Last Minute Cottages in Dorchester

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Erica - Verified booking

  What a perfect house for a large family get together.

  We didn't have the warmest weather, but because the pool is heated we certainly made the most of it, and the well equipped games room too. The house had everything we needed, and the flowers, chocolates and milk in the fridge on arrival was a lovely touch. The website pictures were obviously taken with all the lights on, and a little while ago, because the house was much darker than we expected, but then it is an old milk shed!! There are so many light switches, and dimmers but we muddled our way through working out what switch did what. The lawn isn't as manicured as in the pictures, and we did ask for it to be cut, which it was the following day. The bedrooms were comfortable and clean, with lovely fluffy white towels. Sonos music system was great... we all enjoy music playing in the background. We had to ask for someone to look at turning one of the bathroom radiators down, and that was dealt with very quickly. Outside, the chickens, donkeys, alpacas and sheep were wonderful for our youngest family member ( 20 months), in fact we all enjoyed chatting to the donkeys!! All in all, it was just the ideal place for us to spend such quality family time together, BBQ's in the evening, lots of games and just generally lots of fun!!

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• Andrew - Verified booking

  Lovely house, plenty of room.

  However, most of the showers could do with a de scale and some didn’t work very well. The ground floor bathroom seemed to be kitted out for people with difficulties, several grab-handles were in place, but why a bath? Shower curtains would be a good idea, so that one could stand in the bath and not have to sit - difficult with bad knees. My main complaint is the kitchen. 2 bin bags for 14 people for a week. Even worse, one j-cloth and one tea-towel for a week. We had to buy all of these things, which, for the price is not on. We also had a dripping tap on arrival in kitchen, which, by the end of the week was no longer a drip. (Not good in these times of drought). We were reassured several times that a plumber was hard to find. I had already spoken to someone at Sykes and the owner about a “store cupboard”, i.e. salt, pepper, oil, etc. And was told that yes, all that sort of thing was there. Well, no, only empty containers and hence another trip to the shop! Should those things be standard for the high price being charged? I notice that several people have mentioned the lack of cleanliness and I’m afraid I have to agree with them.

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• Nicky - Verified booking

  A beautiful spacious property, really well designed, and perfect for a crowd of 15!

  We were absolutely delighted. The property was really warm when we arrived, which was so welcoming. The kitchen is huge, and we spent most of the time in the kitchen. The games rooms was perfect and used a lot too...We had a fabulous time, and hope to re-visit. There was plenty of parking for us all. There were beautiful walks nearby, so our dogs were happy. We dined in the local pub, which is only a 3 minute walk away, and there is accommodation there too, if more than 15 guests. I would have found a floor plan really handy for allocating rooms, but this was a really minor issue, because we were SO happy with the Manor Farm Barn. It was utterly charming, the living room is HUGE too so we enjoyed using this room to chillax. Can't recommend highly enough...We were a group of mixed ages ranging from 6 years old to 80, but everyone was happy! The house was extremely user friendly too. Wifi was good. It wasn't mentioned in the advert, so we were happy that was there. Thank you SO much to the owners, we had a great weekend in November!! There are chickens, sheep, donkeys, and alpacas in the field opposite, so a real country experience!

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• Becca - Verified booking

  A really splendid farmhouse to suit all ages.

  The swimming pool was a particular hit with everyone as the temperature was enticingly warm. We were unaware that the holiday let on the far side of the house shares the pool, we were happy with this but it is not for the farmhouses’ sole use. Lots of ensuite bedrooms which again suited all ages including a bedroom on the ground floor, useful for people less able or dog owners. One thing to mention regarding dogs, there are hens in the farmyard which are ‘free range’ and do, also the sheep/donkeys/alpacas and horses are adjacent to the yard. We really appreciated the three huge dining tables, kitchen, dining room and in the covered outside area overlooking the pool plus two smaller tables by the bbq. The games room, again shared, was well used by the teenagers, table tennis, snooker and air hockey, particularly when the weather was less kind. If we had any 21st century gripe, it was the broadband speed which at times was glacially slow. With teenagers, and two adults having to work at times, this was an irritation. All in all a wonderful farmhouse and we would certainly recommend it for families.

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• James - Verified booking

  We have visited the property three years running with my Rotary walking group so we knew it was the perfect property and location for the family celebration recently enjoyed by all.

  Sad to say, whilst it is still marvellous it needs some TLC rather badly. The kitchen tap dripped and dribbled constantly whilst the provison of bin bags and tea towels was totally inadequate for our purpose as there was always rubbish to bin and wahing up to do. Out side the ground floor bedroom the light bulb had failed and on examination the shade was incorrectly fitted. I could only find a single candle bulb in the property to replace it with. Most of the showers were reported to be weak and seem badly in need of descaling. The carpet in the family room was full of dog hairs and I felt that the cleaning had been skimped throughout the building. Given the price charged such tiny details should not give cause for complaint; they're not exactly difficult things to rectify. Otherwise, we had a wonderful time.

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