“Wonderful home in idyllic location! Highly recommend! Thank you x ”
Mill Grange Cottage
Mill Grange Cottage
Kim
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- 3 Bedrooms
- Sleeps 6
- 3 Bathrooms
About our home
Mill Grange is a beautifully presented detached converted watermill, fully refurbished and tastefully furnished to provide a high standard of accommodation throughout. A former working watermill, the property is set at the head of Old Mill Creek and adjacent to woodland walks belonging to descendants of Sir Walter Raleigh. The cottage combines many traditional features - such as original oak crossbeams and exposed stone walls - with contemporary and stylish modern day comforts. An ideal holiday retreat if you want high quality accommodation within easy reach of Dartmouth and the stunning Start Bay coastline.
LOCATION Old Mill Creek is an idyllic tidal inlet just off the main River Dart estuary approximately a mile or so from the historic naval town of Dartmouth. Small boats can be launched at high tide with Dartmouth, Dittisham and Totnes all within easy reach. Dartmouth's array of boutiques, restaurants and tea rooms, as well as the picturesque River Dart are all accessible within a (steep) 20-30 minute walk, or about 5 minutes in the car, whilst the award winning Blackpool Sands beach is just a short drive away. Woodlands Theme Park and Dartmouth Golf and Country Club are just 3-4 miles away.
VIEWS Stunning views from the sitting room over the creek and surrounding woodland.
ENTRANCE The main entrance leads directly into the kitchen and ground floor living area.
KITCHEN/SITTING/DINING ROOM A spacious open plan, sunny and very well presented room with high vaulted ceilings and original cross beams. The stunning kitchen is very well equipped, with high gloss units, granite worktops, range cooker with five-ring halogen hob and two fan electric ovens, a large SMEG fridge with ice box, integrated dishwasher, washing machine and microwave. The cosy sitting area has two cream leather sofas, leather armchair and footstool, flat-screen TV with Freesat recorder box and DVD player, and large wood-burning stove (logs supplied) The room opens into a spacious and very well presented dining area with light oak table, spacious oak side board for storage and six high backed leather chairs.
BEDROOMS Three in total. The en suite master bedroom (at lower ground floor level) has a King size bed, bedside units, wardrobes, drawers, chaise, large flat screen wall mounted TV with Freesat, and French sliding doors out to a private decking area with loungers and seating and access to upper/rear terrace. Four stairs lead up to an open-plan raised bathroom, enclosed with clear glass balustrade and beautiful black porcelain floor tiles. The en suite has a luxurious corner bath with hand-held shower, wash-hand basin, heated towel rail and discretely hidden w.c. On the ground floor are two further bedrooms each with high vaulted ceilings and original cross beams. One bedroom is a double with King size metal framed bed, bedside tables, wardrobe, drawers, chairs and wall mounted flat screen TV with Freesat, whilst the second is a twin with two metal framed divan single beds, bedside table, drawers, wardrobe and wall mounted flat TV with Freesat. N.B. All beds have memory foam mattresses. Duvets, pillows are supplied but we ask if possible that guests bring their own bedding and towels. However, they can be hired at an additional cost of £10 per person.
SHOWER ROOMS In addition to the en suite bathroom (above) there are two further shower rooms. On the first floor is an elegant, fully tiled room with electric under floor heating, high vaulted ceiling, exposed beams, large walk-in shower , fixed rain head and hand-held showers, wash-hand basin with large mirrored lighted cabinet over and w.c. On the lower ground floor is a shower/bedroom suite with shower cubicle, wash-hand basin and w.c.
Mill Grange can accommodate a maximum of 6 adults.
OUTSIDE To the front of the Mill is a good-sized terrace area with table and chairs to enjoy the pretty views over Old Mill Creek. (2 additional folding chairs are kept under the bed in twin room for additional seating inside or outside) and 4 stacked chairs are kept on the rear/side decking. To the side/rear is a larger terrace ideal for al fresco dining and late sunny evenings. Garden table with large benches and chairs plus built-in barbeque available. (Please clean the BBQ after use). In addition there is a large private decking area adjoining the master bedroom suite at lower ground floor level.
PARKING For three cars (and to the left of the wooden garage area 50m up the hill from cottage. The tandem parking is clearly marked for Mill Grange. For ease of unpacking please park along the side of the garden wall and pass luggage over the wall to the front terrace. Please avoid parking over the road and large vans and trailers use that as a turning point to get to the boat yards.
OTHER INFORMATION Beautiful wooden flooring throughout the ground floor. The stairs and lower ground floor bedrooms are fully carpeted. The cottage is fully double-glazed and enjoys the benefits of oil-fired central heating and hot water. The controls are outside the upper double bedroom and has a thermostat to control temperature for comfort. The upstairs bathroom has underfloor electric heating and can be controlled from outside the bathroom door.
There is a large wood burner in the lounge and logs will be left for your use. Please can you clean out the fire on leaving the property and ensure you do not go out with the fire lit.
PLEASE TURN OFF ALL HEATING AND WATER WHEN YOU LEAVE.
Wireless broadband internet and telephone are available. (All national non premier numbers are free for an hour) The mobile network 02 works quite well but other networks may struggle.
Strictly no smokers or pets permitted.
The house will be cleaned prior to your arrival and for points guests we ask that £75 contribution to the clean after you leave be paid prior to your arrival. For swaps we would assume a reciprocal arrangement.
We are sure you will really enjoy your stay and Mill Grange and thank you for your booking.
Kim and Katrina
Features
- Vacation Home
- Garden
- Balcony
- Cleaner
- Wifi
- Cable TV
- No smoking
- Central heating
- Dish washer
- Washing machine
- Parking
- No pets
Kim 's reviews
As a host (15) 
“Fantastic property, very high standard interior and a location tucked away to give you that quiet country feel. The hosts communicated all the way through the booking and stay. Highly recommended- our family loved it - Thank you so much ”
“Along 10 years exchanging our house, this property and experience is one of the best we've been on. The house is very big, recently renewed, well decorated, plenty of details, excellently furnished specially high quality sofas and beds, very charmy for winter or bad weather and with stunning views of the river. The day we arrived was cold and raining heavy showers. After a long and exhausting car trip, we got shocked by the charmy ambient of the big saloon, indirect lighting, and big windows to the river. We fired the closed fireplace on (it was already prepared full of wood and paper), played some smooth jazz on the Bose speaker and chilled down on the relax leather sofas with a glass of wine enjoying the views. We felt like at home. Warm days were special as well, the house is well oriented and easy to ventilate. The area is very nice to sail or walk, and less than 5m by car to the town or hypermarkets. Darmouth uses to have lots of nice activities in summer and all the charmy towns around are near by car. Communication with the owners is always easy and near immediat. Access is not the best (car is a must but there is plenty of room for it) but not a problem for us. Cleaning was excellent, even having high wooden ceilings and exposed stone walls. No bugs, spiders or simmilar. (Be carefull with mosquitoes outside at evening, we're in a river!) Bedrooms are full featured, with giant TVs, luxury beds and wifi signal. Hot water and heating system is powerfull and fast. The 3 bathrooms are almost new and complete. Kitchen is for cooking lovers, SMEG fridge and a hudge 4 oven, 5 fires kitchen, programmable dish washer and full high quality accesories. There was some usefull stuff as salt, olive oil, cleaning paper, etc. We didn't have the opportunity to try the BBQ and garden furniture at one side of the house, but it seems to be a nice place to spend the day with the kids. A pity we didn't have more time to spend in this house, we felt like at home and will try to repeat!”
“We loved Mill Grange and had a lovely time away from it all by the (tidal) river but a short drive from the centre of Dartmouth. Plenty of space in the house for 6 of us with our teen kids and my parents and a great time was had by the whole family. The only suggestion I would make is that going downstairs it gets a bit musty, most likely coming from the bunk room as it’s not often used and could probably benefit from an airing out each time the cleaning happens. Thanks for a lovely stay. We can definitely recommend your place. ”
“We have just returned from having had a wonderful week at Mill Grange . It is a fabulous mill conversion , extremely comfortable and really well equipped .. Mill Grange is situated at the very top of Mill Creek a perfect location ,, very quiet but within easy reach of Dartmouth , we had with us a small rubber boat tender so we set off to explore the Dart on a couple of days which was great fun . We were blessed with fabulous weather so made the most of the different outside seating areas . The garden has been very cleverly landscaped .For alfresco dining the table and benches on the middle terrace is ideal . Communication could not have been better . Hopefully one day we will be able to return to this wonderful spot. Thank you both Julie ”
“We visited in May with our three children aged 7 4 and 3. We were blessed with great weather and enjoyed the Torbay Airshow. The house was spotless, warm and had a beautiful view over the river which the kids loved playing in and we did some little SUP excursions around the boatyard. The beds were super comfy and towels were big and soft; the house was very well decorated and appointed- the washing machine was amazingly silent! Kim was very helpful with communication. We leave well rested with great memories of your secret valley and hope to come back soon as it was a pleasure to rediscover the Dartmouth area after 20 years.”
“If you want luxury in a secret hideaway on the banks of the Dart this is the place for you. From walking in the front door we could see the love and effort taken to renovate the house to the highest standards. Superb taste in furniture and fittings, all mod cons in place and a taste of old and new married perfectly together to provide the stylish end product. Kim was an excellent communicator and the directions were clear to follow. The steep single track roads were exciting to start each days new adventure. Loads to see and do in this idyllic part of Devon. Thank you.”
“We had a fantastic weekend at Kim's beautiful house. The location and facilities of the house were perfect, we couldn't fault it.... The decor and layout inside is stunning and we particularly loved the outside area all around the house; we found and used a different spot each day. The location is ideal as well, right next to the River Dart but only a 5 min drive into Dartmouth town. The walks nearby are also lovely and scenic. Kim made it an extremely easy weekend break for us and went out of her way to get us in at short notice, and comms were exceptional throughout. Hopefully we'll be able to return again soon..... All the best and thank you again Paul and Tracey ”
“Mill Grange fulfilled all our expectations and definitely had the wow factor. Kim & Katrina have made a wonderful job of renovating their stunning holiday home to a very high spec but not loosing its character. No expense has been spared. The property is in a very out of the way place and has uninterrupted views of Mill Creek with all its fascinating wild life. Detailed instructions of how to find it were very much appreciated. A truly unique holiday swap. Thank you both for agreeing to our stay and allowing us to rediscover the beauty of Dartmouth and its surrounds in the most glorious weather. ”
“Beautiful home in a beautiful location. Kim was very helpful and friendly. We had a perfect few days away. Thank you Kim! ”
“Absolutely lovely property in a stunning location. Kim communication was excellent prior to the trip. Would recommend and hope to return.”
“Have been trying to think of one word to describe Kim and Katrina s house and location but there are too many. A few would be stunning , extremely comfortable, very tastefully decorated and furnished, amazing location, peaceful, calming, a little piece of paradise!. My partner, myself and two friends felt at home as soon as we arrived and am not ashamed to say I felt very sad to leave. Kim and Katrina, thank you again for everything. Jackie and Al, Don and Judy”
“This house is a lovely find...we absolutely LOVED our stay and Kim could not have been nicer and more kind and thoughtful. The setting is beautiful, it is as quiet as anywhere could be, the treats on arrival were so handy and delicious and the house itself was a treasure! We love it and want to return!”
“Enjoyed a lovely few days in this beautiful hideaway. The house is gorgeous. Kim was excellent to deal with and provided lots of information. Would highly recommend!”
“Had a wonderful week in the middle of January, lovely warm fire and beautiful views. Owners had coffee & tea waiting for us and a bottle of wine. Had wonderful outings and the house was very near Dartmouth. Would definitely go again!!!”
More about us
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We are a professional couple in our late 50s, Kim is now an independent HR consultant having been assistant director of HR at the university of Bristol for 20 years and Katrina is a property landlady and developer.
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We live in Bristol, UK and have a lovingly self converted water mill in Dartmouth which we have to rent or swap which is a fully serviced holiday rental
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We love to travel and our holiday let is of a high quality standard and we love well designed, clean, contemporary properties and will really value respect and look after any property we are lucky enough to rent.
Swap availability
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Where is it?
Neighbourhood
Very secluded at the bottom of steep lane. One house next door is a holiday home and a few boat yards all within beautiful woodland. Mill Grange is set right at the end of a tidal creek and is quiet and peaceful with lovely walks within the woods along the creek.
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