The pictures and description do not do this property justice, so clean, comfortable and hospitable for a range of interests and activities.
Our party consisted of all adults to celebrate my husband’s 60th. Not being party animals we just wanted somewhere where we could all enjoy being together without being on top of each other and this certainly fit the bill.
Easy walking to Brockenhurst where there are plenty of shops to browse around and fabulous access to cycle paths mostly avoiding the roads. Lovely walks close by and in the middle of the beautiful New Forest and all that it has to offer.
The accommodation was clean, tidy, well equipped and very comfortable. With the big kitchen/diner/sitting room we barely used the other sitting room apart from my daughter who had to work for three days. WiFi was brilliant, fast and reliable despite there being 7 users in the household. The family room was warm (as was the rest of the house), bright and comfortable, plenty of space for us all to socialise. Bedrooms were beautifully presented, lovely bed coverings, comfortable pillows and as it was a quiet street no problems with any noise!
Although there were 7 of us we never ran out of hot water, fridge freezer had plenty of capacity to store food, washing machine and tumble dryer and thoughtful additions such as dishwasher tablets for a daily dishwashing and washing power for a wash made us even more appreciative of all the home comforts that you often miss in a rental property.
The garden was beautiful, a summer house at the end of the garden had some children’s outdoor toys in and lots of solar lights to give it ambiance in the dark. A huge garden table and patio was also provided but as it was late November we did not eat out there or use the barbecue!
Games and books also provided in case you forget to take your favourites as well as a small tool kit, first aid kit and lots of local information. Lots of things for children to amuse themselves with too although we did not use these.
For a family gathering I would definitely say “just book it” as you will not regret it.
Thank you to the lovely host and hostess who kindly checked I had received emails, sent access codes and also sent a reminder to pop the bins out on bin day but were not invasive in their communications.