“This was our third stay at this house, had a good week as always in lovely Bamburgh.”
The house is clean and a good size, however we won’t stay again for two reasons. 1) the mattresses are so uncomfortable - really need an upgrade. Awful back ache as a result. 2) had a look at next summer out of interest and the price has gone up a whopping £1000 on what we paid this year. The house is in a good location and perfectly nice (bar the mattresses!) but it’s not ‘luxe’ or high end. We would not pay the new prices, there is nothing to warrant such an increase.
In 2021, Northumberland Coast and Country Cottages an independent holiday cottage company was bought by Sykes.
Over the past five years the weekly rents have hardly increased, but the cost of owning and running a holiday cottage has increased substantially.
Despite this we have invested in our cottage with a new kitchen, bathrooms, heating, and mattresses.
All our mattresses have been replaced in the last three years including a new zip-link mattress earlier this year.
Due to dynamic pricing and a wish to remain competitive, our cottage is running at a loss every week.
Earlier this year we realised that we were actually “paying guests to stay at the property”!
We have increased our pricing in line with other properties in the area.
I agree we are not luxe – more a shabby-chic beach house.
Thank you for your custom in past years.
We wish you good luck in finding a 4-bedroom, 2 bathroom well equipped beach house a 100metres from the world’s third best beach, in school holidays and cheaper.
Property Owner
