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CB Timeshares and Vacation Rentals Review of Longbridge House, Honiton, Devon
Longbridge House, Honiton, Devon

Longbridge House, Honiton, Devon review: Bankrupt...soon 4

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For a friends 40th birthday surprise, our party, 7 adults and 6 children, booked this house because of its amenities, size and location. The pictures on the website looked amazing. heated indoor pool, essential as it was November, pool table and fuseball. Outside childrens play area, fishing rights to the river Yarty. We paid £3, 000 for Monday to Friday, total waste of money! Do not pay to stay here! Thread bare carpets, no fuseball table, pool table with missing balls and one pool cue with a missing tip! Dog excrement in the front and back lawns, overgrown garden and grass, missing light bulbs, rusty dirty barbeque ( T&Cs states please leave it clean and fat free...JOKE). Pool bottom was gritty and dirty, adults refused to go in it. Broken window latches. Dirty, stained mattresses. Childrens play area was dangerous, Rotting climbing frame which broke when my 11 year old clambered through the overgrown dog [censored]e grass. This area is across the road away from the house. This is i presume where they have fishing rights. Brilliant, no fish. Its about 2 foot deep and so fast moving only Salmon migrating for nookie could possibly be present. We made the best of it, no choice. To top it all my 11 year son left his iPhone 4s in his bedroom. This he realised once we were 30 minutes away travelling home. If you travel there you will realise that turning back at this point with a 6 hour journey ahead is not an option. As such I immediately called CAROLINE to let her know. She said she would contact the cleaners on MONDAY, i said thanks give me call and i would confirm the posting address and sort any postal charges. Later, on the long drive home...thinking...mmm...i would have called the cleaners on their mobile. On Monday, waited till late afternoon, i called CAROLINE (very well spokenBTW) "any news?" No she said, she hasnt been in contact. She will call me Tuesday. Tuesday, early evening, still no call. Consider i have an 11 year old who spent his £230 xmas money on a contract (me paying) subsidised mobile phone and was disconnected from his virtual world! So i call CAROLINE again. She says she hasnt heard anything (SHE should have called them by now.. ..i think anyway) i express my disappointment, he is only 11 ...blahblah.. i have to ask her to call me tomorrow and emphasise PLEASE call me to say you have it OR you dont. ONE WEEK HAS PASSED. I have called her tonight. This is the exact conversation word for word...""Hello", " is that Caroline?", "Speaking", " Its Stuart W..., we stayed at Longbridge a couple of weeks ago, just calling about my sons mobile" SHE HUNG UP! very unhelpful lady. Do not be fooled by her cheery pleasant telephone voice. As a qualified accountant and part owner in a very successful FTSE top 1000 accalaimed businesses (http://www.lseg.com/resources/1000-companies-inspire-britain) i forsee that someone will lose their money. And it will happen thus, You will pay the full amount before arrival. You will arrive on the day to find the locks have been changed or its boarded up! BTW, i did call straight back, it rang for long time, then to voicemail. Whilst agitated i left a very clear and polite message. Bless her, she sounds lovely!

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Ibincourt
Dunstable, GB
Nov 23, 2015 1:43 pm EST
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Longbridge House is now being advertised on The Big Domain as River View Axminster Devon. From the photos the only thing that seems to have changed is that the garden areas have been tidied.

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Ibincourt
Dunstable, GB
Jan 13, 2015 5:25 pm EST
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Now also being advertised as LOVELY COUNTRY LOCATION SURROUNDED BY FIELDS by homeaway.co.uk

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Ibincourt
Dunstable, GB
Jan 09, 2015 3:43 pm EST
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If you go on to Owners Direct Website you can leave a review for the property. It is advertised as House in Stockland, Honiton, Devon, England.

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Ibincourt
Dunstable, GB
Nov 20, 2014 4:11 pm EST
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The property obviously has not changed since we were there in Oct 2013. How do they get away with it.