At first appearances, the Garden Lodge is extremely well presented, clean and homely. Our problem came in the evening when we retired to bed - we had returned after a night out with friends and two other parties were in the rooms either side of ours. We could hear everything.....conversation, toileting, snoring, farting... the lot. Not pleasant and definitely not private. We left this accommodation in the middle of the night because my husband couldn't stand the racket from the other rooms! We did speak to the owners but they didn't seem particularly interested in helping us. I can't believe that other guests hadn't raised this issue with them - they told us it hadn't been a problem for any other guest. We did pay the owners before we left because I don't believe in ripping people off (we called another hotel in the area and got a room there instead - that weekend cost us a bl**dy fortune!). I subsequently complained about the B&B to the AA, who have given this place 4 stars. If you read the AA's criteria for a 4 star B&B there is no way this property meets the standards for noise. The AA never gave us a satisfactory response to the complaint though...... so no-where else for us to go but TripAdvisor.
On the website this place looked fantastic but it sadly doesn't live up to its promises. The thing that annoyed us most was the owners' blatant denial that sound bleed was an issue and that it had never happened before! Avoid!
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