Mermaid House

A great location and nice comfortable house. Lots of space so everyone could relax. The appliances lacked instructions and a washer drying and clothes dryer / washing line would have really helped as there was no way of getting anything like beach towels dry. Overall a nice stay though and st Ives was beautiful as always!

We really enjoyed our stay at Mermaid House. It had everything we needed and we would recommend it to our family and friends

Location of the house was good and facilities themselves were fine. However upon arrival the house was filthy and the lounge smelt really strongly of dogs. I don’t mind a little smell but this was overpowering and unpleasant. We had to clean numerous areas (floors in multiple rooms, kitchen cupboards - before we could unload our shopping, the rug - was so filthy it was taken away and “probably be thrown out”, to name a few - there were more) and had to vacuum everywhere (which wasn’t easy when the vacuum was full (no spare bags provided) and it had a very unpleasant smell). Not worth the money we paid and gave us a really rubbish start to our holiday. Complained and Aspect holidays said they’d send a cleaner that day, then the next day, so I gave 5 hours we were out the following day, returned home and the cleaner hadn’t come during this time so had to email and chase it. 1.5 hours later was told the cleaners were on their way but this was inconvenient. The cleaners arrived while the 6 of us were trying to relax. Aspect emailed several hours later to say they tried to cancel but couldn’t get through. Although we heard both cleaners on their phones ring they were with us but don’t believe it was aspect holidays by the conversations had. Although even if they got through by then this was too late. Communication from Aspect wasn’t the greatest. We were very disappointed with the whole experience. Wasn’t our first aspect holidays booking but it was definitely our last!!

very good value for money. the spare room makes a very useful 4th (single) bedroom, the house is in an excellent location and not up any steep hills, it was also pleasantly set out.

We have stayed at this property twice now as it so comfortable & in a great location.
I would highly recommend.

A lovely house for a family in a great location for town and all the beaches.

Convenient and comfortable with great showers!

The house is in a great location, which is what we wanted as our daughter is registered disabled. Externally the house needs tidying and cleaning up. There was a broken blind in the front window and there are ants inside the property at the bay window and evidence of some kind of wood rot in the flooring. Windows hadn't been cleaned for some time by a window cleaner. The upper bedroom the curtains didn't fit properly and that window needs replacing. We stayed for 3 weeks and although it was a good base, I don't think we'll stay in St.Ives again. The flooring in the kitchen needs improving especially near the dishwasher, we all joked that it was like a trap door !
We initially had Joshua's cottage booked and due to unforeseen circumstances with that property Aspects offered us Mermaid House instead. If you've never been to St.Ives before try and avoid driving through town as it can get very busy and congested. We loved our holiday to Cornwall and packed in as much as we could in that time. Overall St.Ives is a lovely place and it had everything we wanted like bars, restaurants and fabulous beaches !

Good location for being away from the hustle of the high street, but a nice 10min walk to Porthminster or Porthgwidden beach. House was pleasantly spacious for St Ives and had plenty of room for 4 adults, 1 child and 2 dogs.