Newlyn House - 5 posti letto 11 persone

Was great just no loo paper

Railway very loud on a night and it makes house shake

Property was exactly how was described booked another week 👍

We didn't stay here to visit Chester, as we were staying for a wedding nearby, so I can't comment on it's convenience to Chester, other than to say that two of our group ran to Chester, along the canal opposite the house (worth a walk as it's very pretty), and figured they had run about 5km. So that gives you an idea of how close you are to Chester itself. The house itself is lovely, clean and has very spacious bedrooms. Beds are comfortable, and the kitchen had everything we could have needed. Dawn was very quick to respond when I called her with an issue, and happy to help us make the most of our stay. It is on a very busy main road, which isn't clear from the listing. For us, living in a very quiet village, the noise, and the shaking of the beds when a lorry went past (frequently), was a bit too much to aid a good night's sleep - adding to that, we were in the middle of a heatwave and so needed windows open. We both slept with earplugs, and still it was an issue. There were eight of us staying, and as spacious as the bedrooms are, the downstairs living/dining area is not. The sofas would sit 6 at best, although the dining table would seat 8 of us. I can't see how it could be comfortable for any more people than that. There are two bathrooms, and so four of us used downstairs (which is a large room) and four upstairs, which is very small, to be honest. Thank goodness we were family, as I cannot see how it could be nice to share with strangers. The outside space is simple, but there were enough seats for 10 people. I don't want to fault the house, but I do feel these downsides need to be mentioned, to be fair to people wishing to book here in future.

I should have taken on board the other comments about the road. A busy road wouldn’t usually bother me. Yes it’s a busy road but if you are in room five don’t expect much sleep after 3am. Lorries start rattling passed, some just seconds apart. When they hit an old strip of roadworks (looks years old - slightly sunken tarmac) across the road it shakes room 5. The radiator rattled, the bed physically shook (probably due to the loose floorboards) and either something in the wall or ceiling that has worked loose also rattled. Floorboards definitely loose (probably worked loose from all the shaking) as when walking in one corner of the room the sideboard would wobble. Shame as that place in a different location would score more highly but to purchase a room to sleep in that fails to let you sleep doesn’t score highly in my book. House was clean and nice. The three other blokes staying seemed pleasant when I saw them and we shuffled the cars/vans around in the drive to fit with morning set off times. Driveway would fit 3-4 cars. Unless you are a very heavy sleeper and happy to be shaken in your sleep this room is probably not for you. NOTE: I stayed midweek so maybe there would be less lorries/busses of a weekend.