Dog Friendly Gloucestershire Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Kathy - Verified booking

  This was an interesting house.

  We were a bit surprised when we first arrived at the layout, especially since my husband had currently got some mobility problems. We decided to use the basement bedroom because of this, and, to be fair, the description does mention that this bedroom has fewer stairs and would be best for less mobile visitors. We enjoyed our stay and got used to the many stairs. However, I do feel that there were a couple of issues with the description on the Sykes site. I don't think you can really say that the dining room table is "positioned in the nearby open-plan living/dining room" when the said table is up quite a lot of stairs to the next floor up. The basement bathroom certainly needs a grab rail as the floor is lethal for anyone, let alone someone elderly. No non slip bath mat provided. There was one to share with 2 other bathrooms. And we had to take 2 picnic chairs and a bean bag with us as there are certainly not 'sumptuous seats' enough for 10 adults if the house is full. We did feed back these comments and the owners were lovely and said they would take the comments on board. I would still recommend the house as it is very lovely, and the other bedrooms were beautiful. Also the perfect base from which to visit so many lovely places.

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• Claire - Verified booking

  We haven’t had a weekend away child free in 12 years and we were looking forward to this weekend immensely!

  It didn’t disappoint at all! Beautifully peaceful surroundings, glorious weather, great food cooked on the BBQ and pure relaxation! Everything was as it should be, the owners were incredibly lovely and accommodating. We spent some time on the lake in the boat surrounded by inquisitive geese and black swans! We made friends with a gorgeous pink footed goose whom we named Pete! He would come right to us and ask for food! Not aggressive at all but very chatty and personable with us. We saw a gorgeous black deer in the nearby field and heard the owls at night! The projector screen and abundance of movies was a lovely touch. The kitchen was well stocked and the outdoor furniture was well used this weekend. The hot tub although glorious was a little too hot to use with outdoor temps of 31! But when we used it we were incredibly relaxed and enjoyed it immensely. Overall an amazing weekend and just what we needed. We would love to come back again for sure. Thank you Sykes and thank you to the owners for sharing this beautiful setting.

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• Fiona - Verified booking

  A stunning property that has the wow factor but still felt like home for the week.

  Lots of space for larger groups or families to have their own space. Really easy to walk into town to access all amenities and a short drive to so many beautiful Cotswold towns and villages. A million good things to say so please take these next points as constructive feedback ….. the lighting in the kitchen snug area is very dark. This is where our grandson spent most time but reading a book was difficult and it just felt too dark. Same in the games room; more light needed. Also the Wifi was really bad. We basically only ever had it in the living room. We saw the booster in the utility upstairs and saw it wasn’t connected but tried lots and it wouldn’t work. The old WiFi password is still in the kitchen which needs removing. I think this particular issue really needs resolving as some of our party had to work and could only do this in the living room. But the house really is special and we had a fantastic time. The response from the office about a couple of small issues was also outstanding. Thank you

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• Blake - Verified booking

  The best part about the yurt was the hot tub & amazing views of the lake - very relaxing.

  The yurt was stocked with nearly everything you need and bed was clean & fresh. Bath towels and robes were a great extra. However, the cleanliness of the yurt was not quite up to standard. When we arrived, there was lots of cobwebs and spiders especially in the bathroom. The toilet itself was clean but the bathroom was very grimy, the cupboard even had dead wood lice inside. The pipe above the toilet leaked rain through the ceiling and unfortunately these things really let the yurt down. The yurt also allowed for lots of creepy crawlies to enter including slugs, which we believe was due to the gap between the yurt wall and skirting by the bed and bath. The bath was lovely but was dirty when we arrived. As well as this, we never used the sauna outside due to the cobwebs covering both the inside & out which was a bit of a let down. Overall, the yurt needs a deep clean and ultimately the lack of cleanliness was what has let it down for us.

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• John - Verified booking

  Brilliant relaxing week in lakeview yurt.

  Extremely secluded, not over-looked except by the ducks and if other yurters were out on their boat!. Thoroughly enjoyed the hot tub (hot and clean) and sauna overlooking the lake. Daily al fresco dining - including the chimenea oven, we managed to cook pizza, steak and sausages on it, perfect! And the "egg" BBQ is a beast once it gets going! One word of warning, there are a lot of spiders, so arachnophobes beware! Recommend the local beckford inn for great food - the shortcut through the deserted farm buildings at night was an experience though, bring a torch! The Star Inn at Ashford also good and better value. And recommend visiting local villages of Broadway (nice boutique shops and brilliant deli), the Slaughters (possibly most picturesque village we've ever been to) and Stow on the Wold for decent shops. Will definitely look to return in future.

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