“The Cottage it’sself was lovely, everything you needed and very comfortable , but the outside let it down , the photos of the outside are old .”
The garden is very overgrown. The 2 chairs in the photo were rough and dirty and the Bistro set ( not the one in the photo)were so uncomfortable that we couldn’t sit at them for long , the garden was one of the reasons that I booked the cottage,BBQ are banned because of the Thached Roof which you can understand, but again there is one in the photo, The weather was beautiful and we couldn’t use it . The outside needs a lot of TLC in fact somebody passing by commented on the sam, a coat of paint wouldn’t go a miss, The Rd is the busiest we have ever known I am not exaggerating when I say it is like the M6 all day but especially morning and Evenings , and for Ref the nearest Sop is in Bude , the one in the Village has closed down,
Thank you for your feedback and I'm glad you felt that the cottage was lovely and we had provided everything to make your holiday enjoyable.
The picture you see on the main Sykes page was taken not so long ago, the cottage although more weathered, has not changed.
We provide cushions for the garden furniture which are in the lobby area - sorry if you missed them. There are also 2 chairs in this area which are for use in the garden or on the beach, which you may have found more comfortable.
With regard to the exterior of the building, you are correct that it needs a lick of paint, but I did explain, both before you arrived and within our welcome folder that the land adjacent to the cottage had undergone a landslip and our boundary wall had fallen. This was a disaster for us with a direct cost of £35,000 as insurance would not cover it (small print) and we had to cancel several visitors as it was not possible to enter the site. It took 3 months for the new wall to be built. Unfortunately this and the weather meant that painting the exterior of the cottage was not possible.
Sorry that you felt the garden was overgrown. The BBQ just shows how strict insurance companies have become as we used to allow them. My apologies for the photograph, this has now been removed, but as you say I did inform you of this before your holiday.
There is a shop within the village and it is now situated at Wooda, and there is a note to this effect in the welcome folder.
Property Owner