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Seren House in the centre of beautiful St Ives with parking for two cars.

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A wooden staircase leading up to a traditional Japanese house surrounded by lush greenery.
A row of terraced houses with a green door and a blue door, stone steps, and a bench.
A wooden staircase leading up to a house surrounded by lush greenery and plants.
A two-story house with a bay window, a green door, and a blue door.
A stone wall, a wooden gate, and a stone pathway in a garden area.

Reviews

9.6 out of 10, Loved by Guests
Top 10% of guest reviews in this area

Highlights

  • Games at the ready
    One of the few properties with video games available for guests.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Near St Ives Harbour

Popular amenities

  • Patio
  • Dog-friendly
  • Toys
  • Refrigerator
  • Internet
  • Dryer

Explore the area

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St. Ives, England
  • Place, St Ives Harbour
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Porthmeor Beach
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Porthminster Beach
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Airport, Newquay (NQY-Newquay Cornwall)
    ‪63 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

5 bedrooms (sleeps 12)

Attic Room

1 Double Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Double Bunk Bed and 1 Single Bed

Bedroom 3

3 Single Bunk Beds

Bedroom 4

1 King Bed

Rear Double Bedroom

1 Double Bed

3 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Downstairs wetroom

Toilet · Shower only

Ensuite

Toilet · Shower only

Ensuite loft

Toilet

Family bathroom

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Garden
Dining area

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About the area

St Ives

Located in St Ives, this holiday home is near theme parks and near the beach. Chysauster Ancient Village and Market House are local landmarks, and travellers looking to shop may want to visit Wharfside Shopping Centre and Trevaskis Farm. Consider Acorn Theatre for a night out or St Ives Society of Artists if you're travelling with kids. Scuba diving and snorkelling offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with hiking/biking trails and horse riding nearby.
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St. Ives, England

What's nearby

  • Barbara Hepworth Museum - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • St Ives Harbour - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Porthmeor Beach - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Porthminster Beach - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Tate St. Ives - 6 min walk - 0.6 km

Getting around

  • St Ives Station - 9 min walk
  • Newquay (NQY-Newquay Cornwall) - 57 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Mine Brewing Taproom - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪The Sloop Inn - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪The Rum & Crab Shack - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪The Captain's Table - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪The Cornish Bakery - ‬4 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Seren House in the centre of beautiful St Ives with parking for two cars. pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 4 total) with a maximum weight of up to 25 kg per pet. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

How much is parking at Seren House in the centre of beautiful St Ives with parking for two cars.?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Seren House in the centre of beautiful St Ives with parking for two cars.?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Seren House in the centre of beautiful St Ives with parking for two cars.?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Seren House in the centre of beautiful St Ives with parking for two cars. located?

This family-friendly St Ives holiday home is located by the sea, just steps away from St. Ives Theatre and Barnoon Cemetery. Harbour Sand and Barbara Hepworth Museum are also within 5 minutes. St Ives Station is 9 minutes by foot.

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 35 out of 47 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 12 out of 47 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 47 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 47 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 47 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

9.4/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great location, very clean and comfortable, really good communication with host, there were only 4 of us - Seren House could easily accommodate 10-12 people, but we loved the extra space. Family friendly with games etc.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great location, beautiful house
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good for a family holiday

Good house for extended family holiday in good location
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Fabulous property in a great location, close to shops, beaches and all amenities. Thank you.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2025
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Loved it!

Wonderful property, fabulous location. Had a great time even in the rain!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2017
Response from VrboOwner on 21 Mar, 2020
Shame it was raining but really pleased you had a good time. Hope to see you again, in the sun next time!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Superb location

Great location being 5 min from town centre/harbour with a litter of great restaurants on your doorstep. Local co-op 2 min walk. Several beaches within easy walking distance and Carbis Bay 3 min on train. Property has good sized bedrooms and facilities. Booking and instructions for arrival great.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 31 Aug, 2020
Many thanks Nicholas and really pleased you enjoyed your holiday. Hope to see you again soon.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Great family house in St Ives

Had a wonderful stay in this comfortable, lovingly furnished home in St. Ives. Plenty of room for everyone, lots of nice touches to add to a fun family vacation. Really appreciated great restaurant recommendations from the owners. So much to do in St. Ives and Cornwall, hope to return one day and would definitely stay at Seren House. Only hiccup we had was a little trouble finding the parking spot, but once parked loved hiking the coastal path and lovely visit to the Tate Gallery.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018
Response from VrboOwner on 21 Mar, 2020
Thanks for the review. We do include a map on the site to direct guests to the parking on the street above the garden but it can be a little tricky to find! Hope to see you again soon.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Location close to the centre and all beaches. Host was very helpful and informative.

The property was exactly as described. We had a enjoyable week with our two children (18 and 16 years old) who enjoyed the freedom to be able to walk to the town. My mum and brother and his wife also stayed and again it was great to leave the cars (managed to get a 4x4 and an estate cat in the parking area) for most of the week parked up. We did visit Porthcuno Beach as well as Penzance and Falmouth to get the ferry to St Mawes as well which is definitely worth a trip. Overall a great week.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Fabulous house and so convenient for town.

Fabulous house to stay in and so easy to walk into town. Although the house sleeps 10-12 people there are two rooms with bunk beds which had to sleep two adults in our party so that wasn’t ideal. However, that didn’t detract too much from our stay. The house is beautifully decorated and fully equipped. Lovely quirky bits too. Love the kitchen table top! Thanks Gavin and family for letting us stay and thanks Geraldine for being so accommodating. Judy Bowden
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018
Response from VrboOwner on 21 Mar, 2020
Thanks for the lovely review Judy. We love it when guests enjoy the house. We do try and describe the bedrooms clearly on the website and suggest they are better for children. We are hoping to extend the attic this Winter so might be able to offer singles that would suit adults in the near future. Gavin
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fallen in love with St Ives

Two families big summer holiday, 10 of us in total and we had the best time. St Ives is beautiful, friendly and the perfect holiday town. The house was fantastic, perfectly located, with all mod cons that you’d need whilst away from home. Fitted us all in very well. Good space for 10. Think 12 could have been a bit of a squeeze. Great number of bathrooms, good living area. Again, the best location, so close to town and sat between all the beaches. We’ve all had the best holiday. Thank you for having us.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 21 Mar, 2020
Many thanks and hope to see you again at Seren House!
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Wonderful home. Awesome location. Comfortable and clean. Better in real life.

Our family had a wonderful stay at Seren House. Comfy beds, lovely decor, well appointed kitchen a gorgeous home from home. The Cornish cream tea, flowers and wine were a nice touch. We had felt exhausted after our journey and dove into the scones, jam and clotted cream all washed down with hot tea. Yummy. The terraced garden is equipped with a coal BBQ, a fire pit, swing chair and dining tables. Watching the sun set over St Ives whilst dining on the terrace was wonderful. The house is located close to where we wanted to be, near to down town St Ives but far enough away to be quiet at night. Thank you. We can't wait to come back.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2017
Response from VrboOwner on 21 Mar, 2020
Many thanks! We will try and get some pictures of and from the garden on the site - still work in progress and it will be even better for next time.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Right in the centre of it all...

Two families (total 9) stayed a Sereen House for 7 days. The property was immaculately clean, had everything we needed (despite COVID 19 restrictions) and all information was provided to enable us to stay safely. We loved being in the centre of Saint Ives, a short stroll took us to the town, beaches and stunning views. This house is ideal if you want somewhere that feels like home and with two families having 3 bathrooms really helped! The only thing we missed was an accessible garden or outdoor space to sit and have a drink or let the dogs roam. However, being so close to town meant that we just had to go out and discover new places (and cafes) so it wasn't really a hardship! Gavin was very responsive to any questions we asked during our stay. A lovely home from home in a stunning part of the country.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 28 Sept, 2020
Many thanks Jo and we hope to see you again soon.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great location. Make sure to be clear about the parking and the steep steps. Was a bit on the tight side for all of us but the weather was amazing so we were outside most of the day and regularly in the evenings.
Stayed 8 nights in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Host extremely helpful

Seran house is in a great location, well equipped beautifully decorated. Our only problem was that the verbo app did not work on app or web site to view instructions but Gavin our host was quick to ans our emails.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy

St. Ives gem

Spacious and comfortable - convenient to everywhere - host is very responsive and accommodating - parking is a pain, though, and needs a better description of how steep the streets are and the best approach to the parking space - need a clear statement of fireplaces being decorative and recycling not being an option - would stay here again. Many gratitudes!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent location

Excellent location, clean, very comfortable beds, easy communication with helpful host.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nil

Excellent
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Nice house, central st Ives location with parking

House is in a central location and feels like a family home - some really nice decorative touches. It is well equipped and was clean apart from the crockery snd pans… but I guess that’s down to previous guests. We weren’t expecting any but there isn’t really any usable outdoor space and the garden above that leads to the car cannot be crossed so you do have to walk round … most of what we did was in St Ives so not an issue for us. We did find it very noisy on the street side - we had enough room to move to the bedrooms at the back of the house but if you fill the house you need the ‘late to bed’ers and the sound sleepers at the front of the house!! We were there in a super busy week and I dare say there might be less motorbikes doing laps and late night shouting people at other times of the year!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Seren House

Lovely house in a great location.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2021
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A good week

We had a good week, great weather. Lovely large property. Very clean. Close to St Ives centre. Parking some distance away up hill. With Covid, meals for 10 in restaurants was difficult or impossible so needed to cook in the house. The kitchen equipment e.g. baking trays were perhaps insufficient for such a large group with differing needs (ages 9 months - 69 year old). We had two water problems a sewage blockage (previous tenant?) and a flexi pipe in the downstairs shower room. The sewage blockage was responded to by the owner very quickly
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very convenient and close to St.Ives centre.

The whole experience was very easy and convenient to book. Communication with the owners was prompt and friendly . The property is literally a 5 min walk from the harbour. The peace of mind of having two dedicated parking places is great. Although it is quiet a climb up the steps to it. Lol We dropped family and bags at the front before taking the cars up to the parking spaces. Unfortunately the BBQ listed is no longer there, so perhaps take one with you. Finding disposable ones proved near impossible. Overall we had a fantastic holiday and hope to return in the future. Seren House would definitely be a consideration. Thank you to Gavin for his help when having to rearrange, due to the COVID restrictions.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great property

Really well equipped house. Rather late check in and early check out but other than that we couldn’t fault Seren house. Good communication with the owner who always answered my queries immediately. Also, location was great. Very near centre as described - up a steep hill but didn’t prevent my 85yr old mum walking to the beach every day. Would happily stay again.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Friends holiday

What a lovely house in a perfect location. This was just what we needed after lockdown restrictions. Shame the lively pubs couldn’t open and sometimes hard to get meals out due to places being closed. We all hope to stay in the house again & didn’t want to leave beautiful Cornwall.
Response from VrboOwner on 12 Jul, 2021
Many thanks for leaving the review, it is so good to have people back!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful Holiday

The property was great and exactly what we needed for our family holiday. I wouldn't hesitate to stay again at Seren House
Stayed 7 nights in May 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 12 Jul, 2021
Many thanks! Hope to see you again soon.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place to stay. 5minute walk into town, to every amenity. Would stay here again.

Great place, very clean and tidy
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 12 Jul, 2021
Many thanks, good to have you!
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