Curlew Cottage

very nice homely feel cottage decorated beautifully throughout with nautical theme. lots of lovely home touches. a small sun deck terrace at back of cottage and a small garden too although we couldn’t make much use of it as too cold and rainy! Not owners fault of course 😊 a nice welcome bag of tea coffee and biscuits was a lovely touch 😊😊😊 Bed was very comfortable and pillows too. it was 2 bedroom with the twin at the front so very noisy from traffic outside. we requested early Checkin at 3pm and very kindly they allowed that which was great thanks 😊😊😊 wifi was strong and good.

this was the sticking point for us, the cottage or small house in reality was right on a very busy corner of with a very narrow foot path. absolutely no where to park safely to unload bags and when we tried, neighbours got a bit agitated. if we had know the location and parking road issue we would never have booked. the property was not advertised with parking so no complaint there but it is very unsafe to unload bags there and no where near to carry bags to the property. this spoilt the whole stay unfortunately as we had to try and park wherever we could far away so not a great situation for us. Also post was arriving at the property so a bit unprofessional. Toaster didn’t work but we didn’t say anything as we had messaged the agent about parking suggestions and they never responded. Also most glasses in kitchen were dirty so I had to clean first. The house also had a strong mould smell when it you walk in so not sure if ventilation needs looking at there. I’m not happy to be writing this review as I very rarely give a bad one but there was just one too many things which affected our stay. in the main bedroom there was thick white dust on the underside of the window blind which was a surprise! we had trouble getting it out of our clothes! we met the cleaning lady on our departure as she was a little early but she was very nice and helpful as we’d broken a wine glass and left some money for it so just checking that was ok. we also mentioned the blind. unlikely we’ll stay again unfortunately.

perfect location, fully equipped, clean, comfortable and attractive

toaster didn’t work, quilt cover was too big for the quilt so lots of spare material. nothing serious!