Little Pityme

Property and location is great, unfortunately during our bank holiday stay we had a boiler issue resulting in no hot water, although we were able to trouble shoot the issue and get the boiler fired back up we thought it best to let Sykes know so no other guest were left inconvenienced, 1, Logged in to my account to make Sykes aware of the boiler issue, this came back as a forbidden message so unable to send, 2, Emailed Sykes to info@sykescottages.

co.uk and this then came back as non-response email, 3, Whats App Sykes business account and to date we are still awaiting a response, Very disappointed with Sykes and it’s inability to engage with their customers!

We’ve had many family holiday’s in Rock and the stay in Little Pityme did not disappoint.

Loved the characterful cottage and all the amenities. And the week was topped off by amazing weather!

We were so happy to be able to enjoy the owners house, thank you, it was such a pleasure to come across such a tremendous property which was ideal for our stay, It had the feeling of home from home, top quality in every aspect.

Beautiful property.

Small south-east facing garden, safe for dogs. Comfortable beds, quiet location. Close to Rock and Polzeath beaches. No complaints about the property, but a larger TV would be nice.

Lovely cosy cottage in a great location.

We found the cottage to be well equipped and perfectly suited our requirements.

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Little Pityme is one of our favourite properties and have stayed many times over the past 10 years.

Home from home! Quaint and comfortable with a small garden which is south facing and safe for dogs. Beautiful weather so breakfast outside on the patio! We cleaned the outside windows and the PVC where we could which wasn’t a problem. You can certainly see the difference! It was only afterwards we saw the previous review! Hoping to stay again in 2026! Colette and Rick

Great property.

Kitchen is well equipped and there's plenty of room for 6 people. Standard of finish is great with parts recently upgraded. Better standard than many cottages we have stayed in and better value for money. Close to local to amenities and a good base for exploring.

This is a great, quirky property which is spacious and in a good location and is very well equipped.

Beds are a bit too soft for our liking and not so comfy. We had a lovely week and would happily return.

We really had a nice comfortable week and enjoyed the cottage.

We are used to the area so the location suited us. The only 'negative' if there was one I would say is that the kitchen cupboards are over stocked with random cookware and crockery so there was nowhere to store food cupboard items

Thoroughly enjoyed our stay again at Little Pitmye, great location for the area, and loved opening the curtains from the downstairs bedroom to sunshine and baby robins!

Only slight issue was 9.30am departure time - preferably back to 10am would be better again or even 11am? Also outside front area needs a bit of tlc eg windows cleaned, and generally tidying up a bit. Certainly won't put us off booking again, as interior exceptionally clean, and bag of goodies very appreciated!.Thanks Darren and Dawn

We booked this property because it had more than 1 bathroom so it was very disappointing to find that it was impossible to use more than one at a time due to low water pressure throughout.

Unfortunately the owners have focused on making the house look aesthetically pleasing rather than tackling the fundamentals. There were no shaver points in any of the bathrooms either even in the newest! We understand that the property is currently being refurbished but the back door was rotten and covered with duck tape so was not very secure with our property inside. The interior of the house was very clean but the outside obviously hadn’t been cleaned for some time.

Lovely cottage, great location.

Accommodation suited us very well and the garden although small is fully enclosed so ideal for a dog

We loved our week in August at Little Pityme.

Fantastic location being only a short drive from Rock, Trebetherick and Polzeath. We did lots of surfing, coastal walks, searching for cowrie shells on Greenaway beach, and a wonderful waterski with Camel Ski school in the Rock Estuary. The house was very well equipped and wonderfully comfortable. We especially loved that every bedroom had it's own bathroom and the master bedroom had fantastic storage. We would love to return. Thank you!

We had the most amazing stay at Little Pityme.

The family thought it was the best holiday accommodation we'd ever stayed at. A spacious and extremely well presented cottage. The location was spot on, with great pubs either end of the road with Rock and local shops a 5 minute drive away.

Little Pityme is a quirky house that we really liked.

It is very well equipped. The refurbs of the bedroom and bathroom were great and a real improvement on our previous visit. We had a lovely stay!

Beautiful house.

Well-maintained we appreciated that the property is still under going some refurbishment, but that did not detract from how lovely the house was. We had a lovely stay and we were very blessed with the weather. It was a lovely suprise to get a welcome pack when we arrived. It was much appreciated.

Love the place.

Our 2nd time at Little Pityme and back for a 3rd time in September. Lovely area and ideal for long dog walks.

Welcome bag of goodies was a lovely touch.

Very clean accomodation and the ongoing refurbishments of the individual rooms made it a joy to stay at Little Pityme.Ideal location for exploring Rock and local area (although we have been coming to the area for about 10 yrs!).Thanks to John Bray offices for being very helpful providing another coffee perculator!.Would be happy to recommend property,and more than happy to stay here again!

This property is well maintained.

The recently completed works looked great; GF bedroom and bathroom all new and also carpets/ lounge area made it very comfortable. The modern bath was greatly appreciated after a long walk. The property was very well equipped with plenty of hairdryers and soap, shampoo & shower gel in each of the bathrooms. The kitchen was very well equipped too with lots of nice touches, including two cafetières. It’s only one minutes walk to the local pub too. Very well thought out - thank you to the owners.

We had a repeat visit to Little Pityme in August.

The house is perfect for us: well located for all of the facilities around Rock, spacious and comfortable, and also very well equipped. The bag of goodies from the local shop is generous and a really nice touch, and I’ve never seen a holiday house so well equipped with all the basics: tea, coffee, etc. Nice to see it’s being renovated too.

Beautiful property, bedrooms ideally spaced out so that everyone had their own space.

Beds very comfortable. Plenty of glasses, mugs, plates and bowls and cooking equipment. Would definitely recommend only slight improvement would be an extraction fan in the under stairs bathroom as can get steamy.

A lovely stay again, we have been before and will come again.

It was a beautifully presented cottage style property.

Very comfortable for three couples and with easy access to the local facilities.

A really lovely place to stay.

What let it down was that the week we stayed there was a lot of rain and in a lovely stone cottage at times even in the beginning of May we needed to put the heating on and we could not work out how to do it. There was no instruction manual within the information provided for the cottage. Or if there was we couldn't find it. We played around with the digital display in the hallway but nothing happened. It's a shame on that front. The dog mess bin was already full when we arrived on the Friday from the last tenants and wasn't emptied until the Thursday (day before we left) so we had to walk down the road to a public bin every time our dog needed toilet. Last thing. We used the bedroom upstairs off the lounge and every morning without fail we'd be woken at 5 am due to birds nest on the roof. Some prevention to deter the birds would be appropriate. Something to consider because you go on holiday to rest well. I wouldn't recommend it for a young family due to the stairs up to the living space. Quite steep and the carpet is slippery without a decent pair of slippers on. Overall it's lovely there. We would like to visit again but see no dates available for foreseeable future.

My elderly mother found the property to be very cold especially as the heating was turned off.

She also found the steps in the garden too high so was unable to enjoy it

We had a fantastic stay, cottage was lovely will definitely stay again