Beautifully appointed cottage. Well situated for visiting National Trust properties. Welcome hamper very good though not quite as comprehensive as in other RR cottages we have been to.

Highly recommended cottage.

It was a really lovely cottage. The home made cake and hamper were a delicious touch and we had a lovely weekend.

A lovely cottage and decorated beautifully particularly for Christmas. So many lovely little treats which really make such a difference, small box of chocs, delicious carrot cake, magazines including Christmas TV magazine, Prosecco, and so much more. The cottage is immaculate and so cosy and warm. It's in an ideal spot so that you can long walks but feel cut off from the world which was just what we needed.

Beautiful property with a quality decoration & furnishings. Small and cosy but still modern and airy. Clean throughout with everything in good working order. Well equipped, particularly the kitchen. Fantastic welcome hamper including local food & handy local newspaper.

This Alice in Wonderland cottage is very well equipped to a high spec and in a stunning location with lovely walks from the doorstep. The hamper was a special treat. So many beautifully presented home-made goodies. It was a refreshing change and reminded us of the good old days of RR hampers before they became the rather cursory offerings found in many RR properties.

Whilst it would clearly be difficult to fit it in and was entirely obvious from the property details that there wasn't one, a washer/dryer (or access to one) would be so useful, especially because of the outdoorsy nature of the activities available. The lack of such facilities means we (and we suspect others), would be reluctant to book the property for more than 2 or 3 days, which is a shame as we would love to stay for longer.

Delightful, thoughtful.

Good

Just the perfect! Beautiful and quiet rural setting surrounded by orchards,
National Trust properties in close proximity and within less then10 minutes of Sevenoaks. Cottage is very tastefully decorated to a high standard, romantic bedroom, spacious living area with well equipped kitchen. The welcome hamper and the home made cake upon arrival a real treat.

Couldn't have been cleaner and had everything we needed

One of the nicest cottages we have ever stayed at. Homemade treats and gorgeous toiletries really appreciated.

Lovely cottage, good to see a holiday cottage for two. Excellent welcome pack and easy to communicate with owners.

The cottage was clean, comfortable and well decorated but there were negative points. The bedroom was very hot in the day with too few windows to open. The 13.5 tog supplied duvet was far too thick. We asked the owners for a thinner one but they had nothing to offer except a thin sheet. We had to buy a woolly blanket from a shop to give us some warmth during the cooler night. Surprised the owner had no other bedding available to cope with our seasons. Something they need to think about. The big glass picture window in the bedroom really needed a blind, especially for the Summer when the nights are short and the sun rises early. Welcome hamper excellent. Nicely fitted out.

We couldn't have asked for any more at Sakers Cottage! The cottage is extremely well kept, and the kitchen is very well equipped - ideal for our New Year celebrations. The local area is stunning and there are plenty of pubs within walking distance. The hamper was a nice touch and the local produce was very well received - thank you.

The Wing was super, and the housekeeping service first rate.

An amazing property and perfect host, we couldn't have asked for more! Thoroughly recommended.

It was so nice we will be returning

Immaculate property, very well equipped and a superb choice for a relaxing break with much to do in the area.

Possibly the most impressive and comfortable rental property we have stayed in and rivalled best hotels. The welcome hamper matched the property, being of the highest standard and reflected the whole Wing experience.

the wing is perfect ,village and nearby village were excellent as well,judy very helpful.

An unusually high standard of care. Property was beautiful and really well maintained. the welcome hamper was the most generous I have ever had!! Really good quality all round

Fantastic, beautiful house and a peaceful, wonderful stay. Judy is a most welcoming hostess who makes you feel welcome. We are looking forward to next year. Lisa and Mark Davies, Muswell Hill, London

Excellent. Thanks very much.

Property was lovely. Couple of things to mention though, on the last night of our 2 night stay the people next door in the adjoining property were extremely loud. This is a problem due to where the bedroom is situated, right next to their little patio area and kitchen. I was not impressed. We were celebrating a birthday and it took the shine off it a bit.
Property cleanliness good apart from the oven which was a bit dirty. Layout very nice, jukebox was fun!

Perfect

The Coach House was beautiful and cozy. It had all the facilities required. The welcome basket was very good. The house is decorated beautifully. Amy was very very approachable and promptly answered to any queries we had.
Was looking forward to a quiet relaxing weekend and a quiet relaxing weekend is exactly what we got.

The coach house was lovely and clean with plenty fresh towels and toiletries to hand....
The only negative which is probably minor to most was the lack of a full set of saucepans with lids and some decent roasting trays. The kitchen was a joy to use with all its lovely appliances and huge space but just lacked a few of the basics...

Any issued were dealt with promtly, lovely and clean

Fantastic property done to a very high standard and great location.

Beautiful property, very oldy worldly with almost every mod con you could think of. lots of complimentary goodies left for us to enjoy. Only 1 small downsize, the downstairs bedrooms just wouldn't warm up, even tho we turned the thermostat up, luckily there was a portable radiator which we shared between us.

We loved the Coach House. A great property in a beautiful tranquil setting. Really well equipped and comfortable, especially the beds! Little touches of luxury and thoughtfulness from the owner who was very helpful and welcoming. We really hope to stay again.

Beautiful place in a an amazing area

Very attractive and well equipped, in a lovely setting. Very warm and cosy even during cold frosty winter weather.

Very comfortable house, perfect setting, very helpful owner on property.

Would have been excellent rating except for fact that bed was horribly uncomfortable--not up to the standards usually found in a Rural Retreats property. Otherwise stay was quite pleasant.

Everything we needed was provided. A generous welcome hamper, clean sheets and towels and a new barbecue

My husband and I were looking for a cottage close to London for our recent vacation. We chose the Coach House in Sevenoaks. This allowed us to easily take the train into London, but also visit local sights; taking in the country charm. Sevenoaks is a wonderful town and has anything you could want; great restaurants, shops, even a natural chemist.

The Coach House is a sweet cottage, nestled on a small country road, with a scenic pond and a finely manicured lawn. Flowers were abundant. The owner, Ann, makes sure her guests are happy and has a delicious welcome hamper (basket) ready for your arrival. This is so helpful when weary travelers are hungry and is handy for breakfasts. Its open and airy, was recently redone and has everything you need. I appreciated the fresh crisp bed linens, fluffy oversized towels, and high end soaps and toiletries.

It just so happened that our rental car had broken down on the next day after arrival, and we did not bring a cell phone with us (from the US). Ann was right there to help us and went out of her way to make sure that AA Auto Club came out to service our car. She went above and beyond for us, knowing that we wanted to begin our journey. I don’t know how we would have gotten help without her assistance, and we are forever grateful for her!

The bedrooms are cozy and quiet, just as you would hope for. The kitchen is fully appointed, and there’s a great flat screen TV for your evening wind down.

Just a few steps away, down the street, there’s a lovely walking path, were you will see abundant and fragrant lavender in bloom (in the summer months), with miles and miles of breathtaking views! How perfectly scenic!

We loved our visit at the Coach House, and are planning on going back next May, if not before! Ann is the nicest, sweetest, and most caring and helpful Innkeeper we have ever met! Thank you so much for everything!! We miss Ann and The Coach House already!!

The coach house was very comfortable and relatively clean. We just wish the kitchen had been better equipped

The cottage was not cleaned properly and it spoiled our holiday

Beautiful property in an idyllic location, the perfect rural retreat

Excellent

Very impressed with the Coach House - lovely location, great refurb of an old building. Loved the fact that you can walk easily to Ightam Mote - which is why we chose it. We were not disappointed.

Check-out a bit early at 10am but otherwise an excellent stay and great housekeeping

very good communication, clean and organise. splendid

Cottage was pristene. Thoughtful welcome basket of festive treats plus a turkey cooking tin and extra foil was perfect for our christmas meal.

A spotlessly clean property and very friendly welcome from our caretaker, Louise. The welcome basket could not have been better--positively bountiful!

The cottage was lovely and in the most beautiful spot. If you were staying here during the summer (not Nov like us) the extensive garden with wonderful views would be fabulous. The Welcome hamper was a real treat and having fresh milk, tea and coffee waiting for you when you arrived.......not to mention all the naughty but very very nice treats.....marvellous!!! The only criticisms would be that the lounge furniture is far to big for the room so if there were 4 of you two people would not be able to sit and watch the TV; the TV was tuned to East Anglia and with the note about the signal we didn't like to change it; a second TV would have been appreciated in the bedroom; and the bathroom is getting rather tired with chipped enamel and rust showing on the bath and around the shower controls.

Cottage very welcoming. Housekeeper exceptionally helpful. High quality hamper.

wonderful cottage, spotless clean and a lovely welcoming hamper.
Clear instruction from the housekeeper Louise about how to get into Khina cottage and a follow up text inquiring if everything was to our satisfaction.
Thank you Louise for making our stay so comfortable

Khina cottage, beautiful location, lovely cottage. But the cleaning needs to be improved. There were cobwebs in most corners. Washing Machine draw is black needs a clean. Kitchen cupboards need cleaning inside & out, they feel greasy.
Windows need a good clean inside & out. We previously stayed in another cottage in Norfolk, through Rural Retreats & we had no reason to fault that property's cleanliness

a VERY PLEASANT PLACE TO STAY

Could not have asked for more

Housekeeping excellent. Cottage good but lacks cosiness in the sitting room - needs some colour. Bathroom tired.

Excellent standard of accommodation.

Cottage was absolutely lovely, housekeeper went above and beyond to make us feel very privileged!

Cottage was clean and well-presented. Excellent hamper.

The housekeeper was excellent. Very caring and attentive. Thanks very much

A lovely lighthouse keeper's cottage that would have been excellent apart from 2 things
- the water in the shower was only cool and this was on the maximum setting. Probably fine in summer but in winter, it was far too cold to linger.
- the leaking boiler with the bucket below!

Beautiful, very clean and we were delighted with the hamper on our arrival.

Amazing relaxing holiday in a really nice and tidy lodge.
When we arrived the house was warm and a nice wine bottle was waiting for us.
Perfect!

Cottage and location were great. The cottage was well equipped and lovely and cozy.

Beautiful location, never been to Kent before but the weather was brilliant and the beaches were lovely

We just have told you how we felt.

Met all the customary first class standards.

Lovely property in a great position with the most comfortable bed we've ever slept on!

We were very pleased.

What can I say just fab whole place lovely owners very nice we loved it

Lovely contemporary feel property with high quality facilities, fab helpful owners, the most divine pool in a beautiful part of England

Loved the property!

Well fitted property, good location for days out. Welcome food hamper was well stocked.

Amazing house, very organised and in a great location. Definetly coming back here.
Aldough they should allow use of the pool earlier than June. Thank you!

One of the best.

Absolutely lovely place ,had everything you would need ,had a really relaxing and enjoyable time and would definetly love to go there again.

We left a list of problems which we think the owner should rectify including several electrical ones and doors which didn't close properly. I hope he took notice.
Otherwise we enjoyed our stay.

Beautiful cottage and very helpful caretaker. I will be returning to this beautiful spot on the coast.

The housekeeper contacted us beforehand to give detailed instructions and left a lovely hamper and personal note.
The cottage was lovely presented, cosy and warm, spotlessly cleaned and just a stunning property in a beautiful location.

Lovely cottage. Housekeeper was very welcoming when I spoke to her on the phone

Thanks

If you are giving medals for housekeeping , give one to Anne , she was amazing and left us an incredible hamper.

Beautiful and clean cottage, housekeeper easy to contact.

Location & housekeeping was excellent. Ann the housekeeper was attentive & very welcoming. A real credit to the RR experience.

Anne does a fantastic job.....she is an absolute asset to Rural Retreats

beautifully presented . good contact from housekeeper. nice welcome hamper and extra touches. Arrived very tired lights on looked welcoming before through door. good directions and entry instructions

The housekeeper at Lodesman is very attentive and helpful

Everything perfect & fantastic welcome hamper

We locked the keys in the key safe and housekeeper Ann came out to rescue us - she was a star!

The cottage was immaculate and has lovely, well manicured grounds and a stunning view! We appreciated the beautiful gift basket of treats and the phone call checking in to see how we were doing. Thank you!

A couple of extra towels would have been handy, as we only had one bath towel each to last us the four days. With nowhere to dry them outside, we had to leave them on the heated towel rail to be ready for next use, but after a couple of days they were getting a bit grotty! Lovely provisions hamper was a nice welcome and the housekeeper Ann, was friendly and very helpful. We would not stay at Lodesman again because the downstairs bathroom and toilet proved to me a bit of a hassle with steep stairs in the middle of the night! But we enjoyed our stay there and had everything we needed to be comfortable.

Beautiful, immaculate cottage. Couldn't have asked for more.

We rented Lodesman Cottage for a break away from London to celebrate a friends birthday. We were all very pleased with the location, comfort and quality of the cottage. The surrounding environment was perfect for what we wanted. The cottage itself was well equipped and one of the best self catering environments I have experienced. We were all very impressed with the cleanliness and comfort provided as well as the welcome hamper and nice little touches around the cottage.

Ann was incredibly helpful throughout our stay and we would wholeheartedly recommend the cottage. Thank you.

Super cottage. Had very thing you could need an miore. The welcome hamper was fabulous. Will definitely book again.

Excellent

The 'stunning sea views' from the cottage were underwhelming - more like sea glimpses from two upstairs windows if you looked out at an angle, but it was still great to stay in a cottage connected to a working lighthouse.

This was really great. Clean, good breakfast and wine. Excellent.

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..

The cottage was very clean and homely, with several thoughtful touches. Great garden. Difficult to find, as the road speed sign indicating we were there, was completely obscured by foliage. All you could see was a "Public footpath" sign - which we didn't initially feel was the right turning as it was very narrow and overgrown in places. In the cottage there was no info at all on the appliances. Had to phone the housekeeper to ask how to get the tv to work, and also needed to resort to "Google"! I left a note for the housekeeper as we found much of the crockery to be chipped - which was disappointing.

It's a very comfortable cottage, spacious, light and airy. It was spotlessly clean and was warm and welcoming.
Unfortunately we had heavy rain on our first day and returned to find water coming in through the hall ceiling and a large puddle on the floor. The ceiling showed signs of its having happened before and, when I reported it to the housekeeper, she confirmed that this was the case and that the owners know about it.
The water system is a bit odd. Drawing water (hot or cold) in kitchen or shower room stopped the water running in the main bathroom. (There were some comments about this in the guest book.)
If it were not for these two problems (which did not spoil our stay) in every other respect I would go to excellent as a rating

Quiet location,comfortably furnished,very dog friendly.Only criticism would be more pots and pans in the kitchen.

The property was beautiful. The kitchen needs more basic equipment such as another frying pan, baking trays for the oven. There isn't really enough cutlery/crockery if there were more than 2 of you. The wood burner is really tricky if you are not used to them. The mud really, really does need to be cleaned from outside the front door and garden path as it is very slippery.

Great quality property. Spacious and comfortable. Lovely welcome pack and extras (dog treats, Christmas decorations). Spotlessly clean. Would definitely return.

Cottage was as described and felt very homey. Christmas tree and decorations were a nice extra touch and much appreciated. Great walks in the immediate area. A coffee machine would be nice as cafetiere too small for four and inconvenient to use. Whilst the property was clean overall, there were some dusty areas, and we had to clean the oven before use as it was very dirty.

Lovely cottage, exactly as described, if not better - the photos dont do it justice. We will be back!