Staycation Villas In The United Kingdom

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Keith - Verified booking

  We booked Sea Pink as a last minute get away.

  We booked on the day of arrival and were pleasantly surprised that even with the quickest of turn arounds we still arrived to a lovely clean cottage with a nice welcome hamper including a treat for our dog. We can agree with other reviews that the cottage is a little difficult to find and the instructions could be a little clearer and they seem to only detail from one direction. We came up from Swanage. We were fully aware that the area was being developed as this was clear on the website but this didn’t affect our stay. Noise was minimal while we were there and we hardly noticed it. The area is beautiful with walks suitable for all abilities. The Kings Arms is a lovely pub just a few minutes walk down the hill with a great selection of drinks and food. The village does lack a shop for any bits and pieces. Yes the pub does serve this but only during the day but we didn’t see any evidence of this. All in all Sea Pink was perfect for us. Both ourselves and the dog found it comfortable and had everything we needed. The local butter was a nice touch!! We would have left a message in the visitors book but the pen had run out

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• Tod - Verified booking

  We had a lovely time and the cottage is ideally located in Langton Matravers to explore the isle of Purbeck.

  There are regular and reliable buses from the village to Swanage, Corfe Castle, Poole and elsewhere. The cottage is nicely designed though visitors should be aware that the shower isn’t very good as it leaks from the hose and so you get not much than a dribble. There is no freezer and only a small ice box in the fridge, which doesn’t close properly and is consequently too iced up to fit much in. The WiFi is sketchy so you have to be patient with that. Cleanliness not great - floors not properly cleaned and found half eaten biscuit under the sofa and had to wash the crockery as had food remains still on them. It’s good that we knew about the construction before we went but it inhibits sitting in the garden on a nice day due to the noise in particular. Plus there’s a smell of wee so maybe there’s a septic tank nearby. There was a nice welcome gift on arrival, which was appreciated. We booked through Sykes and although we had a good time, in general we have come to expect better from a holiday cottage booked through them.

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• Rupert - Verified booking

  Having been regular - one might even say loyal - customers at Durdans for several years now we are sad to find the standard of maintenance leaves more and more to be desired.

  Nearly all of the fridge door shelves are now broken, as they have been for at least 2 years, so it is impossible to keep a bottle of milk in the fridge. The Venetian blinds in the en-suite bathroom don’t work and the curtains in the master bedroom need rehanging. The drain outside the kitchen is blocked so the waste water from the sink just flows out onto the drive. None of these are serious deficiencies (although not being able to keep milk in the fridge is seriously annoying!) but they do make Durdans feel rather unloved, and its guests accordingly rather underappreciated . We also arrived to find no tea towels and no oven gloves (we had to go and buy a pair of oven gloves, and fortunately we brought our own tea towels as there are never enough, but to find none at all is really not on). With a heavy heart, I think we may be moving on next year.

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• Nigel - Verified booking

  The Indrek pod at Mayflower Meadow, was very quirky in style, but absolutely brilliant.

  We loved everything about it. The pod itself had everything we needed for our stay. Set in it's own little private area with a fabulous hot tub( which we used every night). There are 3 pods each completely separate, but all in a lovely space with a pond and benches and a picnic table. There are also some cows and a couple of sheep. All very quiet and tranquil. We met Sally and Sam, both very friendly and welcoming and helpful. Its also a great base to go exploring, we went to Hornsea, Bridlington, Filey and Scarborough. The day we went to Scarborough, we had a great breakfast at the Tiger inn, Beeford. On our last day we went into York,using the park and ride which was very reasonably priced. A great holiday and we would definitely recommend it and hopefully we'll be going back again.

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• Ms Lucy Benson - Verified booking

  The cottage was beautiful and in the perfect location with the beach being a 5 min walk away. Cromer town centre was 1 min down the road and there were several lovely cafes and a Co-op literally round the corner. The bed was also the most comfy thing I’ve ever slept on, it was honestly divine! My daughter enjoyed the bunk beds in the second bedroom and also complimented them on being extremely comfortable. The only reason for not giving a 5 star on everything was that the stairs are so tightly curved and extremely narrow that I was scared to come down them whilst carrying anything, which made things slightly difficult, but we did get more used to them by the end of the week, lol! Overall, an absolute gem of a holiday cottage and one that we will most definitely be coming back to ??

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