Kittiwake, Crantock

We stayed at Kittiwake with our 2 dogs in February. The location is wonderful with a view of the sea. This is a great dog friendly property which had all we needed, very clean and very comfortable. We would not hesitate to recommend this property and have already booked our next holiday at Kittiwake with our dogs.

We’ve stayed at Kittiwake for the past four years now, and can honestly say this is one of the nicest pet friendly places we’ve stayed in (and we’ve stayed in some terrible ones!). It ’s really difficult to find high quality, modern accommodation when you’ve got a four legged friend but Kittiwake fits the bill. It’s a five minute walk to the beach and a pub, and only ten minutes walk into Crantock where there are a couple more pubs and a shop. The accommodation itself is modern and well equipped (as you can see from the internal pictures) with everything you’d need should you want to self-cater. It’s hardly the ‘car garage’ as described in the previous review, and you can certainly see the sea from the living area while seated (although it’s sometimes a little obscured from the garden if the hedge has grown a bit high, but you know, living plants grow!). Kittiwake is one of three properties which form part of Seaspray cottages (great if you’re a big group but want separate accommodation - the other two are also let by Sykes but with different owners) and the end of one of the gardens runs side by side with Kittiwakes patio area starts, but it’s hardly an intrusion. We choose Kittiwake because it’s the furthest away from the others and isn’t really overlooked, and has its own garden. There are building works going on, and have been for the last three years, which we were warned about with every booking, but we have never had any problems with anything from the site (and the big construction work is all but finished now). We’ve also never had any problems with noise from the other properties, but maybe we’re heavy sleepers!?! A change of linen and towels is also offered if you’re there longer than a week, which is a nice touch and isn’t offered by lots of places. We like it a lot, and would certainly recommend to our family and friends (but only as long as they don’t book when we want to go!).

Upon arrival to kittiwake, we were surprised that the above picture of the holiday home is not actually the place you will stay. It is in fact a converted car garage to the rear of the advertised property. It has sea views if you stand up in the kitchen, but not from The garden. Lots of building work next door which definitely wasn’t finished summer 2019 and we had a very near miss with a scaffolding plank on our car. You can hear everything in the building behind which isn’t good when they have children awake at 6am. You are overlooked every which way. Contacted the owner who is apparently happy with their false advertising. Below is a picture of the actual building you will stay in.