Meadow Thatch

Lovely cottage & gardens.

Beautiful village & surrounding country park. The cottage was immaculately clean on arrival with milk, juice & biscuits provided thank you. Very spacious & comfortable, good quality bed linen & towels. Also a new large fridge/freezer & coat/shoe rack in the hall so the new owner had clearly taken on board last years reviews. As 3 women in the cottage we would have liked a hair dryer but we coped. The only real issue was the bath. It is impossible to empty until the water goes cold. That said, the downstairs shower is great! Thoroughly enjoyed our girly week.

Meadow Thatch was a lovely place to stay.

Very peaceful despite being on the edge of a very touristy village. The house is clean, well equipped and comfortable. The garden is a sun trap and a lovely way to while away the day with a glass of wine and a book. The house is very spacious, in walking distance of Torquay and a lovely place to stay. If I had a minor niggle, then the frying pans had lost their non stick coating, and there were no essentials such as salt, foil and cling film. But everything else was perfect

A lovely cottage in a great location Be aware that the log burner is electric

The cottage was just what we needed for the whole family (plus 2 dogs) to get together.

Charming and cosy with lovely gardens, plus extensive dog walks nearby. Our holiday was enjoyed by all. Thank you!

Beautiful cottage in a lovely location.

My only issue was there needs to be a family sized fridge freezer and more larger cooking pots.

Nice cottage, spacious and good area.

No WiFi for the duration of our stay. Cleaning lady just reported it to the owner. It wasn't until halfway through our holiday that the owner got in touch to say, he had checked with sky and the problem was in the cottage. Told us to sort it via a link he sent. Sky said the email address supplied did not have an account, so we couldn't do anymore. The reason we booked was because we needed WiFi for business, so had to go out everyday morning and evening to use public WiFi, so couldn't just relax at the cottage as planned. Towels provided smelt foisty and unclean. Not good for the money we spent. Also the bathroom sink on the ground floor was green with algae, tried scrubbing clean but just kept coming back up the plug. Very unpleasant. The garden was full of weeds and unkept. Even the path to enter the property had weeds down each side. Needs TLC throughout. Plus I think someone should have come to the cottage to sort the WiFi out as soon as we notified them!!!!

We have just returned home from Meadow Thatch, we have stayed here before, last time being two years ago.

It is now under new owners, and I appreciate they have not had the property long, but we were really disappointed with our stay this time round. The location is perfect, but money needs to be spent to bring the cottage up to standard. We spent the week chasing the owner etc to sort out the heating as it did not work, this was fixed on the day we went home. The evenings and mornings get chilly, there is no way of drying clothes/towels without the heating. The owner did not have a plumber lined up and the person who deals with maintenance was unable to attend the property all week. We used the tumble dryer one evening to dry two towels and it took nearly 3 hours to dry! Some of the other issues: The garden furniture had a mismatch of cushions not designed for the furniture. The wooden bridge in the garden had rotten wood and broken in places, not ideal when you have a young child or a dog. The garden gates are broken. The plug does not pull out of the bath unless you use a knife to get it out. The floors need a good clean, our feet (socks) were black just walking around the cottage downstairs. The fridge freezer is not big enough for 6 people, it’s tiny. Some repair to plaster work had been carried out in downstairs bedroom, all the dust from this had been left all over the window seal etc I really hope the owner takes this feedback onboard and spends the money needed to update the property as it could be beautiful again if shown some love!

We had a lovely stay at Meadow thatch with gorgeous weather.

The only downside was the signal, we couldn't get the sky to work so my son who likes to chill and watch a film before going out was disappointed but other than that it was great. Some beautiful walks with the dogs and the Drum pub was set in a lovely location.

Amazing dog friendly location May 2025 I visited Meadow Thatch with my partner and my parents and our 2 well behaved dogs for a week long family break.

We have all had a lovely time. The cottage is perfectly placed a 2 minute walk into the Cockington Country Oark, which is free to access and offers amazing off lead dog walks with a mix of open green space, woodland and trails. There are a number of cafes in and around the park and a pub which is very friendly and dogs are welcome in the bar area where you can eat. The cottage itself is picturesque with wonderful outdoor space that is very natural with mature trees and shrubs and incredibly peaceful with a little stream. We all loved the garden, however the garden furniture was disappointing as the cushions provided are inadequate to fit the seats. Some of the garden gates are hanging off and need some attention but the property grounds are secure. The kitchen has everything you need however the fridge freezer is very small and I'm grateful the kids weren't with me or I'd have spent every other day at the shop. The beds are comfortable and the property was clean and tidy, some kind of coat hooks in the hallway would be welcome and additional storage for clothing in the upstairs 2nd bedroom. The property is located a short walk, about 15 minutes to the sea front through beautiful water meadows, again great for dogs. Once you reach the seafront left takes you to Torquay or right to Paignton. At a reasonable pace you can be in Torquay in 30 minutes on foot. Apart from a few niggles the holiday was just what we hoped for,peaceful, great for the dogs and with a good central location to visit places nearby. I would recommend and would return.