Big Cottages & Group Accommodation in East Devon

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Terri - Verified booking

  This is a wonderful property if you want to get away from everything!

  The games room was great and we had lots of laughs and competitions in there, playing pool, darts, table tennis, etc. The owners Sue and Simon were absolutely lovely, they achieved the perfect balance of being available if you wanted them, but also letting us get on with our holiday, they made us feel so welcome! A lovely welcome pack of fresh apple juice, fresh milk and freshly baked mince pies was a very nice touch too! Simon let our daughter help feed the chickens and collect the eggs, which she loved and then we went to see the cows too! She was a little disappointed there weren’t any pigs there during our stay, but this definitely made up for it. The house itself is really nice, lovely comfortable sofas and beds. I’d say the water system is rather loud, but it’s amazing how quickly you get used to it. We stayed in December and we thought how lovely it would be in the spring/summer months as we’d probably use the outside space a lot more. The phone signal is hit and miss (which wasn’t a problem for us), the Wi-Fi is good though. It was a good base for travelling to lots of places, we had a lovely day at Lyme Regis, which I’d recommend. All in all, a lovely place with lovely people in beautiful Devon!

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• Mike - Verified booking

  We had an amazing time at Battens and the accommodation was more than we could have hoped for.

  To be honest, when we originally booked it, there were lots of lovely pictures of the beautiful garden, farm animals, scenery and the games barn. However when checking the Sykes website just before the holiday started, we saw that they had been replaced mainly with shots of the interior. While the interior was very nice, modern and clean, we felt it shouldn't be the main selling point, as there is so much more to Battens than just the comfortable living accommodation. If you are reading this review and can still see pictures of the interior, I would definitely recommend booking as you will be in for an awesome surprise when you arrive and see the exterior too! The enclosed garden was great for letting the dogs run around and for having BBQ's and sitting under the stars in the pitch black night sky. The owners were extremely friendly and helpful and took the time to make sure we were settled and had everything we could possibly need. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for a nice comfortable break in the countryside.

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• Susan - Verified booking

  We booked our Sykes holiday for two weeks, the first week to be spent with our family including two grandchildren, and the second week with old friends.

  The cottage 'Battens' at Northleigh Farm, Colyton, Devon was very well equipped, we could have had a party for a dozen people or more! Our hosts Sue and Simon Potter could not have been more friendly or helpful. We were blessed with lovely weather and the children enjoyed free range of the garden and loved helping to feed the chickens. The play barn was well used, but would really have come into its own if the weather had been bad. We enjoyed trips to the beach, river boat ride, kite flying, picnics and building happy memories. The second week was more sedate with adult pursuits, A la Ronde, a National Trust property was a delight; encounters with cows in the narrow lanes and meeting a bus coming the other way caused much laughter. We were lucky to be in time for the Honiton Show, and found places to eat, although these had to be researched as nowhere immediately close by. Only thing missing was a pub in the village. We would be happy to recommend this cottage to our friends, and may even return another time.

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• Stuart - Verified booking

  Just the tonic we needed booked as a last minute five day get away.

  This fantastic clean and dog freindly home is perfect with all that is necessary and more for a lovely Dorset holiday. Set in a quiet cul-de-sac Very impressive kitchen everything you need. Lovely chunky solid Dinning room table and chairs Lounge with two large comfy sofas tv and modern electric fire. If you have toddlers you will need to sort out stair gates the stairs are only short flights but at the bottom it has modern tiled floors. The tiled floors are in the hall way from the front door also the kitchen and the dining room so all entrance doors have tilled floors which is brilliant for a soggy dog to be cleand and dried off before reaching the carpets. Bedrooms are spacious with comfortable beds Main bedroom nice ensuite with wc and a (large shower) Spacious main bathroom with bath and separate shower and wc Property also has a downstairs wc just inside the front door handy on returning from a long day exploring

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• Rebecca - Verified booking

  The location of the property is great, And the property itself is large and spacious.

  However, it is in need of TLC and basic maintenance. All of these findings have been reported back to the company/owner, so hopefully they will be rectified - The back door does not open or close properly, which is difficult when you have a dog, The bathroom has clearly suffered a leak and there is a large damaged patch to the ceiling which has been noticed before on a previous review but obviously not been dealt with, The main bathroom is scruffy, with badly bodged repairs and in need of a repaint. The walls throughout also are quite badly marked and there are several marks and stains on the carpets. Unfortunately, having stayed in several Sykes properties before we would not rate this as a four tick property currently. We did have an issue (just an unfortunate and unavoidable problem) which was resolved brilliantly by the Sykes team very quickly. The area is lovely and it’s a good walk down into Lyme Regis.

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