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"Wow! Stanley House is absolutely amazing."
The location and view is really outstanding. We sat watching harbourlife and it was so peaceful and relaxing. It’s a lovely flat walk along the harbour and over the bridge into the main town, only takes 5-10 minutes. The accommodation was 5 star. Really comfortable, clean, plenty of room and very homely. The welcome hamper was great too! We would love to return one day. This is a beautiful house in a beautiful location ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hello Elizabeth thank you so much for your wonderful feedback on your stay at Stanley House. I am so thrilled when guests have such a lovely time and really appreciate this old lady. I am passionate about gradually restoring the house sensitively back to her former glory. I’m pleased with progress in my first year and hope to do more next year. I would love to welcome you back in the future. Thank you again. Best wishes Nancy
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Reviewed by Elizabeth5.0★Nov 2025
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"All facilities were in good order, a few minor points to highlight."
1.Front door is a bit hard to lock/unlock at times
2. Possibly check the parking bay wall plates as the *letter* codes RG LG have changed to those issued.
A great house and place for a family or group holiday including instant access to fishing/crabbing and a tour of the lifeboat which we did and nice local pubs/restaurants.
Hi Teresa, thank you so much for taking the time to provide feedback with helpful points and it sounds like you had a wonderful time which I am always delighted to hear.
On the front door point, yes she is a very old original door and it is on my list of to dos to get the door fully restored including the locks so please bear with me on that.
You are quite right re the car park initials, RG and LG are the initials of the previous owners (I purchased the house in Dec 2024) and the car park spaces letter plates have now been changed to my initials 'NJD' but I forgot to ask Dreams to update this in the car parking details - I have just asked them to update this - thank you very much for highlighting this.
I do hope to welcome you back to Stanley House at some point in the future. Thank you Nancy
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Reviewed by Teresa4.0★Oct 2025
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"A beautifully spacious home right on the harbour—truly idyllic."
The location couldn’t be better: just a short stroll to charming local shops, welcoming pubs, a stunning beach, and scenic harbour walks. We absolutely loved our stay. The house itself is incredibly comfortable, and the first-floor sitting room was a highlight—perfect for relaxing and watching the boats drift by and the world go on. What more could you ask for?
Thank you Carmel for your wonderful feedback and taking the time to write this. I am so happy you had a lovely stay at Stanley House and very much hope to welcome you back at some point in the future. Thank you Nancy
Property Owner
Reviewed by Carmel5.0★Oct 2025
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"We have stayed at Stanley House a few times with the Grandkids , the house is on ..."
We have stayed at Stanley House a few times with the Grandkids , the house is on the harbour with great views of this , relax with a coffee in the morning watching the boats going out to sea past your window
Everything is a moments walkway restaurants , town centre , beach
Thank you for your wonderful positive feedback Gary. It’s lovely to hear you’ve stayed at Stanley House several times and really enjoyed your stay. I do hope you will continue to return and hopefully see the gradually enhancements I make to keep restoring this lovely old building back to full glory. Best wishes and thanks again Nancy
Property Owner
Reviewed by Gary5.0★Oct 2025
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"We all enjoyed our stay at Stanley House."
The location was fantastic, parking was close to the property and secure. The house was lovely with lots of character and had a lovely feel to it. The message from the owner on arrival and the hamper were really lovely touches. We enjoyed using the crabbing equipment, sitting out on the roof terrace and of course watching the world go by from the beautiful bay window. The house was well equipped with everything we needed. We will definitely be booking another stay.
Thank you Jennifer for this wonderful feedback. I am so happy you enjoyed your stay at Stanley House.. as you know she is very much a ‘work in progress’ but I can promise that my focus is to enhance and make her more comfortable with relevant touches of modernity whilst hanging onto as many of her original Georgian features as possible. I very much look forward to welcoming you back to Stanley House to see her continued development. Thank you
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Reviewed by Jennifer5.0★Sep 2025
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"Great location, comfortable and clean."
There are a few elements that need attention (that were recognised by the friendly owner, Nancy, in her welcome message) . I don't recall seeing instructions on parking but the 2 spaces are nearby (round the back) and we got parked ok. Our party thoroughly enjoyed our break.
Thank you very much Martin for taking the time to provide helpful feedback; I hope you had a wonderful stay and I would love to welcome you back to Stanley House to see her continued development!
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Reviewed by Martin4.0★Sep 2025
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"Lovely house, lovely surroundings, lovely town."
House has everything you need for a great holiday, only thing lacking is a downstairs toilet, but thats it!
Overall a great week away.
Mr Jones thank you so much for your fabulous review which I greatly appreciate also knowing you had a wonderful time is so rewarding ! On the downstairs toilet matter I’ve actually just in the last 2 days received planning permission to add a downstairs loo and make various other enhancements. Thank you very much.
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Reviewed by Richard5.0★Aug 2025
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"We have just enjoyed a wonderful week at Stanley House, (2 adults in 20’s 2 in 50’s and parents 78 & 84!"
The 2 chairs in the bay window were enjoyed everyday by my parents watching the boats and world go by. The location was perfect a lovely stroll along the harbour to the bridge then into town. Londis shop by By the quay cafe had everything we wanted. We had Sunday lunch across the harbour at Ship Inn and breakfast the day we came home at quayside bar & grill both recommended, chip shops bennets which is further up from the property or across the bridge at Marlboro are both highly recommended.
Just bear in mind the property has recently been bought by the lovely and helpful Nancy and is slowly doing the property up, this did not affect our stay in any way. If we were asked for anything we would change then I would say the sofas as they are def on the old side and would have made a big difference in the upstairs living room
Crabbing is a must which you can do outside your front door, the little rowing boat across the quay was good fun and would highly recommend the boat trip to Durdle Door.
We really hope to return to Stanley House again as we couldn’t find another property in the area that gave what it has to offer and look forward to seeing the changes that Nancy has planned
Thank you so much Mr Crawshaw for this wonderful feedback. I am thrilled you all had such a great time and made some wonderful memories. Regarding the sofas, yes I believe they have been a long term fixture at the house before me and I am currently looking at new ones which I hope to choose and replace the existing ones in the autumn along with new hall landing and stairs carpets. I do hope you will return for a stay at Stanley House in the future when you will hopefully see these enhancements for yourself. Until then thank you for taking the time to write and for booking Stanley House. I wish you all the most wonderful summer ahead. Nancy
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Reviewed by Geoffrey5.0★Jul 2025
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"Our group of 6 adults and 2 dogs all enjoyed our stay at Stanley House."
It is located in an idyllic waterside location with fantastic views of the approach to Weymouth Harbour. Pubs, cafes, restaurants, shops and a fabulous sandy beach are all a short walk away. I believe the owner has only recently purchased the house and is making many improvements with time. Would definitely recommend this property.
Reviewed by Peter5.0★May 2025
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"Stanley House is a beautiful property in a perfect location."
We stayed here over the Easter period as a family of 6, four teenagers and two adults, plus two dogs.
There is nothing I can say to fault this property. It is deceptively large inside, with huge rooms and comfortable furniture.
The beds are amongst the most comfortable I have slept in.
The location really is perfect, with beautiful walks and a vast array of good restaurants literally either way you turn when leaving the property.
There’s something to suit everyone nearby, beautiful coastal walks which were perfect for the dogs, plus the beach with lots of activities to keep the teenagers happy. Great pubs, the Red Lion just minutes away in Hope Square was our favourite and serves very good food.
As well as all this on the doorstep, it’s a fantastic base to explore the beautiful surrounding areas. We visited Portland Bill, Bowleaze Cove, Chesil Beach and Monkey World but there are so many other places nearby to explore.
There is a good selection of very nice places along the harbour for brunch which was perfect after a long morning walk with the dogs.
Overall, I would rate this property and the location as 10 out of 10. I believe the owner has plans to tastefully modernise over time and this will make it even more outstanding but to us it really was perfect just as it was.
We would definitely return.
Dear Susan that is such wonderful heartwarming feedback thank you so much! Hopefully you made some fabulous memories with your family/friends and I do hope you will come again and hopefully see the difference with the enhancements I make… not too modern but just in keeping with the house’s Georgian heritage to add to her beauty and guests comfort best wishes and thanks again for taking the time to write so beautifully Nancy
Property Owner
Reviewed by Susan5.0★Apr 2025
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"Really enjoyed our stay at Stanley House."
The views are fantastic, the beds are really comfortable. The enclosed courtyard very useful and the outside upstairs decking area a real suntrap . We can see updates and some refurbishment has taken place and that you are planning more. I think that 8 guests would be a bit tight with the top floor attic rooms being a bit smaller and head height low. The two lounge areas are lovely, maybe the sofas upstairs could do with some tlc. The location is great and would recommend.
Thank you so much for your helpful feedback mr. Phillips I’m so pleased you had a lovely stay at Stanley house. I will speak to Dreams about updating the property description to ensure people are clear that the top two bedrooms are a little smaller and the head height a little reduced so that prospective clients are clear on this. Over the next two years yes I plan significant improvements to the property Indeed, I am starting on full sash window refurbishment in May and have engaged an Architect to help me secure permission to do improvements to the exterior following which I will be completing a full program of internal refurbishment in keeping with the Georgian period of the house over the next two years. I do hope to welcome you back to Stanley house at some point in the future and hopefully you will then see for yourself the enhancements I have made to make the most of this unique house and location. Thank you thank you for taking the time to provide feedback.
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Reviewed by Mark4.0★Apr 2025
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"The carpets have seen better days
The toilet flush was poor at best
Chemicals harmful to children in the cupboard!"
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Key safe hard work
Dear Mr Fletcher thank you very much for taking the time to provide constructive feedback on areas for improvement at Stanley House. I have only recently purchased the property and plan a significant program of refurbishment throughout the house over the next 12 to 18 months. I have immediately attended to the cupboard under the stairs holding paints which is now locked and will ensure a new key safe is installed and the toilet flush looked at quickly. I am hoping to restore the original wooden floorboards and cover them with comfortable rugs so the carpets will be removed at that time. Notwithstanding these points I do hope you and your family/ friends had a very comfortable break in Weymouth with some special memories. I do hope to see you back at Stanley House in the future at which time a number of improvements should be visible. Best wishes Nancy
Property Owner
Reviewed by Martyn3.0★Feb 2025
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"We enjoyed our stay very much."
The house is well located and comfortably furnished. This is why I rated it 4 star. I felt there were a few areas that could be improved;
- a mirror in the main bedroom
- a shaver/toothbrush socket in the en-suite
- remove all the paint and building materials from the cupboards
Thank you so much for providing constructive feedback, as the new owner of the house this is really useful and I will be taking it on board starting with the mirror. I’m so pleased you enjoyed your stay at this special time of year and do hope to be able to welcome you back to Stanley House one day. Best wishes and happy new year in advance. Thank you Nancy
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Reviewed by Paul4.0★Dec 2024
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