“This cottage has the potential to be an amazing holiday home from home.”
However, there were a few little upsets as well as some amazing beautiful touches by the owners, who are obviously aiming to make this little gem everything you'd hope it could be.
Gorgeous ornaments, with themed mugs, placemats, hangings etc, no expense spared at all to make this feel like home & not some lacklustre holiday let.
But, the cottage was very cold when we arrived & we had to turn the heating on to get the place warmed up, the thermostat is set at 15 C, which is ridiculous, on the day we arrived it showed 19.8, we had to turn the heating on manually most days. It does state in the welcome book that it is set for our comfort. 15 seems low.
The cottage initially is very welcoming, everything set out as you walk through the door, with very clear instructions on how to use the amazing facilities (ie hot tub, dishwasher, washer etc)
We found having to text the owners to get the Wi fi code a little annoying, whilst we appreciate it is an expensive facility to provide in Cornwall & the owners quite rightly were keen to stress we shouldn't share this with our neighbours, we are on a network with very sparse coverage in this area, we had to wait until we had a signal to do this, not a problem in other cottages we have stayed in, which have provide the code in the welcome pack.
The double mattress was one of the most un comfy beds I have ever used, we did end up in the single beds which were marginally better, but given that we were exhausted from all our walking, we spent a week of sleepless nights, such a shame, never had this problem before.
The quality of all the white goods is amazing. It was wonderful to see that the owners hadn’t used cheaper goods, it would have been great though to have a washing line somewhere to hang costumes etc, didn’t want to use the dryer for this purpose.
The cottage is very dark inside, but ample lightening (lamps etc) is provided, however, many of the bulbs had gone & none were available in the cottage to be replaced.
The huge sofas were a lovely touch, however it was really hot on one of the days so we stayed there, & didn’t go out until late afternoon, it was a shame that the cushions on all the seating areas are threadbare & in desperate need of replacing.
I realise we are at the end of the season & this is probably the reason behind some of the niggles, but it’s a huge shame.
- Ms Stanier, September 2020