is very spacious & with some time spent on these issues it would be a lovely place to stay.

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