Duddings Country Cottages

Had a lovely few days with our whole family (including dogs) in this beautiful part of Exmoor. We arrived a bit earlier than expected and the owner kindly let us move in to the cottage a few hours before the check-in time. The accommodation was fantastic with a well equipped kitchen. The pool and games room were great too and kept the kids occupied for hours. On the last day storm Eunice hit and we were kept safe by our centuries old stone cottage. The owners checked that we were all OK and provided us with candles and hot water for tea / coffee. We would love to come back again in times of less extreme weather!

An amazing place to come and stay with your family that is highly recommended.
We arrived to a lovely welcome from the owner and was shown to our accommodation (The Annexe) which was clean, tidy and very comfortable.
The beds are comfortable and the building size is perfect for a short stay for the 4 of us.
The on-site facilities are great with a lovely pool, hot tub, tennis court, games room with a pool table & table tennis. We love feeding the Ponies who are really lovely and great fun for the kids.
We will definitely be booking again very soon.

We had booked the stables for a big family reunion in February (12 adults/5 children under 7) paying £1750 for the weekend. The booking process was easy and the owner responded quickly to our emails. Unfortunately our visit coincided with Storm Eunice which meant that we had no power or heating for the majority of the weekend. We were unable to cook or shower and it was freezing cold. In desperation, we lit a wood bbq outside and boiled water on it for tea/coffee and sat wrapped in duvets a lot of the time to try to keep warm! We were also unable to use the pool as it was too cold. With so many small children using candles was also pretty dangerous and worrying. As we were en route from Cornwall to Manchester, going back home wasn't an option so we either had to stick it out or find a hotel. Although the property was well equipped and would have been perfect for our group, without power for cooking, lighting, showering or heating it was a real problem and a great disappointment for our family get together. The power did eventually come back around midnight on Sat night but there was still no heating. This is apparently the first time he had been without power at the property and so had no back up generator and was generally unprepared for such an event. Whilst we realise he had no control over the storm, we would have hoped that as we had not received what we paid for, he would have given us some money back as a gesture of goodwill. He has refused this and now has not even responded to my last email. Given that he has obviously saved money on electric and would have received money back from the power company for lack of service for so long, this does not seem fair and I certainly would not book again.

Very good accommodation.
There is a shared pool & hot tub.
The games room with pool, table football & table tennis, the outside tennis court & trampoline.
The shared grass area is great for summer evenings for a game of football or cricket & a socialising on a summers evening.
Perfect

We stayed in the stables this week although the place was very nice, upstairs was not good for tall people, on opening the door it smelt musty and damp. The lounge furniture was damp and cold to sit on when we tried to put the heating on it was useless so I went to fetch the owner, he said what you want the heating on for its August ,but when you have elderly arthritic people and toddler plus a leukemia sufferer in the party we needed heating at night very rude and unacceptable from the owner will not recommend this place

We ABSOLUTELY LOVED this place! It was perfect for our family as it was split into 3 sections/wings. The eating area fitted all 11 of around it and the lounge area was spacious too. There were plenty of pans, cutlery etc for us all. Outside the grounds were huge and the kids loved the play area, games room and tennis court. They may be a little run down but they serve their purpose - especially considering the price.
It is also ideally located for exploring North Devon and we enjoyed days out near by - particularly Dunster and its castle.

Beautiful cottage on a beautiful site. Site was lovely with everything needed for a young family. Highly recommended. Thoroughly enjoyed. Stayed in westwing, lovely throughout, cosy and welcoming. Would recommend to all

Well, where do I start! Firstly, one reason we booked this cottage was that there was an indoor pool and as we were going in January, weather far from guaranteed, the pool was something we could go to, however, we then discovered it’s booked out to schools every weekday so we were only able to use it in the evenings. On arrival the cottage wasn’t that clean, the oven and grill particularly dirty, plates and glasses had to be washed before using. Dishwasher wasn’t good, out of rinse aid and the dishwasher tablets provided were cheap so ineffective. On arrival we were told that the boiler was being serviced the next day so we were without heating and hot water from the Tuesday morning until 10pm but was still having problems with it till lunch time the following day even then the hot water was very intermittent. Also there was an electric convector fire (false wood burner) which was broken gave a glow only but no heat. On the Thursday there was a burst water main so had no water, the owner never checked on us or provided drinking water. We booked to hire towels, take my advice and take your own! They are very small, barely goes around you and were as soft as a loofa and still had the gall to charge for them! Top it off we were asked to vacuum before we left with a vacuum which had a blockage in the pipe. We managed with just the hose and ended up cleaning more old dust and hair which had clearly been there a while. On a plus side, the cottage well suited in its design as we were three families and the 6 bedrooms were in three separate areas. Some suggestions for improvement would be a curtain at the end of the living room to give privacy to that end. Instructions for the washer dryer would be helpful, not sure if it was faulty or user error! a pint of fresh milk instead of UHT portions would be a nice touch. Wooden slats on the changing room floors would be helpful.