Pipistrelle View

31/08/2026

26/08/2026

Mid week changeover.

My trusted Happy Henry and method polish.

06/08/2026

I thought I'd highlight all the child friendly elements in Pipistrelle View. We have a travel cot complete with a proper mattress for your baby's comfort. I usually make it up ready but you are always welcome to bring your own bedding.
As we don't have a microwave, we have purchased a bottle warmer/steriliser for guest use. There's even children's cutlery and bowls, plates and cups along with a highchair.

In the hallway cupboard you will find a toilet seat and step.

There's plenty of toys and games to play with inside and out. Wooden train set, books, Duplo, swings to name a few.

Children can really have fun and are most welcome here.

28/07/2026

How lovely is this picture.
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Was so lovely to walk in this morning to see our previous guests had left this.

This has really made my day.
Thank you to the lovely family for choosing to stay with us.

27/07/2026

One of our favourite features in the annexe has to be the sofa bed.

It comfortably seats three people during the day, but in just a few moments transforms into a luxurious king-size bed complete with a memory foam mattress. Originally designed for the Italian market, it's a clever space-saving solution created for compact European city apartments, combining comfort with practicality.

It even has built-in storage pockets for pillows, making it a wonderfully thoughtful piece of furniture and the perfect addition to our annexe.

Although the annexe was originally designed as a cosy retreat for two (with space for a small child), we've been delighted to welcome so many families and groups of up to four adults. The sofa bed has certainly earned its keep recently!

The only compromise is that, when it's made up as a bed, it does take up much of the living space. That's why we've provided a handy storage bag for the bedding, so if you're staying for more than one night, you can quickly return it to a sofa during the day and enjoy the extra room.

These photos really don't do it justice—it truly is one of our favourite pieces of furniture, and we hope our guests enjoy it as much as we do.

26/07/2026

Early morning clean, ready for this afternoon's guest.

As you know we absolutely love this and so much effort goes into cleaning and getting our annexe ready for all guests. We offer a complimentary hamper to each and every guest, doesn't matter how you booked. We offer everyone the same.

But, I hate to write this especially after the previous negative post, but this relates to that post. We woke up this morning to a negative review from that particular guest on Bookings and sadly because of a number of issues over the last 8 months, this latest issue being the last straw, We have decided to come off of Booking.com. A few people have really let us down on that platform, mostly it's been a positive experience but we are getting put down a lot for location, staff and value for money. We work incredibly hard to make it value for money for everyone. Bookings is not an easy platform to use.
This particular guest arrived early, left late, snuggled a dog in and has now complained about her stay on her review.
I am going to address her issues here because the review is public but I can't put my side to the review.
She has claimed the property was too small for the 3 of them and the sofa bed took up too much room.
The sofa bed is easy to fold away and the bedding has a bag.
She claims we have cameras watching them in the garden and as a rural location surrounded by fields we shouldn't need cameras..
Yes, we do have CCTV cameras facing our driveway, we do not spy on guests, we are in a rural location and are a working farm so we have cameras for security reasons and to prevent crime. All farms have cameras. Our insurance insist we have them.
All the issues raised are mentioned on our listing and that's why we ask all guests to read all the information sent to them.

If you are a future guest please read the information and if you have concerns just ask, we are friendly people and we love having you share our space.

18/07/2026

I really don't want to do any negative posts because that is not what we are about, but today I am extremely saddened by the amount of Dog hair that has been left in the annexe.
There is more to my sadness as the people responsible didn't state they were bringing a Pet. Bookings isn't our favourite platform either as they write our description for us and they don't make it easy to book in with a Pet so it might not necessarily be the guests fault.

We have Guinea pigs as well as Cats and our own Dog living here, we share the driveway with our guests and we like to know a Dog is coming so that we can be aware, especially as we sometimes put our Guinea pigs on the grass strip by the driveway.
Also there's rules we like followed, 1 of these is sweeping up Dog hair as it gets everywhere and means I spend longer cleaning if it's not swept up.

I want to remain a pet friendly accommodation but guests really need to respect our rules, They are in place for the safety of our own pets and I love cleaning the annexe myself but I don't have time to add cleaning up dog hairs especially ones that are stuck in the rug, on the bedding, or just generally left all around the annexe. I can accept a little bit of hair. Don't get me wrong as I don't expect you to clean up every little bit. I am just asking to respect my time.
Admittedly this is the first time this has happened and I have now emailed all future bookings and actually found a few that haven't declared their Dog because they didn't know they needed to. (Bookings again!!) Even though it's stated on the automated message sent out after you book.

This doesn't seem to happen on Airbnb for some reason.

At the moment we remain Pet friendly but if it happens again it could change.

11/07/2026

The annexe is ready for tonight's guests. Been a bit of a long few days as we've had back to back 1 night stays most of the week and most have included the sofa bed too.

Today's family also require the use of the Z bed in the bedroom.

🥳🥳🥳Also exciting news for us We have achieved Superhost status on Airbnb. So thrilled especially as we've only been doing this 8 months. Airbnb is also our preferred platform as it's so easy to use and the customer service is a lot easier to deal with.

25/06/2026

I don't think I've posted anything about the shower room yet, so here it is.

The shower boasts a large height adjustable shower head as well as a smaller one. The pressure on these are really good. We spent a lot of time choosing what type of shower we wanted, so hopefully you love it as much as we do.

Throughout Pipistrelle View we use eco friendly cleaning products and we also provide our guests with Faith in Nature shampoo, conditioner and body wash, Toilet rolls are from Who gives a crap.

Inside the bathroom cabinet you will find other essentials incase you forget those or need some unexpectedly.

So hopefully even though it's small our shower room should have everything you might need for your stay.