Big Cottages & Group Accommodation in Pembrokeshire

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Michelle - Verified booking

  Sykes misled us as it clearly states on the listing that it is in Broadhaven when it's actually miles from Broadhaven.

  We made the booking on that basis so we were immediately disappointed with the location as we'd visited the area 3 yeaes ago and wanted to return there and not stay at Hasguard Cross. The shop didn't actually stock anything so it is pointless to promote a shop nearby as the nearest shop is miles away in Broadhaven. The house itself was nice, needed a little TLC in places but it was spotlessly clean apart from flies under the beds in the ground floor bedroom. It is classed as sleeping 8 which it does comfortably but there is not room for 8 to watch TV on the sofas. We were cold in the house and had no way of drying clothes or towels. I think there should have been information there in regards to the heating as we didn't get a response from emails sent requesting help with this from the owner or Sykes but apparently, as we found out on the last day, the boiler was in the garage next door and had to be turned on there. We were asked to complete a disclaimer for the hot tub which we did and it said the hot tub would be checked for the correct chemical balance numerous times during our stay but this was not checked for the whole week we were there. I think the property would benefit from a washing line and also ice cube trays. The little bar in the caravan park next door is lovely and serves delicious food a few nights each week, has a pool table too.

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• Chris - Verified booking

  We have just returned from a week at rafters cottage.

  I must admit I'm glad to be back in my own house. Myself, my fiance and our 4 year old stayed in the end bedroom. The first night was horrendous... we spent the first part removing all the giant spiders from the house. By the time we went to bed we'd realised the room had a terrible mold issue: black mould growing up the walls, beside the bed and the mattresses (which belonged in the 90's) were also covered in mold. We got no sleep and my chest got bad. I felt so angry that our 4 year old had to sleep on a moldy mattress in a moldy room. The owners did change the mattresses and wiped down the mold, and they refunded us £100. Unfortunately all this happened after a not-too-pleasant discussion with one of the owners who told us our standards were too high and we should just drive home immediately if we didn't like the cottage! Nice. After the mold issue we had an ok stay. The mold smell was in the cottage all week and there was more mold growing in the sitting room. The kids favourite game was to catch the numerous woodlice that shared the cottage with us. I get that it's an old property but I shan't be apologising for having 'standards' when we paid over a grand to stay there. The outside facilities were great, great location with the nature reserve. Obviously we wouldn't return.

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• Mr Peter Wood - Verified booking

  Overall Maggie’s Cottage was good value for money. Unfortunately the traffic noise was louder than we would have liked, no problem during the days as we were out, but meant we couldn’t sleep with our windows open at night due this. A few things would have made our stay better. Poor wifi and the TV not connected to it (I had to set this up myself which took a few hours on the first 2 evenings to get it working). The freezer was too small. I think it was a shared freezer between the 3 properties, but even if it wasn’t it was too small, especially for self-catering purposes. Perhaps a larger freezer could be instated in the coat cupboard downstairs? Also as a self-catering property there was no real cupboard space for our groceries in the kitchen so they had to be left out on the counter space and breakfast bar. According to the inventory a coffee machine or cafetière should have been supplied, but nothing was found so we had to buy one. As I said overall it was good and the location was great for us with so many sites, beaches and things to do nearby.

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• Pamela - Verified booking

  We had a brilliant stay at Ocean house.

  The whole house was absolutely beautiful with lovely large rooms. We took all our own but loved all the little extra touches...coffee, sugar and tea bags. Washing up liquid, dishwasher tabs even washing powder was supplied. There is even an extra little fridge in the utility room wee used this as our beer fridge lol. Massive chest freezer for all your frozen things ice lollys in our case (we were blessed with hot hot hot weather) the hot tub was a massive hit with the kids lovely Dai checked the levels everyday so it was always clean and topped up. The BBQ was a great extra too so had a few good nights out sitting on the raised decking eating drinking and watching the sun do down. We were lucky to see the meteor shower while we were there as there is not much light pollution around. Would highly recommend staying at Ocean House it was worth the 8hour journey down from Scotland, beautiful house , lovely staff and plenty to do round about. Will certainly be back.

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• mr Street - Verified booking

  The quality of their house was excellent, and we had a wonderful week away. The owners were exceptionally friendly and helpful and everything was very clean and to a very good standard. there were 5 of us, with 3 adult children, and there was plenty of room for us all. Although the properties are on a main road, in Maggies Cottage we didn't hear it, only when sitting outdid on the benches. There is a small freezer to share, but we didn't use it, but something to consider if you do freeze lots! Te TV was a small 19 inch one, which wasn't great for our kids (especially watching England play in the Euro's and for an Xbox that we brought). The wifi is from a booster, not a direct router in the property, so the signal is week and cannot support 5 people's devices. other than a technology issue (if you need these for a holiday!), this is a wonderful place to stay, and easy to get to everywhere around Tenby.

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