Stable Cottage

Reviews (24)

• Peter

  The cottage is in a lovely quiet location in a private court yard with other homes. It is well set out, fully equipped and nice scenery around it, unfortunately I didn’t look like the windows had been cleaned inside or out for a long while. Firstly you need to put on your advert that the cottage has private parking but it is up quite a steep slope behind all the dwellings. You can not get near the cottage to unload or load your car. Carrying luggage, shopping etc involves many trips up and down the slope. Not easy if you have health issues, use a walking stick etc. To gain access to the cottage you have to really push on the door to get in due to it sticking. It was that bad we thought a bolt had been left on when we first arrived and you really have to slam it closed when leaving. On entering all looked fine on the surface but there was a smell of damp, even inside the kitchen cupboards, wardrobes and chests of drawers. We opened all the windows to let air in apart from the small bedroom one that would not open at all and soon found out that none of the interior doors would close as they were swollen. The freezer part of the fridge was so full of old ice we couldn’t have put anything in it even if we had wanted to. The bread bin had a large brown stain in it and still had crumbs in it from previous guests. We had to clean it out and cover the base with kitchen roll. The coffee table felt sticky and had to be cleaned before we could use it, The place mats on the dinning table were covered in old food some were stuck together so bad we finished up washing the whole lot. Luckily we had brought a table cloth so we used that instead. Having found these issues we then spent a while re-cleaning the kitchen work tops and re-dusting everywhere else. We even rewashed the crockery and cutlery and it’s tray just in case. Where the shower base meets the walls was full of black mould. A Sign in the Cottage read our hearts are at the beach, I felt like adding a sign saying along with your cleaners. Maintenance hasn’t been high on the owners list either. The toilet seat was loose and moved around when we sat on it, the flush handle was loose. The toilet wouldn’t flush a few times while we were there because the cistern wasn’t filling with water. We had to take the cistern top off and hold the ball cock down to make it fill. That was full of debris which must have been blocking it. The shower head wouldn’t stay up. We had to tie it in place to stop it falling to the bottom. One of the legs was hanging off one of the arm chairs so we had to fix it before there was an accident. The other arm chair had obviously been fixed too, whoever did it had put the foot on it the wrong way round. We left that alone. On the guests instructions it said there was a hoover, we found the cupboard it was in but on trying to open the door the handle came off because the door was stuck solid, so we had to prise it open with a knife. The place gave the general impression of being really neglected and poorly maintained. As for the furniture: The 2 chairs and sofa had no support to them. You may as well have sat on the floor. We had to bolster the chairs up with cushions off the sofa and pillows just to be able to sit in them. The bed mattresses were just as bad, no support. We both ached and had bad back ache every morning we got up and spent each night tossing and turning. Travel Lodge and Premier Inn have better mattresses than that cottage. By the second week I was sleeping on the floor because it gave more support but by the Wednesday enough was enough. We left Thursday instead of the Saturday due to bad back ache, It’s such a pity, the cottage is located in a beautiful spot and with a little thought and maintenance could be made into a little jewel of a place. We will not use this Cottage again and will not recommend it to anyone. Why didn’t we complain at the time, well we are not the kind of people who moan and complain about things we just carry on and get on with life. If you hadn’t asked for our views on the place we would not have said anything. We could have asked for people to come and re-clean and fix things while we were there but we were on holiday and simply didn’t want to spend it staying in waiting for people to come. We would much rather be out and about in the lovely sun shine. Without being sarcastic do you actually inspect the properties yourself or just take the word of the owner, I’m afraid the condition of stable cottage does not do the reputation of your company any favours

• Emma

  There was lots of little extras dotted around like books, board games, beach equipment, the cooker instructions, maps etc. There are countryside views from the front windows. The wifi was excellent. Easy parking at the back of the court. The owners have clearly put a lot of thought into how comfortable it is. The landlord was also quick to answer a pre-holiday enquiry. It's in a good spot to access local beaches on foot along the coastal path, by bus (<10 min walk to main road) or by car. The buses in Cornwall are regular and excellent value. The nearby beach of Porth is ideal for younger children but if you are coming with children in a pushchair, be aware that there is no path for the first half of the walk down to the main road. Watergate Bay was a particularly lovely open beach nearby. I would also recommend the nearby National Trust properties of Trerice and Lanhydrock. Unless you are going to Boardmasters (it would be an amazing spot to access the festival) I would say avoid going when it's on - for the first 3 days of our holiday (Sat-Mon) the traffic was pretty much at a standstill, our view was of fields of tents and there was literally thousands of people in Porth. However, this aside I would definitely recommend the cottage as a lovely base to explore the area.

• Paula

  We had a lovely holiday. Well equipped only thing we missed was a teapot.