Hamilton House

Superb location for Lyme Regis Folk Festival and the centre of town.

Two considerations for OAPs: 1) I need a rail to hold onto on ALL stairs/steps. In places had to go up on all fours. 2) I need at least two grab bars when having a shower in a bath, one to help me step over the bath and one to hold on to by the taps to steady myself when actually showering.

Lots of room for everyone and the 2 staircases up to the attic room were lots of fun for the kids. The location is perfect, 2 minute walk to the beach, lots of lovely pubs close by and a fish and chip shop 30 seconds away, very handy. The master bedroom was great - airy,and big and the beams throughout the house were a reminder how old the house is. The uneven flooring was easy to negotiate but again a reminder of the history. Pillows were fat and comfortable as were the duvets. The sofas in the lounge were huge and very comfortable. The generous ‘goody bag’ was full of lovely food and drink treats and a lovely touch. The shower pressure was fabulous and much better than ours at home so we enjoyed showering.

There are literally dozens of glasses(wine, champagne flutes, tumblers etc) which filled up the tiny amount of cupboard space in the kitchen so we had nowhere to leave our food. The welcome pack suggested we leave food in the basement room/utility room but that wasn’t accessible from the house but by a separate door at the front of the house. Not ideal. The mattress in the master bedroom was like a trampoline and after reading a review from 2021 that said it needed replacing, I was expecting that 3years later it might have been done. It was uncomfortable and way past useful. Owners: it needs replacing NOW For the price you pay we expected some toiletries, but there was only two toilet rolls, no shampoo, conditioner or shower gel. It felt like a premium property with a price to match but done on the cheap. There’s no condiments which are normal to have even in mobile home holiday accommodation. The front door key snapped off in the lock which can happen to anyone BUT the ‘emergency’ phone number given in the info pack was only manned in office hours so was useless at 9pm on a Sunday evening. Had one of our group not been inside the house at the time, we would have been locked out all night. The man who came with more keys the next day was really nice and equally shocked that we didn’t have the correct emergency number.

fab house and location

Locality to sea

Bumped head a few times on low ceilings in some areas. Utility room was damp and the washing machine had debris in it. Felt it was a little pricey for the quality of accommodation