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8/10 Good
Emma C.
11 January 2024
Great location but doesn’t live up to expectations
2 families of 4 plus two small dogs stayed.
The Victory is a quirky property, full of character in a fantastic location right on the beach in Kingsdown. We stayed over New Year when the weather was rubbish so spent a lot of time in the property - maybe my review would differ slightly if just used as a place to sleep in the summer when outdoors more.
Positives:
The property itself on first impression once inside has lots of character and the bedrooms are very comfortable and spacious.
The kitchen/dining area is great for socialising - we celebrated new year with games/karaoke and it was perfect.
The log burner was lovely and we appreciated that plenty of logs were left for us (shame there was no kindling to get it started.- We had to borrow some from the pub next door, which was great by the way!)
Upstairs snug had great views of the sea (through the scaffolding (see below)
Negatives:
We arrived to the house to find it covered is scaffolding so not a great start. It was obviously there for a reason but might have been nice to have been pre-warned about this when we were expecting to turn up to a beautiful beachfront house.
the lounge (an extension of the kitchen/diner) is not big enough for 8 people to relax together. Being the winter we wanted to get cosy and watch a film together - we had to move chairs and to say it was a little cramped is an understatement.
The kitchen is extremely under-equipped if you want to self-cater. Not enough cookware to prepare a meal for 8 people (we had to go and buy our own roasting trays) and some of the utensils could do with replacing. Again, it depends what you want from your holiday - if you’re eating out all the time, a slice of toast and a cuppa would be fine.
The garden is a courtyard, which would have been fine except it was a mess from whatever building work was going on. I even paving, broken furniture, builders tools, so felt unsafe for the children and dogs.
Overall, we enjoyed our time at The Victory, however, we have stayed in much better properties at the same time of year for less cost - you are paying for the location and view, not luxury.