St Gregory’s Cottage

The property was lovely and clean.

There was more or less everything u would need. There was a problem with the garden. It was not as the picture described. There was also no off street parking as described.

Lovely cozy welcome from stepping in the door.

Everything we needed for self catering. Longe sofa and bed very comfortable. Views from the garden wonderful, lovely relaxing location. We did take our own chairs as we knew deck chairs can be a bit difficult to get out of at our age

Me & my dog loved it, it was a lovely, clean, spacious cottage.

Friendly village, with some lovely walks. The wildlife is well worth the stay, birds a plenty & the view is amazing. Great value & you get a lot for your money. Most places of interest are an hours drive away but believe me the views make it worth the journey.....JUST SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL ❤️

I confess that a poor review, posted a few weeks before our visit, caused some doubts.

However, we found the cottage to be very welcoming, stylishly decorated, very well equipped and spotlessly clean. Easy parking outside the front door, and in a beautiful quiet location. We would highly recommend this property and would definitely visit again. Visit again ? We'd buy it if we could !! Excellent

In your property description you list “off road parking” - the driveway is out of bounds, so we had to park on the road.

We carry a tandem on the roof of our car, and need space alongside to get it down. We would not have booked this cottage had we known. The directions to the cottage were quite poor, the signs on the wall were masked by the parked vehicles and we had to ask several people in the village before we could find the cottage, the photo on your website is of the rear of the cottage which is totally unhelpful. Once found, we thought the cottage was excellent and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

We average 4 cottage holidays a year.

This was the worst we've ever had. Couldn't get internet on arrival so tried contact number but it's not available. Rang Sykes they never got back but eventually managed to sort it ourselves. Off road parking full of dustbins and weeds so parked in road. Bedroom has super king bed in small room. Pushed up against a wall one side and 4inches from a wood burner the other. Wood burner had do not use note. We are 77years old getting in and out was awful. On bed is a double size duvet in a super king cover. Impossible to make bed. No wardrobe had to get hangers and hang clothes over door. 2chests but half of drawers were already full. Large yellow stains on carpet (dogs pee I suspect). Oven filthy we ate out the whole time only made tea and toast. Gaping hole in kitchen units for washing machine but were left 2washing tablets with dishwasher tablets. Smell of damp and we wondered if that was why so many half burnt candles. In bathroom paint is peeling off walls from damp. Not what I have come to expect from Sykes as we have had some really lovely places before.

Filthy oven and cooker hood, uncleaned kitchen cupboards, cookware old and handle broken, personal items in bedroom drawer, unkempt garden, no outside table or chairs, off-road parking space unusable, bed against wall one side, etc.

Well below the standard expected of Sykes properties.

This property is a mixed bag - with many pros but we did experience quite a number of cons.

Pros - The views from the property are breathtaking and the location is fantastic, with some lovely walks. - The interior design of the property has been beautifully done. - The TV options were very good. - The property is very peaceful and quiet, especially at night time. - The property was clean and tidy. Cons - The property smells strongly of damp, particularly in the bedroom and caused us to sneeze a lot after sleeping in the morning. The owner had left lots of damp/ moisture collectors around the property in every room, but they were already full to the brim when we arrived. We were a bit concerned about this. - There is no washing machine. But the owner did leave washing tablets out? If paying over £100 a night, we think a washing machine should be available. We stayed for 5 nights and were only left 2 towels for us all which wasn’t enough without a washing machine and now have loads to do at home. - The key code was incorrect and there was no way at all left to contact the owner so we were left stood on the street with a baby frantically calling all different departments of Sykes cottages to try and get through to someone! - The outside area is unkept and the large number of big weeds meant we could not park our car in the drive, we had to park it on the road. - Although not expected, there was no welcome pack. Again, when paying over £100 per night, at everywhere else, we have received mini body wash or a few biscuits or something, so maybe something to consider in the future.