Tufton Croft

Amazing cottage everything we needed for our weekend away especially loved the play room with bits for our toddler and the dog loved the large garden would like to come back in summer for longer to make full advantage of it x

Arrived on a really cold day.Cottage was spotless , warm and welcoming. Will definitely go again, it was so quiet and private, with a lovely outlook over fields.

This was a sweet, clean cottage with fantastic attention to practical details but I was totally let down by the after care. After alerting Rural Retreats to the fact that I had left a couple of chargers (laptop and camera) in a drawer in the Master Bedroom, it took two weeks for them to locate them, and now, 18 days since I first informed them, I have still not received my property. They have left me to communicate with the house cleaner directly and I am totally disappointed by their total lack of interest or involvement which is so much less professional than I would have expected. I am pretty sure an airbnb owner would have been far more helpful.

Lovely had great time cottage fab but cooker needed a clean

Wonderfully relaxing cottage with terrific outside space, a pub at the end of the lane and a beach a short drive away - what more can a family with a dog ask for!

Extremely nice property, and good for us with someone in a wheelchair. Only problem was with the directions, and I rang your office about this, suggesting better ones.

had a lovely stay at Tufton Croft, the only trouble was it was not easy to find as no name on the street end of the lane, and the local pub was closed on Mon and Tues

beautiful location,excellent internally,tired outside paintwork and garden.

Nice cottage with a large garden and lots of space inside. Good walks starting from the garden gate. Nice location near Rye & Tenterden.
A few niggles: toilet seat not fixed properly, crockery and glass sets a bit fragmented. At the price charged, maintenance should be spot on and just go and buy another set of mugs and glasses - cheap enough from the supermarket or IKEA. 8 clothes hangers are provided - 8. (Cottage sleeps 4.)

Lovely, peaceful cottage in great location for days out.

We stayed here with our two children for five nights in June. The cottage's driveway was a little difficult to locate at first but we found it on the second pass. The cottage itself looked deceptively small. On entering we were pleased to find ourselves with a lot of space including a good sized kitchen, dining and living areas, and bedrooms. The cottage was beautifully decorated and clean, with everything we needed for our stay including a welcome hamper of food.

Wittersham is a nice village. Oxney Gourmet Pie and Burger Bar is on the same street, and the village store was also a short walk away and well-stocked. The location is great for use as a base for driving to destinations in Kent and East Sussex

We would happily recommend Tufton Croft to family and friends.

We really enjoyed our stay at Tufton Croft. It was a very attractive, and peaceful cottage, spacious and well-equipped. The location was excellent with all sorts of beautiful places of interest to visit in the surrounding area. Many thanks to the housekeeper for being so helpful and making us welcome.

Did not represent value for money for this time of year. Much to expensive. Quality marginal for Rural Retreats standards.

Spotlessly clean and well appointed. A lovely environment.
A few more pieces of basic equipment in the kitchen would have been useful - e.g. a cheese grater, some wooden spoons, additional crockery. Previous reviews have consistently mentioned this.

Nothing more to say

Amazing property. Beautifully equipped.

The interior of the property and the finish couldn't be faulted, it was a comfortable home from home with facilities consistent with the rate charged. However the outside of the property was poorly kept up. The approach is down a driveway. At the time of the visit tall hedges either side had not been cut back and the branches scrapped both sides of our small hatchback car. There is no hard surface access from the drive to the front door, the two gates both have a grass area you have to pass over. At the time of our break (late June) it had been raining. To go from the house to the car meant stepping on to soft muddy area getting decent shoes dirty each time. Also the grass strip down the middle of the long drive hadn't been cut so you could only walk out of the property in Wellington boots. The two access paths up to the house were uneven and unsafe for any elderly or infirm persons and this wasn't helped by the porch light not working. This is a shame as the property is a one storey building which could be very useful for the elderly or disabled if the access up to the property was improved. The porch roof leaked badly also.
The weatherboarding and front three windows had not been cleaned for sometime and spoilt the view on to the mature garden.
We did contact Rural Retreats during our stay and there was some attempt made to cut the longest branches off the hedges in the drive and to cut the lawns which we were grateful for.
It's a shame the outside lets this cottage down badly. Comments had been left in the Visiitors book indicating that these problems had been ongoing over a few years.

So many little things were appreciated. Advice on shopping locations, lovely fresh groceries left & all the information provided to operate the various appliances - and a caretaker to answer any query that arose!! Thank you.

The cottage is beautiful, the location perfect for peace. It's well equipped and has thoughtful touches, for example toys and games covering a wide range of ages, good kitchen equipment, thoughtful goodies on arrival to make first day or so easy, good log burning provisions for damp spring weather!

Mostly very nice, and a lovely location. The place was well-presented.

We had to discover for ourselves how to use the TV, as the remote did not work: we resorted to direct manipulation of the TV's router. Others had had this problem, I think.

The hot water supply did not nearly fill the bath tub, so my mother had to wash herself on her hands and knees - a pity for a 93 year old who really enjoys a bath..