Big Cottages & Group Accommodation in Liskeard

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Jessica - Verified booking

  The home was part of a converted farm complex of cottages and they’re really beautiful.

  The Kingfisher barn is HUGE and had so much room for our family to spread out and relax. There was an issue with heaters the owner notified us of right away and had resolved early on. The pool table was a big hit with my boys and husband (even me!) and was nice to have two tables (we brought a jigsaw!) - I wish there had been a way to use the deck more it was giant and lovely - just a little chilly. Bedrooms huge - bathrooms clean. Pet friendly too. The location is central to the peninsula so we did say trips to many different places around Cornwall. All within an hour hour & a half drive. As for household items there were a few basics missing when we arrived but we picked them up easily enough. I would not recommend getting a grocery delivery as the post code does NOT work on sat navs. The sat nav sends you down a different road that leads to back of another (?) farm with no way to get through. There are -also major roadworks being done nearby so would recommend anyone going soon (Fall 2020) to look into them and map out your routes. We already want to go back. It was a huge hit with my whole family. Thank you!

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• Martin - Verified booking

  We arrived at the property to find the Key Safe open and the Keys in full view.

  First impressions were good on entering the property, moving on to the terrace there was an issue with the gate where it had dropped and was stiff to close and unable to latch without physically lifting the gate, something I could do but not something my pregnant daughter could do. Moving upstairs we expected to find a single and bunk beds in the family room but we’re greeted by 3 single beds, hence no space to put the Travel cot so we had to dismantle one bed to generate enough space for it. Into the upstairs bathroom and the Toilet was not secured to the floor and moved every time you sat on it. Property was very dusty and obviously had not been cleaned thoroughly, and it was only when we were checking prior to leaving that we discovered used tissues and sweet papers and thick dust under the bed in the downstairs en-suite bedroom. In the present climate cleaning is paramount and this was simply not good enough. All said the property is in a good location and we had a good holiday and I did phone the owner on my return home to high light the issues that we found.

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• Louise - Verified booking

  This was a return visit to kingfisher because we loved it on our first visit, and I have to say we were very disappointed.

  The first thing we saw was a bowl underneath the pool table and a note in the table explaining a leaky roof hence the bowl. We also understand that there would be cobwebs in the roof as it is a barn but there were big cobwebs on the windows. There was black tape over the light switch by the back door and tape on the kitchen sink. We also accept that due to it being on a farm there would be flies, but in the upstairs bathroom there were quite a few dead ones in the windowsill. We also found a glass under one of the single beds along with dust bunnies. My dog’s ball had rolled behind the corner cupboard this ment we had to get behind it and the back was full of dead flies, meaning that the house had not been cleaned properly. Also the last time we arrived, we were aware that we only had a starter pack of wood for the burner and we would have to buy more, but we had one log and that was it. This house is a beautiful house and we loved it the first time around, but this time we were very disappointed.

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• Nicola - Verified booking

  We loved this property overall, it was super-spacious (we are a family of four) and well-equipped.

  The pool table really made the holiday as it rained A LOT and that ensured that we were entertained most evenings. It was a great base for seeing that area of Cornwall (Carnglaze Caverns, Golitha Falls and the smokehouse there were a particular highlight). The downsides were: the Nest that controlled the heating and water. It was very faffy and unfortunately kept shutting itself down - there was obviously a fault - but we didn't want to keep bothering the owner. It did mean we had a couple of quite cold showers... The downstairs ensuite sink always took a LONG time to drain, so there may have been a blockage. There were spider webs around the curtains - nothing a feather duster couldn't reach - and unfortunately, evidence of a mouse. Which may or may not still be alive as it ate my son's chocolate orange popping candy Easter egg! And the pool table had a bucket on due to a leak, but we didn't see evidence of this while we were there, luckily, so didn't bother us really.

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• Lison - Verified booking

  Lovely barn great location as close to beaches and attractions.

  Initially we were concerned as the garden was not completely enclosed as described and our 2 small dogs were able to escape. This was eventually rectified by the owner after contacting him. Poor WiFi unable to accommodate multiple users so beware if you have teenagers also very little mobile signal. Downstairs bed in particular was uncomfortable and noisy kids complained about springs in their mattresses. Overall though thought the property and location was ideal for us. Showers were excellent especially after a day at the beach, and we had all the comforts of home. Lots of information about things to do locally inside the property. It’s worth noting that this property is attached to other farm conversions and there are other people around as we thought this was more isolated. This was not a problem and there was a small communal swing system. Parking was easy take note of directions as property was initially tricky to locate. Definitely consider coming back.

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