Sykes Cottages Reviews

Name: Sykes Cottages
Address: Sykes Holiday Cottages Lime Tree House Hoole Lane, Chester
Rating: 1.20

1.2 Rating 1,528 Reviews

5 %

of reviewers recommend Sykes Cottages

Company Reviews

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1.2

Based on 1,528 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Own Driver
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.1 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult
Returns Process	Could Be Better

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Sykes Holiday Cottages Lime Tree House Hoole Lane
Chester
CH2 3EG

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Sykes Cottages 1 star review on 27th January 2025

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Sykes Cottages 1 star review on 17th November 2024

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“Owner is attempting to invoice us for damage to a cheap plastic tripod on which a telescope was mounted. We did not cause the damage and there was a pre-existing repair with glue that we noticed. This after increasing the cost by £160 when we had to put the holiday back by a week to attend my Mother's funeral.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Have booked through them many times before but never again - always been bordering on inflexible at the best of times but the barbarically aggressive nature of the no deposit in any situation is ludicrous... I get the desire to avoid convenience cancellation, but months before with a very legitimate reason and not a pound back. Sure Sykes got tehir pound of flesh with the £990 deposit, but we never rebooked the trip so the rest of the money was never secured and nobody from our group of 6 adults will ever book with them again - ludicrous system which you would expect to have a human layer of compromise behind the rigid surface rationale. . . . . Just worked themselves out of tens of thousands of pounds worth of business for the next 10-20 years just to crunch £900 out of someone you could have just given back as credit to use on Sykes - awful system, terrible business model.... P.S YOU CAN FIND MOST OF THEIR PROPERTIES ELSEWHERE - dON'T BE FOOLED - THEY WILL LIKELY BE AVAILABLE ON SITES OFFERING MORE FLEXIBILITY AND AN OVERALL BETTER SERVICE”

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Posted 2 years ago

“DO NOT RECOMMEND lady bagots cabin Cabin was lovely however once we left they tried to charge us £100 for new bedding and cleaning products which is just crazy never had a problem when staying in other properties/hotels The hot tub smelled absolutely horrendous, didn't once come round to check or clean it we was the for 5 days. Also no service what so ever in the cabin which they don't make you aware off before you arrive in case of emergency you have to walk 2 miles up the road. Will not be returning, suprise we didn't get charge for using the coffee machine, just ruined our whole experience.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“We put a £20 deposit down for a cottage as per the web site, and when we cancelled (in January with the cottage booked for August), we were billed nearly £500 for cancelling. Very misleading messaging and appalling customer service all round. We called them and they said they could move the booking to another date and would let us know, then never called us back. When we called them they said it was too late now to do anything. Honestly AVOID this company they are crooks!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Property first class but they will not honour the reinsurance”

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Posted 2 years ago

“SHOCKING CUSTOMER SERVICE. YOU CAN NOT SPEAK TO A MANAGER. THE HIGHEST RANKED PERSON YOU GET TO SPEAK TO IS A TELEPHONE CONSULTANT......WHO ARE QUITE RUDE! BEWARE.......WE HAD OUR COTTAGE CANCELLED 36HRS BEFOREHAND!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“We stayed at one of their cottages with our 1yr old. Who went under the bed playing hide and seek and came out screaming with a mouse trap on her finger, which had injured her!! Have contacted Skyes cottages who say it is nothing to do with them. Three weeks have passed now and no one has called to discuss it, Frederick and Rebecca from customer services did nothing to help and wouldn't even put me through to a manager to discuss this further. Absolutely appalled and horrified with this service!!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Booked 16 long row in belper through booking.com. Stated pets are allowed. 48 hours later had a call from sykes cottages to say my PET budgies are not allowed as they Are not PETS? Therefore it's a non refundable booking so I will lose my£££££ If I Don make or cancel. Just had long conversation with a female who swears dogs are only classified as PETS budgies are not? Asked to speak to owners if the property. She said they will not change there minds. The holiday isn't until September. Can anyone recommend help please.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“We thought booking with Sykes would mean a high quality, stress-free stay. We couldn’t have been more wrong. It was an absolute nightmare stay from the very start - our ‘luxury character’ cottage SixPenny Cottage in Clapton-on-the-Hill was filthy upon arrival and there was no heating or hot water when the weather outside was a freezing -7degrees. We had young children and had no choice but to leave early. It was simply not fit for purpose and it shouldn’t have been allowed. What’s worse is that Sykes have essentially washed their hands of the situation saying they are just the agent and don’t actually have any control over the standard of accommodation and are not prepared to do anything about it. We paid in advance and it genuinely feels like theft. Absolutely shocking!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I originally booked to stay in the Jinnyspinner lodge. You then emailed to say the trips been cancelled due to it being renovated. If this was the case why was it available to be booked? You cancelled the trip just before you closed so we couldn't speak to anyone over the phone. You took the money but didn't give any other options when you cancelled this trip! I had to then contact you again to book another property. We booked the brookside lodge. Surprise surprise you then cancelled this trip due to a " leak " and again cancelled this just before you closed so we couldn't speak to you. After discussing your company with a colleague they informed me they were given the same excuse for their stay last year?! On the morning of New Year's Eve myself and my family were stressing trying to find another property. We eventually found ' Ghyll Bank Byre ' which we then booked and had to pay more for! Which is out of order as our original booking was for £897. To compensate this you offered us another nights stay to check out on the 3rd January. No one stayed as we were all back in work on the 3rd January. The extra nights stay didn't benefit us at all. We arrived at Ghyll Bank Byre to find cobwebs everywhere the place felt extremely dirty. We had a 2 year old child in our party and had to clean the property before we felt it was safe for her to play. There was dead flies on the blinds, the cutlery was dirty. The property felt like it needed a good clean. The owner came and wished us a new year which we felt was very kind. Overall we are extremely disappointed with your service and the compensation of the extra nights stay as previously mentioned this didn't benefit any of us at all, plus you made us pay extra for the Ghyll Bank Byre property.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Stay well clear this company takes the money ,but will not refund you ,we couldn’t go due to a bereavement in the family.basically they could care ,and said no refunds ,AVIOD”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Description of property on the website did not match the details in the confirmation booking email. On reading the email I realised instantly that this property did not meet out needs for access and we would not be able to visit. I contacted Sykes to see if I could arrange a refund, which I think is fair as there is nothing on the website that indicates the access issue. They have refused point blank to offer even a partial refund. As the booking was made within 4 weeks of going, and despite there only being a matter of hours between booking and trying to cancel, I have had to pay the full amount to cancel. Sykes are really horrible people to deal with and I hope never to have anything to do with them again. Now got no money and no holiday, but an free of the stress of dealing with them ever again.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“booked a cottage in june 2022 FX3HA-22-EV for holiday in june 2023 then a few months later booked another cottage for may 2023 whist diong this may booking i sohow changed date of my june booking i was on phone withing 15 mins explained what had taken place told it would put right no charges as i was very quick but i then found i got charged £30 for moving june booking in first place then a further £30 to reinstate it to my original dates i have had 8 cottages in 30 months but my next coage has been booked with another company”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Dont use this company - total shambles. Soiled carpets, whistling boilers and broken matresses - they say 'its matter of opinion', i say - they ruined our holiday.”

Sykes Cottages 1 star review on 4th January 2023

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Posted 2 years ago

“Booked twice in 2 days twice been told the place is not usable absolutely shocking treatment from.the staff at sykes they are no help whatsoever so looks like now I'm going to make a county court judgement against sykes because you cannot keep treating people the way u do..........”

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Posted 2 years ago

“USE AT YOUR OWN CAUTION!! My partner and I recently stayed at one of their cottages with our newborn baby. The cleaner stole my partners hair equipment which I got her for Xmas. £500 worth of goods, stolen by their employee. Denied of course, so we are now seeking legal action. Untrustworthy and employ criminals. Avoid”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Would you stay at this cottage? See photos, Sykes have agreed the cleaning was unacceptable but have done nothing other than pass the buck back to us as customers. Cottage unfit for purpose unless you want to thoroughly clean before your holiday starts. Sykes call centre were patronising by recommending taking cleaning products with you - really? Does that include spare bedding when stated it was provided - I call the line on mould spores on the sheet due to the cottage being left empty in freezing cold weather - BUT out of a negative experience (again) we made a positive decision - Never to use Sykes again.”

Sykes Cottages 1 star review on 23rd December 2022

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Posted 2 years ago

“Please do not book with sykes . We arrived in a flat in Morecambe for christmas. See the photos. No heating . Sykes have completely washed there hands of everything. And said the owner said that we were not getting a refund.”

Sykes Cottages 1 star review on 22nd December 2022

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Posted 2 years ago

“Absolutely appalling service from Sykes over the telephone. On the day I arrived at our premises I discovered it wasn’t as advertised. They advertised 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. We were 3 couples. One bathroom had been locked and out of use. I was totally embarrassed as I had made the booking. But luckily I had snap shot the details to my friends so knew I hadn’t made a mistake. The first call handler tried to make me think I’d made a mistake with the details and tried to convince me the downstairs wc was the third bathroom. The second call handler said she wasn’t sure what she could do and would go off to consult. The third call handler decided to argue with me. Said they had emailed but I haven’t received any email or a message on my account which also seems a sensible place to leave me a message! I said they could see from the email software if it had reached me, been opened, bounced etc. she said they couldn’t access this. I work in email market so know it’s possible from the email client. She said they had done what they needed to. I asked to speak to a manager and her response was, ‘there isn’t one available to speak to you and how did I think they can magic a bathroom?’ RUDE is an understatement. I still haven’t been contacted and received an email today to say they had emailed me and the case is closed. I have NEVER had an email. I would not have proceeded with the booking had we been informed there were only two bathrooms. We deliberately were looking for our own bedrooms/bathrooms for privacy. We are couples in our 50’s and our preference is not to share. There is no customer service from Sykes, they take your money and accept not responsibility. The way I was spoken to, was utterly unprofessional, no compassion, no empathy and no attempt to find a resolution. I will not use Sykes again. They still haven’t updated the details for this location and have mis sold the property to me and now others.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Arrived at lavender cottage beadnell 11th December 2022 in extremely cold weather left Monday 12th December due to complete lack of suitable heating we were frozen we should have been there five days. No way we could stay as we’re in our seventies, contacted owner who said he would drop a heater off the next day. One heater would have made no difference at all. Sykes have refused all attempts for compensation saying I have to take it up with owner. Will never use them again”

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Posted 2 years ago

Sykes Cottages is rated 1.2 based on 1,528 reviews