Hazel Barn

Overall a nice stay.

Accommodation could do with a bit of a make over. Looking a bit tired. No outdoor space where you can safely let a dog out. Sofa needs replacing as arms and cushions sag quite badly. WiFi is awful. Needs a major overhaul. On the plus side the location is perfect being halfway between Swanpool and Marnporth beaches.

What a lovely little cottage.

We ended up with my mum really ill, but the management team on site were excellent. I honestly cannot thank Kylie enough. There was a minor isdue with the boiler, but she was onsite, things fixed quickly. We would book again without hesitation.

A fantastic little place, perfect for location for many adventures.

We just simply ran out of time to fulfill all our adventures, so we’ve booked again!

Lovely place to stay.

Very comfortable and fantastic location.

perfect for an autumn break.

Enough space and good car parking.

Quiet and peaceful and friendly neighbours.

Just what we needed. Was a perfect base for going to see and do everything we wanted.

Lovely location and property.

Everything you need on hand, spacious and clean.

A very quiet and comfortable stay.

Beds were very comfortable and all the facilties we needed for a self catering stay was there. The decor was very good . The location was excellent ; v close to Falmouth beaches and very quiet . However there are a few things which prevented a 5 star rating 1) Very poor instructions on how things works . There was very tatty folder with random instructions . We could not find instructions about ventilation windows in the roof(we managed to figure these out ) we could manage to open or close the in the roof . We are used to a rental property (and we've been hiring in Cornwall for 1 yrs ) having a comprehensive welcome file a) with instructions about all appliances etc and what to do, helpful guides to locations etc. 2) I know its no an essential, but we did not feel welcomed to the property. Yes there was a small bottle of milk for which we were grateful . In other properties we have had a note of welcome , cream teas , local beer cider left (OK we don't think its essential ) just a feeling of not welcomed . 3) No instructions about what to do with the rubbish ( we had to ask cleaners in the next door property what to do )

Great cottage - good size and well equipped.

Easy check in and out. Quite a walk to Falmouth for an evening out - but do-able along cliff path. Would have been nice to have some champagne flutes (first world problems but you did ask) - and cupboard space to store food. Had to reorganise the cupboards to make space to put our supplies - and that wasn't much! If we'd been there for a week, it would have been more of an issue. Great size fridge and freezer though. There is an ant issue under the glass doors/windows in the sitting room that you should probably address.

Die Ferienwohnung war sehr sauber, komfortabel und die Betten angenehm weich.

Allerdings waren wir sehr enttäuscht, über die Beschreibung „ mit Garten“! Wir hatten 2 Hunde mit und gehofft, das diese sich ungezwungen im Garten aufhalten können , leider konnten sie nur an der Leine über den Hof gehen. Daneben befand sich zwar ein kleines Wäldchen, aber auch da mussten sie an der Leine bleiben, da sich dort ein Golfplatz befindet und man diesen nur auf vorgeschriebenen Wegen überqueren konnte. Eine Beschwerde konnten wir nicht schreiben, da das Internet dort sehr schlecht ist. Eine nachträgliche Kommunikation mit Home to go ergab , dass sie nichts für mich tun könnten, es müsse über „Sykes Cottage“ erfolgen. Ich habe bis jetzt noch keine Rückmeldung von dieser Ferienhausvermittlung bekommen, ich hätte auf einen Preisnachlass gehofft!

Beautiful property in beautiful surroundings.

Directions to reach it were slightly erroneous and we would have appreciated a more accurate description of location, as my husband is disabled and we needed the car all the time to get around. Also some up to date literature of places to visit and recommendations for eating out - also instructions for cooker and microwave to avert culinary disasters! Otherwise it was a good holiday, thank you.

Lovely cottage, dog friendly but no garden, you walk across the court yard to golf course which isn't really a problem unless you like a lie in , great area, few minutes from swanpool Beach and a short walk into falmouth, the double bed room window didn't work, we like fresh air!

Kitchen area is good with a large fridge freezer, would recommend

Just the window blind in second bed looking out to the road could be adjusted,I’m sure no one bothers looking in just mye if you had young children in that room Hazel cottage was a absolute delight to stay in quiet, well-equipped and extremely comfortable.

hopefully will be able to visit next year..

Lovely place, however there are quite a few things that disappointed us and I would want changing before going back.

The main disappointment was the beach being further than stated, the listing says 15 minutes stroll however it took much longer than this and the golf course had no signage to show the correct way to walk.. other issues as follows: - sofa stained and smelt of dog - no pack with welcome instructions, just a piece of paper with the wifi password - shower did not drain! It took around 20 minutes for the tray to drain so had to cut our showers short to avoid overflow - no private garden, advertised as dog friendly however we had no enclosed garden. Would be as easy as putting in a gate and some fencing to make more private. Also no view which was disappointing as we expected to ‘back onto the golf course’ as described. - entry road full of pot holes and could do some damage your car. - unable to open the bedroom ceiling blinds meaning no natural light, very dull. I hope that using these comments you can improve the barn!

Lovely cottage - would stay here again!

Although the private road leading up to the cottage is full of massive pot holes, and could cause some damage to your car!

Property was excellent in good condition and well kept Would recommend going they again

Lovely property… super location.

Extremely well appointed property.. everything we could need. Owners have been made aware of blind needing repair in twin room ( although it didn’t cause us any trouble sleeping!) May be worth checking all the blinds in this room as 2 were closed and we couldn’t see a way of opening? Overall 5*!!

Thank you, we love the cottage, it is very well equipped which is great.

We have stayed in this group of cottages before as we have family in Falmouth just around the corner. It would benefit from having a little gate fitted just between the wall and cottage especially as it is advertised as pet friendly. Secondly, the second bedroom really needs something fixed at the window by the road and you can look into that room from the road- not great for a paranoid teen! I am sure this must already be a known issue but unless the shared approach road is fixed in some way, we will not be coming back which is a shame as otherwise ideal. The pot holes are now dangerous even with a 4x4.

We love this property, so much we’ve stayed here twice now!

We were a bit disappointed to see the tv signal still hadn’t been sorted since two years ago and especially now we were returning with a baby and spending more time in the cottage. It’s perfectly located if you’re up for some scenic walks and the cottage has everything you need!!

The cottage was really clean and well equipped but the living area and kitchen were quite small.

We were disappointed we could not pick up BBC programmes. As it is dog friendly it would have been nice if there was a small garden.

Overall, a nice base for exploring the Falmouth area.

It’s a very quiet location with access, via a private woodland path, to the coast and beach providing you’re fit and active and not pushing pushchairs etc. The following comments are meant to be constructive and are not meant to dissuade others from using the accommodation as it suited our purposes well: As it’s dog friendly accommodation, the front entrance area lends itself to having a gate affixed to the wall to enclose the front garden to some degree. The bedroom skylight blind in one bedroom which has suffered abuse in the past and which was consequently inoperative and fully closed while we were there, could be replaced with a mechanical rope pulley system on a flap blind. This would allow daylight in during the day and allow more fresh air circulation as required. It might also then be less likely to be damaged in operation. The Wifi signal is not the strongest but that’s probably a geographical area problem rather than the equipment used. I must say though, if I had to put up with such a poor internet connection where I live, BT would be hearing from me on a regular basis!! But I’m not familiar with connection issues generally in this part of the country.

The place was well appointed, lots of storage in the bedrooms and everything we needed in the kitchen.

The only downside was we didn't find any details about a garden, guess you have to access by walking around the back of the house. But the walk across the golf course and to the beach more than made up for that with the amazing views across Falmouth and down over towards Helford. Lovely property but not really for four adults, better for two or a couple with two smaller children. Loved the clear skies and star watching

On arrival the house was clean and well equipped and in a great location.

However we soon discovered that the maintenance left a lot to be desired. There were 3 lightbulbs not working or missing. The electric window opener in the bathroom was coming out of the wall and unusable as it wasn’t safe. No way to close the bedroom blinds (skylights) in either room. We contacted Sykes (when we finally got through 24 hrs later) to report this. They called back to say that there are poles to operate the blinds. Found these but both poles are broken so we couldn’t open or close the blinds all week. The TV reception is very poor but the WIFI is appalling which meant we couldn’t watch any TV or Netflix/Amazon. You can barely download an email or browse the internet. We then had no internet for 12 hrs due to a BT problem but when this was fixed we still couldn’t reconnect. Again we reported this to Sykes and were promised a return phone call which we never got. My spoke to BT ourselves in the end and were told that no-one else had been in touch to report the problem. It would need an engineer to come out but as not the account holder we could not arrange. 2 days and no contact from Sykes. Appalling customer service. We finally got it to work ourselves after spending several hours trying. The poor internet and TV reception lets what is a lovely house down. If we had known it was that bad (commented in previous reviews) we would not have booked.

Great location, super clean and spacious .

Only downside was tv signal was poor and check in and out times are not great. Check in at 3 and out at 11 would be more in line with a hotel stay and give you more time and make the stay more relaxing. We paid a good amount of money it would have been nice to relax and not rush on the morning of heading home.

Good to have touched such as teabags , milk, dishwasher tabs and even a mat for the dog’s bowls.

Would have liked more written information eg found the access gate through to golf course and cliff path almost by accident, no recycling/bin information.

The oven did not work.

We reported it to you on day one. The maintenance line continually rang out . We left a message but no one got back to us so we had no oven all week. WiFi and tv signal very poor. Apart from that it was a lovely location and lovely accommodation. Road to barn is very badly potholed though.

There was no information about the cottage or area around .

This may have been due to Covid restrictions but it could have been emailed to us . Also the blinds in the bedrooms are broken and couldn’t be opened or closed so our friend was woken every morning as soon as the sun rose . This needs attention .

Although Hazelbarn was a lovely cottage that is well appointed and in a lovely location, one of the things my wife and I really value after a days walking and exploring the delights of Cornwall is a good sleep.

However, the bed mattresses were quite uncomfortable in both rooms in particular the mattresses in the twin room seemed like the springs were gone. Other than that niggle our stay was very pleasant and hoping this feedback is taken into account we look forward to returning.

Hazel barn was a lovely but you have not got a gate to keep the dog in the garden and there a lot on pole holes as you come up the road that could do with filling in and there is no information book to tell you where is the best places to go and we had to find out about the gate that we could unlock to walk across the golf course

The downsides were that the lane to the property has many deep pot holes.

There was cobwebs in the ceiling and a large spider in the main bedroom. We had difficulty opening and closing the double bedroom blind and we gave up trying with the blind in the back bedroom. The upsides were that the location was beautiful, quiet and we were able to listen to the owls when it became dark. There bedroom were spacious with loads of storage, the bathroom had a good size shower and a separate bath although the shower itself needs a bit of attention (the fixing onto the wall) The kitchen / living room was a little small but everything in there that you need. The building itself is lovely and light, surprisingly warm with spot lights and down lights rather than standard fixings. You have 1 parking space which fitted our Ecosport but it was not very wide . All in all a lovely week, quiet, well situated and we would definitely go back again.

A lovely well equipped cottage however, there was an issue, which we reported to you, and did not hear back for several days and then we were on our way home.

It was the shower controller was very stiff to turn on and off and the whole fitting was loose, which made it difficult to operate and was a concern if it broke and could not be turned off properly. The property would benefit from a better instruction manual for internet where various things were a puzzle to work out, which we did eventually. Otherwise an enjoyable stay, lovely location which worked well for us.

I rented the barn for two nights, and I could find only one roll of toilet paper, no kitchen paper and, most of all no hair dryer.

How can they expect that someone staying for such a short period can bring everything whit him? On the other end they ask to remove the bed linen before leaving the apartment and empty the dishwasher. The barn itself is ok, but has only ceiling windows not easy to open/close for avoiding the light.

The Barn was great, good position, comfortable, great short walk through gate via coastal path to beach.

The weather could have been better but not your fault! Only negative was the TV would only tune into BBC, other channels broke up an couldn't be watched, but we were on hols so why watch TV?!!! Overall we were really happy to stay in this barn, thank you. S&V.

Thoroughly enjoyed our week away.

Good location for days out. Clean and well equipped had everything we needed my only complaint was that there was no gate, so not secure for us to let our dog out into the yard but whilst there someone did come round to measure up for a gate to be fitted.

Hazel cottage was an excellent base as we were visiting our daughter.

Perhaps mention in the details about long narrow road for access as this would not be suitable for all. Private access to the coast path across the golf course was handy. The cottage was clean, well equiped and warm. Just one very small point - why did we have to pay £3 when we agreed to move our original date and not cancel. This presumably was an admin cost but was supposed to be free!

This home is the perfect location if you like walking.

There are such lovely walks around - both we and our dog loved it!! Both beaches in walking distances are beautiful. We’d love to stay here again. As other people commented it is a shame there isn’t a gate to block off the garden area for the doggies. Also when we arrived the dishwasher was a bit broken which made it a little difficult for using but only minor :) The home overall is lovely... the perfect break!

The accommodation was fantastic and the location was too.

Walking distance to a small beach, but tucked away enough to get a nice peaceful "off the grid" staycation. Everything was really clean and the few personal touches like the dog bowls etc was lovely even though we had a cat and not a dog we appreciated this touch. We really appreciated the restaurant recommendations as well but sadly didn't get to visit any amidst the covid situation. Would definitely go back. Amazing accommodation. Possibly one of the best we've been to and i would be happy to recommend to anyone.

Cottage was very welcoming and comfortable.

It was in a lovely quiet place very close to a lovely beach, Swanpool. Ideal for couples and young families. Must have a car as there is so much to see.

Lovey cottage and very clean and comfortable .

Was a perfect location whilst visiting my son who lives in Falmouth. Definitely need a car staying here though as it is off the beaten track . Beds were super comfy . Perfect for 2 Adults and 1 or 2 children. Would be a cramped for 4 adults or older children in the lounge area. Only a couple of negatives 1. No secure outdoor space so anyone with a dog will need to walk them down the lane to toilet which is fine if it isn’t pouring with rain like it was for the whole of our week . 2. The WiFi’ and TV reception isn’t great and froze a lot. 3. The outside light and 3 of the lounge lights weren’t working so was a little dark in the evenings - probably just the bulbs but should have been checked . Would definitely stay here again out of season .

Best holiday we have had, property well equipped, ideally located, bed was better than our own at home!

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Hazel Barn is very well designed and equipped.

It is located in a lovely peaceful area. A nice cream tea was provided on our arrival which was very welcome. We found the property to be spotlessly clean. Despite its secluded location it is very close to Falmouth and some excellent restaurants. We had a very comfortable and enjoyable stay. I have no hesitation in recommending this property to anyone visiting the area.

Hazel Barn is a delightful cottage.

We have stayed in many cottages over the years in Cornwall and this cottage is undoubtedly the best. It was clean, tidy and well equipped. Just like being at home. It was very much appreciated to find fresh flowers on the kitchen table, milk in the fridge and scones , jam and clotted cream left on the side-GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! The rooms were spacious and the beds were to die for-so comfortable. Hazel barn was near to the beaches and shops for food shopping-Asda nearby. Thank you for our lovely stay.

Plenty to see and do but you need car.

There are some nice walks near by. The beaches are fantastic, very clean there are cafe and toilets near by. There are plenty of buses and cheap taxis if you need one. All in all Cornwall is very beautiful.

Your listing does not explain the location of this property correctly, in that you have to travel almost half mile up a very narrow road.

With so many other properties and building works in progress mèeting other traffic becomes a problem.We found the barbicue was just a rusting bucket, the shelve inside the shower was also rusting and the base of the shower was black with mould and needed a major clean and new silicone.We tried to walk to the beach (advert said ten minutes) after thirty minutes we still had not reached the beach and so returned feeling disappointed.The picture gives the impression of a quiet secluded barn on its own not one of many.This was not in the same league as last weeks accommodation. Not to mention ants.

The interior of Hazel Barn is well appointed however there is no window in the master bedroom apart from a skylight in the ceiling which made us feel that we were sleeping in a cave.

The most disappointing thing was the exterior space which essentially boiled down to sitting in the hard standing car park area. There is a small wall that separates the house from your car and numerous previous visitors had suggested in the visitors book that there should be a gate fitted so that guests with young children or dogs could relax in the knowledge that they would not stray into the car park area. There are even old hinges on the wall from presumably when it was once a barn which could be used to install a gate. We were relatively lucky as the weather was bright but too cool to sit outside after a lovely day walking on the coastal path which is conveniently just a hop skip and a jump over the adjacent golf course. If it had been high summer we would not have been able to leisurely sit with a glass of wine with the patio doors open for fear of our dog wandering off into the car park! All the other properties on the complex seemed to have their own contained garden space apart from Hazel Barn. I also needed to contact someone because I was having difficulty setting up the Wi-fi. I rang the name and number in Hazel Barn’s information file only to be told that the info was three years out of date and the property had been sold to someone else and to ring Sykes Cottages (so please get someone to update the information file in the property). We love Cornwall and will visit again but we will not be staying at Hazel Barn

Great location for coastal walks and close to all beaches.

Really enjoyed the stay.

Hazel barn is a lovely holiday let it is well furnished and in a lovely location I would give it 5 star fab rating .

We look forward to visiting again next year

A holiday begins or is ruined by the accommodation, Hazel Barn exceeded our expectation.

One foot through the door and you were home. I would recommend it without question.

Sykes were fantastic at answering questions I had about our cottage before our trip, very quick to get back to me.

Everything was as they said it would be in their informative email with our instructions for the accommodation. Hazel Barn was fantastic, so clean, modern and well equipped, we had a fantastic time, thank you!

Lovely well appointed cottage, smartly decorated with everything you need.

Easy to walk through the neighbouring golf course to the coastal path and the nearest beach at Swanpool, bit of a climb back though. Only 2 disappointments, no pub within walking distance for a snack lunch or evening meal and the front terrace area was not gated so we could not let our dog out without keeping him on a lead. Apart from these two points, it was excellent. Fresh flowers and a cream tea left for us were very much appreciated.

Fantastic location and perfect for people with pets.

Lovely cottage, not really big enough for four people.

We would have stayed in more in the evening but kitchen not big enough and 4 people couldn’t sit comfortably together. Only found out about the coastal walk accidentally when we see a woman coming out of a gate with private on it who revealed to us that we have a key in the cottage to let us through it to join a costal path, hence not enough information. Ideal base but more for a family of 2adults and 2 small children