Galway Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Alan - Verified booking

  The advertising for this house clearly states that the local shop is 2.

  5 miles. This is not true. The nearest shop was in the local village, Roundstone, which was 11 Kilometres from the house. Your add also states that this house was a seaside location, this is untrue, the nearest beach was an area called Gurteen Beach, which was 14 Kilometres away. Now the house is on a bay, and is surrounded by water, but you couldn't walk on it like you would on a shore line. The house furniture was very outdated. The sitting room furniture was quite old and very uncomfortable for long sitting periods. The table and chairs where broken. Now the land lady did point out she only discovered that the table was broken but nothing mentioned about the chairs. The washing machine only washed the clothes it didn't pump or drain the water. There is damp patches in the bathroom walls and inside the house. The TV, was way to small. Anytime you passed by the TV, the reception went all fuzzy. There was no additional TV stations, just Saiorview. On the last day the landlady came to the house to collect extra money for the electricity and oil heating. She made her way into the bathroom and counted the towels. I already sent Hogan's aka Skyes a letter in January of this year, but no response from yourselves. The White House, would probably be only better rented in the summer. It was very cold, now we did go down in December till early January. Our additional fees was nearly 100.00 Euro, for Oil and Electricity. You have to put on the heating the minute you wake up in the morning as it was a very cold house. This house needs attention. We went for a relaxing holiday, but willed the ending to arrive so we could leave. Hadn't it been another time ( ie) outside the Christmas period and New year, we would of left and went somewhere else. There was so much wrong with this letting and personally I feel the add on your site was very misleading. Aldough I understand that any who rents their hoilday homes, don't like spending to much money on them, but seriously The White House, should close for the Winter and only open from around April to September, they should also regut the whole house and start again. Maybe they should insulate it and help keep down the oil and electricity fees. I was aware that there was some extra additional costs for the oil and electricity. Also some WiFi wouldn't go a miss. Alan.

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• Gilles - Verified booking

  We found the house to be well located and on the surface very clean.

  But for a four day holiday rental which quite honestly was not cheap there was much need for improvement. Not one knife was sharp, so difficult and frustrating trying to cut anything. No big deal really but a little annoying. Nowhere to hang your coat. It’s the west of Ireland. It rains A LOT which it did while we were there, so might be a good idea to put some coat hooks inside the door. Also not really a big deal but not great sitting against your wet coat as the only place to put them was on the back of dining chairs. Cheap, nylon duvet covers in two of the bedrooms. It’s really not that difficult or expensive to buy cotton bed clothes making your guest slightly more comfortable. Finally what really compounded all the above points. The cleanliness. Our bedroom sheets were stained as in they were washed but old stains on the sheets and both bathrooms had hairs in the showers + bath. So basically the house was not cleaned well before we got there. We felt having paid quite a bit the standards and the level of care for guests was not very high. I have never complained about accommodation before. I do not want this to be published as I think all of these recommendations can be fixed. I wonder will we hear anything back from anyone or do you just want the guests money and don’t really care about them.

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• Stuart - Verified booking

  The property was spotlessly clean on arrival and we soon felt at home.

  We had apartment 1, which was a combined kitchen/sitting room downstairs and two large bedrooms upstairs and a decent sized bathroom. The view from the upstairs bedroom windows was superb on a sunny day. The whole apartment is tastefully furnished. Plenty of space for car parking and a short walk down to the pier. The cottage is in a beautiful location, well away from any busy roads, very quiet and peaceful. There is almost no light pollution and we witnessed jaw dropping displays of stars on a few nights. We also saw some amazing sunsets with clouds ablaze, reflected in the adjacent water. The main road is a few minutes drive away through narrow lanes which bring you out by Jordan's Bar. Nice crowd of regulars in there and a wide range of beers and shorts available. The Guinness is kept spot on. Highly recommended. The cottage is in a good central location from which to explore further afield. We spent two weeks there, we relaxed, enjoyed the homely accomodation, enjoyed the splendid location and had a great holiday.

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• Linda - Verified booking

  We had a wonderful week at Castle Demesne House.

  We were greeted by our host nearby, she lead us to the property which gave us outstanding views as soon as we turned into the drive way. There is plenty of space to park (we tucked our car around the back of the property so it wasn't in our view - we wanted to make the most of every bit of that amazing all around view!!!). Our host gave us a very warm welcome and was able to offer advice on local attractions etc. We were able to relax into our holiday straight away and felt so lucky to be in such idyllic surroundings. We had everything we needed in the property and were very comfortable throughout. The driving from this property is easy and pleasurable to get to anywhere you want to visit in Connemara and the surrounding areas. Always a pleasure to return to the property at the end of the day and make use of the cushioned patio furniture with a glass of wine in hand and yet more chances to enjoy that view!

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• Harald - Verified booking

  Es war eine herrliche Woche!

  Das Ferienhaus - bzw. das Appartement 1 - liegt herrlich an der Galway Bay an einer Sackgasse. Auf zwei Seiten liegt das Meer ... es ist sehr still und man hört dann und wann das Meer, die Vögel, ... Das Appartement ist sehr nett eingerichtet - es ist alles da, was man für den Urlaub benötigt. Von den Schlafzimmern im 1. Stock hat man einen tollen Ausblick auf die Bucht. Die Eigentümer sind beide urlieb - speziell auch zu Kindern - und plaudern gerne, geben Tipps oder helfen. Als wir angekommen sind, haben wir Milch und Butter im Kühlschrank vorgefunden - wie die Eigentümerin meinte: "Es kann kein Ire ohne ..." Vom Haus ist man schnell auf der Nationalstrasse und von dort eigentlich auch rasch bei den diversen Dingen, die man sich im Westen Irlands so anschauen kann. Von daher: Empfehlenswert!

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