Holiday Cottages In Presteigne

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Claire - Verified booking

  Lovely old, atmospheric, cottage with an even lovelier garden!

  The variety of plants in the garden competes with a castle walled garden! We spent hours watching the birds, fish and dragonflies, and relaxed completely in the beautiful surroundings. Garden was laid out in a way, with bushes and trees, with lawn in between, that the children played hide-and-seek for hours. Owner was extremely friendly, giving us ideas for family trips and good restaurants, and brought a lemon drizzle cake on arrival at the cottage! The house is well maintained and contained everything we could possibly have needed: storage space, comfortable beds, bedding, kitchen appliances, puzzles, table tennis, DVDs, lovely sized bath, conservatory and separate shower room! We felt so at home, but the attention to detail made it feel like a hotel holiday. Huge compliment to the owner. We visited lots of National Trust sites but also larger towns like Hereford or Shrewsbury, and the scenery whilst driving was breathtaking. We hiked in the area too, and further afield in the Brecon Beacons. The beauty of this area, the wildlife, the owner's welcome and support, the cottage and garden, the historical locations, and the river all contributed to one of the most relaxing but stimulating holidays (with three children under 12 years of age! ) for years! We would love to come back, and the memories will remain a lifetime.

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• Christopher - Verified booking

  Lower Court Byre is not showy but quite simply a place of great beauty and warmth.

  The lovely garden, inspired by Claude Monet's Garden at Giverny, is a place of quiet refreshment, and is, indeed, a place difficult to leave. We were thrilled to see woodpeckers and a heron by the lake. The birds are so used to human beings they come to the feeding station when one is only a few yards away at the picnic table. The house is well thought-out and carefully arranged. eg. There is a hand towel in both toilets, obviating the need to traipse around finding one and the fire was a dream to light, to tend and to enjoy. We were welcomed by a whole and magnificent lemon cake and a more than helpful family who were really pleased to offer advice about the kind of things we might enjoy. The place and their whole attitude conspired to make this one of the most regenerative holidays we have ever enjoyed. We think this was partly because we did not feel like tenants but welcome visitors.

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• Lynda - Verified booking

  I cannot recommend Lower Court Byre highly enough, is the most comfortable cottage we have ever stayed in.

  It was spotlessly clean and really well equipped. All the rooms are large and airy, super comfortable furniture in the lounge and the beds were fabulous. There is a good sized fridge in the kitchen and a 3 drawer freezer and washing machine in the utility room. We went with our grandchildren aged 6 and 7 and found the garden and grounds absolutely perfect for them to play in. There are birds galore and a kingfisher fishing from the bridge over the pond in the morning was breathtaking. The owners were both really friendly and kind and a pleasure to chat with. Thank youTrevor and Monica. Just one little thought, a blind or curtain for the arched kitchen window would be nice, give that bit more privacy. But that’s only one tiny comment and in no way would it stop us returning.

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• Alison - Verified booking

  What an amazing cottage and gardens.

  Absolutely stunning. Was a perfect escape, we had everything we wanted and it was just so idyllic, I was proud to call it my home for the week. I did not want to leave, i would love to permanently live there ! Was so central to everywhere we wanted to go. The hospitality was lovely, the family were so friendly, welcoming and helpful. Thank you so much to Theresa, Monica and Trevor, it is a real credit to you. We will definitely return and definitely recommend to anyone, we will tell all our friends. We wish you continued success. Thank you so much for everything and the gorgeous lemon drizzle cake was amazing. We were fortunate to be blessed with beautiful weather for our weeks stay which just made our perfect holiday even better !

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• Mark - Verified booking

  We had such a lovely week so relaxing and enjoyable.

  The cottage was lovely it’s the best one we have stayed in so cosy and quiet we couldn’t fault it.The landlady Theresa was so friendly and very helpful and her lemon drizzle cake was delicious.The pond was lovely we had ducks on it and the different types of birds were lovely to watch we had a squirrel which we kept putting nuts out for and I heard an owl one night which I love.I would recommend this cottage to anyone we didn’t want to go home it was sad to leave but we took plenty of photos to remind us of a brilliant week at the cottage and the castles we visited thanks again for making our holiday so perfect best wishes Amanda and Mark

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