Half Term Holiday Cottages in the UK

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What our customers say about their holidays

• Ruth - Verified booking

  The owner of the property lives in the cottage next door with his family and 2 large dogs.

  The entrance on and off the holiday property is via large yard where the owner keeps bees and has a large shed/outbuilding. The owner used this are on occasion during our stay and was out there with the dogs. You are unable to access the holiday cottage without going via this yard/space. The dogs, one in particular, do come over and bark and growl which made my daughter nervous. The back entrance to the property smelt of damp dog and the freezer, which is housed within this area, had mold all around the opening and lid. We left our food in there and didn't use any of the kitchen appliances beyond the kettle and toaster! The oven was filthy! Every saucepan and frying pan was dirty. On some of them the non stick surface was scratching off and would very easily peel off into your food. There were dirty baking trays in the cupboard which were rotten and unusable. The oven was disgusting, there were more baking trays in there which had clearly been used and just left in there dirty. The sheet on the double bed had black marks on it and the blue sheet on one of the single beds had odd white stains on it, possibly bleach. The 2 large white sofas had both seen better days and became very depressed when sat on. I have left the property with a bad back from using these sofas and am now on strong pain killers. The stairs are very steep and become narrow and take a sharp turn almost half way up. They are less than an average foot width wide at this point making navigating them with a suitcase very difficult. Finally the Cockerel. Every single morning at, or even before 5 am the cockerel would wake you up. Whether you are in the front or the back bedroom you could hear him. So unless you like an early start bring ear plugs! Had we not made bookings to use beach huts and see other attractions and see friends we would have gone home. This was not a pleasant stay. If I had been able to upload pictures on here I would have have!

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• Hazel - Verified booking

  109 Pentney Lakes caravan was fab!

  Obviously it's small, but it was overall more spacious than we thought, and there's loads of outside decking which makes it even bigger, if the weather obliges. We sat outside to eat a couple of times, there's plenty of space. We also managed to park 3 cars, so that wasn't an issue either. The kitchen is well equipped - its just like a small version of being at home, with everything you need, even a coffee machine. Welcome pack was also very generous (thank you!), and the whole place was spotlessly clean. And nicely decorated too. Big fridge/freezer, plenty of room for the wine and snacks! The area is small for more than one adult to be preparing food, but that's fine. I guess if you have 6 people you may struggle to all sit at the kitchen table, but again, wasn't a problem for us. We used both bedrooms and the sofa bed too. The sofa bed was comfortable, and the lounge was great for chilling, with the patio doors open it was lovely. The bathroom was good too - with a really nice shower. We go to Pentney so we can ski at Premier Water Ski with Greg - and we loved staying in the caravan this time as it felt like a bit of luxury, a nice place to retreat to when we were tired and needed a cuppa, but still close to the lake so we didn't miss anything going on! One bit of advice - if you're sleeping on the sofa bed, make sure you close the blind on the ceiling window in the kitchen - otherwise you'll get woken up by a rogue sunbeam on your face! I could've got up to try and work out how to close the blind - but at 5am I couldn't be bothered! Great caravan, loved it, we will definitely try and stay here again, if we can get it for a short break again.

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• Roger - Verified booking

  Accommodation was better than anticipated and very clean.

  Excellent bed with good linen. Located overlooking the lake. Large decking area at the side and also on the front. Good shower and bedroom larger than had imagined with large wardrobe and skylights allowing air flow. Good fridge and kitchen accessories were good quality. The site is very natural and unspoilt and we slept really well as it was so quiet over night. Comfortable furnishings. Ideal for 2. Fishing was very good. Only downside is the road that runs through the site and directly in front of the vans. It is dust and not concrete. As such vehicles exceeding the speed limit - and most did, resulted in large plumes of dust falling across the front decking and sometimes into the van, making it impossible to sit on the front and the spread of the dust did leave us feeling grubby and our clothes dirty. No washing machine which would help if staying longer. It was very hot when we stayed which probably exacerbated the issue but it was bad and you could only use the seating at the rear of the side decking if you wanted to sit out and dine or have a drink. The only other problem was we tried to put our rubbish into the green bin the owner had indicated, but were told when we did so, the bin was only for residents and not visitors. As such we had to leave the rubbish for the owner to dispose of. A bin nearer for the holiday bins would be a simple solution.

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• Abdul - Verified booking

  The mobile home was nice but was dirty on arrival.

  Cobwebs in the kitchen with flies on it. In the main bedroom there still is a dead fly sitting on the blind of the left hand ceiling window. There were also dead flies on the floor near the tv. The place needs to be cleaned properly after someone leaves. My wife and I cleaned the cobwebs and hoovered the place properly before leaving as it’s not comforting for anyone to come see this. Plus the place needs a washing machine, after staying a week I had to wash all he kids clothing by hand and couldn’t leave outside as the dirt and dust from car driving by made the clothes dirty again, clothes washed by hand takes forever to dry when inside the mobile home. The dishwasher is of no value if cleaning tablets aren’t provided. No mop/bucket was provided so when any of the children dropped anything I had to use wipes to clean the floor. The children’s bedroom was far to tiny with two tiny single beds. The lights in the hallway wasn’t working so had to use lamp from main room for children. The light switch in the main bedroom has been connected incorrectly, the light switches on when pressing up. The fire alarm didn’t work when tested, so major concern. There’s also a whole near the top of the ceiling above sofa which I had to put tissue in as flies kept coming in.

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• Virginia - Verified booking

  I think the writers of the previous review must have stayed in a different cottage as No 2 Hillside is clean, comfortable and in a lovely quiet location but near to Felixstowe and lots of attractions in Suffolk.

  I met the owner Matt who was very welcoming along with his two beautiful friendly labradors. I only saw the dogs in the parking place once and they were fine. The stairs are very steep but easy enough to navigate with the added hand rail. The sofas were perfectly comfortable as were the beds. We made use of the sky TV in the evenings. I liked the canopy over the sunbed in the garden making it easy to be shaded from the sun and we were lucky enough to have the weather to make use of them. The rooster next door didn't wake me up at early at all and I'm a light sleeper. I did hear him during the day but he wasn't loud. I loved the fresh eggs and veg that were available with an honesty box next door. The cottage garden was enclosed so safe for dogs which is important for me. We were lucky with the weather apart from rain on the weekend but that didn't stop us getting out and about. We went to Felixstowe, Aldeburgh, Orford, Waldringfield, Rendlesham Forest, Languard Fort and Shingle Street beach. We loved our stay and would love to return.

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