The Stable Barn

We enjoyed our stay at The Stable Barn.

We found the cottage was comfortable and was well equipped with more than the majority of items for kitchen. The location was great for exploring Cornwall and accessing various surrounding areas within 30mins or so. Our children enjoyed playing with the toys within the cottage in the mornings before we headed out. Location: this cottage is down a country road and then onto farm land, but there’s no signage before turning onto the farm land that mentions the name of the cottage or the Trewoone Holidays (on which the cottage is located on) this would be very helpful as the house number provided was not visible on the road / no signage before turning onto the farm road. We didn’t have any communication with the owners, other than calling and leaving them a voicemail on our way, and then calling them when we arrived. The TV is not a smart TV as mentioned on the listing and for the short periods we used it, the signal was abit iffy. We were grateful for a washing machine, but could not find a clothes airer or a washing line with pegs. This would have been very useful. We didn’t contact the hosts to ask for these items, we made it work. But those items maybe helpful for having days at beaches nearby etc. There was no furniture on the upstairs patio. We were aware that we were on a working farm and no issues with this really. Our only discomfort with this was that there was at least one “working” dog that must have been housed over night, behind the cottage. It barked an awful lot during the night. Luckily not disturbing our children, but it woke us up multiple times each night. Sometimes barking for over 10 minutes at a time. Overall we have a great short break here and found local amenities close by and we generally stayed out visiting attractions for most of our day.

The property was lovely and had everything we needed.

However, a sign on the road pointing to the location, or at least providing the exact pinpoint, would have saved us around 30 minutes of searching on arrival. On checkout day, we asked if we could leave an hour later as our baby was still sleeping, but this was declined. Even when we requested just an additional 15 minutes, it was also refused, which felt a little inflexible. A few days after our stay, I also contacted the host regarding an important work-related letter that may have been left behind, but unfortunately did not receive a reply. Overall, while the property itself was excellent, greater flexibility and clearer communication

Superb Beautiful location