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Spence Cottage, Birdham

Spence Cottage, Birdham

4.4
out of 5
Ratings from 23 reviews
100% of guests
recommend
Cleanliness
4.4
Comfort
4.4
Condition
4.4
Location
4.4
Value
4.3
Customer
Service
4.5

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Quintessential British country cottage.

It was a great place :)

Review submitted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024
5.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
I think it was a problem with the bathroom window, I think the rain was leaking in, it was water on the window bed after rain.
When we arrived the toilet paper on the window bed was wet and the second day the window bed it was wet after rain again.




Henry Adams Holiday Cottages replied 102 days ago
Thank you for your lovely 5 * review and thank you for making us aware of of the issue with the bathroom window we will get the looked at. We would love to welcome you again in the future

A very nice cottage

Review submitted on Tue, 27 Aug 2024
4.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
4.0
Comfort
4.0
Condition
4.0
Location
4.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
4.0
It was a very nice cottage. The Beach was nearby. It was well equiped. ………………………………………………………………………..



Henry Adams Holiday Cottages replied 115 days ago
Thank you for your review. We would love to welcome you again in the future.

Good value house in good location

Review submitted on Tue, 25 Jun 2024
4.2
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
4.0
Comfort
4.0
Condition
4.0
Location
4.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
4.0
Liked the location of the house, convenient for west Wittering beach and with great walking from base. Salterns way is good cycle way and close.
Layout of house is good, pleasant outdoor area also.
Negatives: didn’t like the beds, too soft and a little noisy.
Wouldn’t have booked a house without a dishwasher, sadly missed that point in advance.



Henry Adams Holiday Cottages replied 176 days ago
Thank you for your review about your stay at Spence Cottage! We're delighted you enjoyed the location, layout, and outdoor area at Spence Cottage! We're sorry to hear the beds weren't to your liking and that the absence of a dishwasher was inconvenient, though we do make it clear in the advert. We'll take your comments on board to improve our future offerings. We hope to welcome you back in the future!

Excellent property

Review submitted on Tue, 21 May 2024
4.8
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
5.0
Really enjoyable stay in an ideally situated property with excellent facilities. Would be even better with a woodburner in the fireplace for extra enjoyment.



Henry Adams Holiday Cottages replied 212 days ago
Thank you so much for your lovely review about your stay at Spence Cottage! We are glad you got to enjoy the lovely location and all the facilities at the house. We would love to welcome you again for another lovely stay, thank you for being such respectful guests.

Lovely cottage - perfect for our Christmas away break.

Review submitted on Thu, 28 Dec 2023
4.2
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
3.0
Condition
4.0
Location
4.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
5.0
The only reason I have put 3 for comfort is the fact we were a family of 5 staying but there were only 4 table chairs, 4 bar stools and seating in the lounge for 4. An added comfortable chair at least in the lounge area would have been ideal. However, for a family of 4 it is perfect. The garden was very secure for our little dogs.



Henry Adams Holiday Cottages replied 351 days ago
Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. This is really helpful feedback. Please do visit again if you are in the area.

Nice cottage even during the winter months.

Review submitted on Wed, 22 Nov 2023
4.8
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
4.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
Great property, well furnished, clean, comfortable and in a good location for the area. Only problem was the mobile signal on both Vodaphone and Tesco Mobile was almost zero the entire stay, not that important as WiFi was good but worth knowing. Would definitely stay again.



Henry Adams Holiday Cottages replied more than 1 year ago
Thank you for taking the time to write this lovely review. The phone signal can be intermittent there which is why there is good broadband. I am really glad you enjoyed your stay and we hope to see you again in the future. Henry Adams Holiday Cottages

A wonderful week

Review submitted on Sun, 01 Oct 2023
4.7
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
4.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
5.0
We had a lovely, relaxing week in Spence Cottage. It was spacious and very well equipped with everything you could need in the kitchen. The heating was easy to operate too! Being on a junction was not noisy, just unusual, and parking on site was so convenient. Spence Cottage gave us a great base for exploring the area and we loved the walks around Pagham Harbour to see the scenery and birds. Plenty of other places to visit on the peninsula and Chichester is only a short drive away. Arundel was easy to get to as well. A well-stocked village shop/Post Office 100 yards away and Little Waitrose in the Shell garage on the corner made for an easy life!



Lovely Cottage

Review submitted on Fri, 15 Sep 2023
4.7
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
4.0
Location
5.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
5.0
Beautifully decorated cottage in a great location to give you access to West Wittering, Bracklesham Bay, Itchenor and many other lovely places on the peninsula. We had such a great time staying here, thank you!
Well equipped kitchen and utility room. The customer service was excellent - would highly recommend staying here.



Henry Adams Holiday Cottages replied more than 1 year ago
We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay at Spence Cottage. Thank you for being wonderful guests also. Please do visit again when you are in the area.

Nice stay in birdham

Review submitted on Sat, 01 Apr 2023
4.2
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
4.0
Comfort
4.0
Condition
4.0
Location
4.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
5.0
We stayed for 2 1/2 weeks. The cottage fit our family nicely and even though on the corner of the Main Street it was quiet. Cottage well equipped for longer stays.



Henry Adams Holiday Cottages replied more than 1 year ago
Thank you for taking the time to write this lovely review! We hope to see you booking with us again soon!

Booked whilst our home had a new bathroom!

Review submitted on Tue, 14 Mar 2023
4.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
4.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
4.0
Location
3.0
Value
3.0
Customer
Service
5.0
We are local but needed somewhere to stay whilst our bathroom was renovated. We loved the cottage and have now learnt about the original buildings from the information left within the property. Local history is always interesting…
The set up within the property was absolutely fine and we could come and go without any issues. I think if you were visiting the area this property would be ideal due to its location for both Chichester and the beaches at Wittering… a fairly busy junction at times..but all in all very pleasant .



Henry Adams Holiday Cottages replied more than 1 year ago
Thank you for taking the time to write this lovely review. We have just engaged new housekeepers here so everything should be perfect going forward. Henry Adams Holiday Cottages

A very nice cottage, used as a base.

Review submitted on Wed, 09 Mar 2022
4.3
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
2.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
4.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
Spence Cottage is a lovely property. Warm, cosy and rustic. A lovely garden area. Very well laid out. A great location for a base, a local shop only a 100 yards away. Petrol station very close by too. Well thought out interior, plenty of room in the spacious bathrooms. Great to have a washer AND dryer too. A very comfortable little cottage.

The down sides, the cooker was not clean. We ate mostly takeaways and cold food anyway, so it didn't really affect us too much.
But, the one use it did get made me reluctant to use it again.

Parking, for the 15 days that we were there, it wasn't too much of a problem. For a couple of days, the space opposite also belonging to Spence cottage was unusable as the neighbours had parked so far over, we would have been hard pressed to have gotten a bicycle parked in there. Again, it didn't affect us as we only had one visitor and I'm sure that if we'd said anything to the neighbours, I'm sure it would have been rectified.



Henry Adams Holiday Cottages replied more than 1 year ago
Thank you for taking the time to review Spence Cottage. Please accept our apologies that you didn't find the cottage as you would have hoped, we are always quick to respond to any issues and would have been happy to send housekeeping straight out to you and to have contacted the neighbours had we known about the parking, I think they perhaps didn't realise guests were in the property. We have now had this issue resolved with housekeeping. We hope to see you back again in the future. Henry Adams Holiday Cottages

Excellent position for Chichester Harbour

Review submitted on Tue, 06 Jul 2021
3.7
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
4.0
Comfort
3.0
Condition
3.0
Location
4.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
4.0
Excellent position for exploring Chichester Harbour. Lovely house, on busy road but noise didn’t bother us. Only negative points were; new double bed needed (pointed out over several years!) and only a shower over bath, though plenty of hot water.
More tourist information in folder would have been useful.



Lovely comfortable cottage

Review submitted on Thu, 08 Oct 2020
4.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
4.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
4.0
Location
4.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
3.0
This is our second visit to Spence Cottage and, as we found on our first stay, we found it an ideal location for walks & exploring the area e.g Itchenor, Witterings, marina, Dell Quay. etc as well as Chichestor itself. Our stays have been ‘out of season’ but, knowing the area quite well, we are aware the main road does get very busy during the summer period and might get a bit noisy for some visitors. The cottage itself is very clean and comfortable with a pleasing mixture of contemporary & original features. Facilities are excellent providing everything you might need for a break.



A lovely comfortable and spacious cottage

Review submitted on Mon, 30 Sep 2019
5.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
The cottage was very comfortable and contained everything we needed for a week’s stay with a small supermarket a few minutes walk away. The courtyard garden would seem to have been professionally landscaped and provided plenty of seating with a large table. The road outside can get busy sometimes at certain times of the day but we didn’t find any traffic noise a problem. Internally, the cottage has been designed & decorated to a high standard, providing a pleasing mix of the new with the old (e.g original wooden doors). It was light and felt quite spacious, and if anything, the photos didn’t do the cottage full justice.





Lovely cottage!

Review submitted on Thu, 11 Jul 2019
4.8
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
4.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
We had a very nice week staying at Spence Cottage. Very clean, everything you , lovely tiny garden. Only downside was the traffic noise, but that can‘t be avoided. Short drive to the beach, lovely walks in the area and only 20 minutes drive to Goodwood (we came for the Festival of Speed).



Henry Adams Holiday Lets replied more than 1 year ago
Thank for taking the time to review. We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay. Unfortunately you were there one of the busiest weekends of the year :-) … but as you were staying for The Festival of Speed I hope you enjoyed it! Please do come back again if you are visiting Goodwood next year.

10 out of 10

Review submitted on Wed, 21 Feb 2018
5.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
We had a wonderful stay in Birdham, Beautiful cottage in a good location!
Would definitely recommend and hopefully we will be back :-D



Good week's stay

Review submitted on Tue, 24 Oct 2017
4.8
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
4.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
A lovely cottage in a good location for places to visit.



Lovely cottage with good public transport links

Review submitted on Fri, 29 Sep 2017
4.2
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
3.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
4.0
Location
4.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
5.0
We enjoyed our stay in this lovely cottage with good transport links. The contemporary interior has been well thought out.



Summer holiday in the south of England

Review submitted on Sat, 29 Jul 2017
4.2
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
4.0
Comfort
4.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
3.0
A gorgeous cottage with a lovely character where old is mixed with new. Very family friendly and child proof. Well equipped with everything you need. It had a shop only two minutes walk and the beach only five minutes drive away. The only downside I can think of is that there was only one bathroom/toilet. I highly recommend Spence Cottage to familys as well as two couples. Me and my husband stayed for a week with our son, his girlfriend and their 1 1/2 year old son.



Lovely cottage close to beach and town

Review submitted on Wed, 12 Apr 2017
5.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
Great place to stay for a week. Well equipped and newly refurbished. Both bedrooms reasonably large but only one loo in the one bathroom. It does have wi-fi but no dishwasher. Very small enclosed garden which is on the main road so quite noisy most of the time. This is not 'away from it all' as there is constant traffic to and from the coast. There is quite a large, well stocked Nisa 2 minutes walk away which was handy and a petrol station opposite. Good to be a short drive from West/East Wittering as well as straight into Chichester. There are 2 parking spaces but both are narrow so you have to be good at parking!!



Happy half term holiday at Spence Cottage

Review submitted on Mon, 14 Nov 2016
4.3
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
4.0
Condition
5.0
Location
4.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
4.0
The photographs on the website of Spence Cottage show a beautifully appointed cottage but I was prepared for it to be smaller than it looked - it is not smaller, it is bigger! To welcome us was a lovely chocolate cake and some milk for tea or coffee which was a lovely touch.
The kitchen is very well stocked with crockery, cutlery, glasses and cooking utensils, and once I had found the "hidden" cupboard (the blackboard is a door!) there were also many useful items such as condiments, herbs and cooking oil. I always bring these essentials as well as washing up liquid, tea and coffee but at Spence Cottage I didn't need to unpack these.
The cottage is very spacious with plenty of storage space.
We spent a very enjoyable week visiting the area including Chichester, East and West Wittering, Selsey, Goodwood, and Brighton. There are more places we have saved for another visit!
The only negative point is the traffic getting around Chichester but that is a common gripe with the local residents too.



Henry Adams Holiday Lets replied more than 1 year ago
Thank you very much for your lovely feedback! Spence Cottage is in a great location to explore the surrounding areas and we are glad you had such a wonderful stay here. We look forward to you booking with us again.

Enjoyable week's holiday

Review submitted on Fri, 14 Oct 2016
4.7
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
4.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
5.0
For us an excellent cottage and well found for and for us also well situated. The owners really care and they gladly prove it.



Henry Adams Holiday Lets replied more than 1 year ago
Thank you very much for your lovely feedback. Spence Cottage is truly a wonderful cottage and we look forward to you booking with us again.