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Hillcrest EX1 (overall) Reviews | Unique Cottages Reviews

Name: Hillcrest EX1 (overall)
Rating: 5 (41 reviews)

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Mrs Jane Lowery

1 month ago

Date of purchase: 10/05/2025

Hillcrest EX1 (overall)

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Exceptional location, welcoming, homely, clean and comfortable cottage with fabulous views and a fantastic dog safe garden - absolutely loved everything about our stay and we will return. Lovely...

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Unique Cottages

1 month ago

Thank you so much for your wonderful review. You clearly enjoyed your stay with the exceptional location and fabulous views to the welcoming, homely feel of the cottage. We truly appreciate your kind words and look forward to welcoming you back.

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Trusted Customer

8 months ago

Date of purchase: 21/09/2024

Hillcrest EX1 (overall)

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Roomy, comfortable and very convenient to have a secure garden for our dog. A well equipped and comfortable kitchen, with multiple options for areas to sit and enjoy a cuppa whilst watching the...

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Mr Michael Scott

1 year ago

Date of purchase: 18/05/2024

Hillcrest EX1 (overall)

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A comfortable cottage in a superb location with stunning views from the garden. The village is quiet and friendly with a smashing pub offering good quality food and drink. Situated near to unspoilt...

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Mrs Jane Lowery

Flamborough

1 year ago

Date of purchase: 27/04/2024

Hillcrest EX1 (overall)

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We absolutely loved our stay here. The garden was perfect for our 2 spaniels, safe and spacious. Views from the cottage were fabulous. Big thank you to Rosie the caretaker who was quick to respond...

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Trusted Customer

1 year ago

Date of purchase: 15/07/2023

Hillcrest EX1 (overall)

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Lovely, very well equipped cottage in a beautiful location. The cottage was clean, great showers and beds were comfortable. Would have been nice to have a few folding chairs for the garden, but...

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Trusted Customer

2 years ago

Date of purchase: 01/10/2022

Hillcrest EX1 (overall)

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Needs better furniture in living room but some good improvements made recently

Unique Cottages

1 year ago

We were pleased to hear that you enjoyed the recent improvements to the property. The sofa has been upholstered and there is a new matching armchair in the sitting room. Thank you for taking the time review and we do hope you choose to return.

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Trusted Customer

2 years ago

Date of purchase: 27/08/2022

Hillcrest EX1 (overall)

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Superb setting and a house with the potential to match it. Some facilities were excellent (eg the kitchen, the new TV) but others need improvement eg the ancient leather sofa. We felt that the...

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Unique Cottages

1 year ago

We were pleased to hear that you enjoyed the house's lovely location. The leather sofa has been re-upholstered and now has a matching armchair. The property has recently had new central heating system and external boiler which is controlled by a Nest unit. All of the radiators have thermostatic valves and there is a boost facility for additional hot water. Clients can email the owner who will make any programme adjustments they require.

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Mr Jon Emrys

2 years ago

Date of purchase: 13/08/2022

Hillcrest EX1 (overall)

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Superb property, catered for 5 adults and a child. It has everything that you would need in a home from home.

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Trusted Customer

2 years ago

Date of purchase: 16/07/2022

Hillcrest EX1 (overall)

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Lovely traditional and homely in scenic location. We felt the property lacked the following; >a welcome pack with essentials (as the nearest shop is not local). >a plentiful supply of cleaning...

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Unique Cottages

1 year ago

Thank you for your constructive comments which we have passed on to the owner. There is a cutlery drawer in the dishwasher therefore there is no need for a basket and the owner has now increased the amount of cleaning materials provided. A welcome pack is provided which includes biscuits, tea bags etc, however the owner is restricted as to what supplies he can put in it. We were pleased to hear that overall you had a lovely time and do hope that you will allow us to welcome you again in the future.

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Trusted Customer

2 years ago

Date of purchase: 04/06/2022

Hillcrest EX1 (overall)

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See above, but what we can't convey is the smell in several rooms - virtually unusable, and we had to use aromatic candles in the living room to watch tv there. Would have been poor value at half...

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Unique Cottages

1 year ago

We were very sorry to hear that you were not completely satisfied with your stay and have passed your feedback on to the owner. It is a great pity that you did not report this smell during your stay so that this could have been looked in to for you. No smell could be identified and no smell has been reported by previous or subsequent guests. Thank you for taking the time to review.

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About Unique Cottages

We offer a hand picked selection of self catering holiday cottages spread out across Scotland from the Highlands and the Isle of Skye to Loch Lomond and the Borders.

Our close-knit team has been sourcing unique getaways for nearly 30 years and we make it our aim to give each and every client a truly personal experience. In fact, we have even won Platinum Trusted Service awards for the past four years in a row for doing exactly that.

Constructive feedback is very important to us so we encourage all of our guests to rate both our service and our cottages openly and honestly.

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