5 minutes into exploring for our overview of Shell Home in Bournemouth, my daughter turned to me and requested significantly if the house owners would possibly promote for 1,000,000 kilos – not a foul first response to our weekend break, a style of luxurious self-catering in Bournemouth with youngsters.
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Alas, neither she nor I’ve 1,000,000 kilos mendacity round however happily a keep at this five-bedroom home prices rather a lot lower than that – plus you’re solely a brief stroll from Bournemouth seafront and seaside, in addition to it being an ideal base to discover Dorset.
As a result of this vacation home is an actual gem for a household break by the seaside – learn on to see my full overview of Shell Home Bournemouth to find why.
Shell Home Bournemouth overview: Important statistics
A part of the small Seashore Hideaways assortment, the Shell Home is one in all two properties providing luxurious self-catering in Bournemouth – the opposite, The Seashore Home, sleeps as much as 20.
The Shell Home has 5 bedrooms and usually sleeps as much as 12, though there’s an choice so as to add two additional beds and sleep 14.
There are three bogs as nicely – two en-suite and one household lavatory – plus a rest room downstairs, a small backyard space, together with well-equipped kitchen, front room and eating room.
It’s dog-friendly in addition to child-friendly, if you wish to carry your (well-behaved) four-legged pal.
There’s no parking on the property itself, though there’s a carpark a few minutes stroll away which prices £11.50 per day. You possibly can e-book in 24-hour slots on Ringgo, and there isn’t a no return coverage, so that you simply want to recollect to start out a brand new parking session as quickly as the primary one runs out.
There may be additionally some on-street parking close by if you’ll find an area, however do verify the restrictions. Alternatively, Bournemouth station is round 5-10 minutes away by automobile, with loads of sights in strolling distance of Shell Home.
Shell Home Bournemouth: self-catering with youngsters
The very first thing you discover as you stroll in to the Shell Home is how fashionable it’s. All over the place you flip, there’s one other eye-catching element, an opulent contact, an decoration to covet.
Often for those who e-book a luxurious self-catering property, there’s one thing I want I may carry residence with me – a chunk of artwork maybe, or in a single case an enormously gentle sheepskin rug. I feel the Shell Home is likely to be the primary time the place I’ve wished I may packed your complete contents of the home into my suitcase although!
There’s clearly been an enormous quantity of thought gone into the renovation of this Bournemouth home, from the necessities within the kitchen to the design particulars within the bed room, the color scheme, even the selection of art work on the partitions.
After a two-hour drive from west London, and a brief stroll from the close by automobile park, letting ourselves in had gone with out a hitch – the check-in particulars had been emailed over earlier that day.
However being greeted by a sequence of welcome treats is at all times an added bonus – a basket within the kitchen was full of biscuits, crisps and chocolate, whereas a bottle of rose prosecco rested within the eating room on a gold octopus holder (which caught my eye simply as a lot because the fizz!)
Tempting although it was to sit down straight down in one of many cozy seats, open the prosecco and put my ft up, there was much more to discover.
Downstairs, the lounge has two large squashy cream sofas, all dotted with throws and cushions, and a sequence of little tables tucked within the center.
As we wandered over to take a look at the TV and a number of the different ornaments on the little tables and partitions, we found there’s even a small passageway operating parallel to the corridor which takes you again by way of to the kitchen.
The 2 armchairs within the kitchen truly turned one in all our favorite spots, with the spring sunshine streaming in and slightly desk subsequent to one of many armchairs for a drink and one in all our welcome treats.
The kitchen itself has every thing you would possibly want – multiplied by a dozen. Looking by way of cabinets and cabinets, I additionally got here throughout a gold cocktail shaker and matching ice bucket, an ornamental vase which appeared to have been impressed by octopus tentacles, and a few fairly glass plates, for starters.
Fairly aside from all the sensible stuff, plates, mugs, glasses galore (together with for white and crimson wine, beer, cocktails and who is aware of what else), saucepans, cutlery, chopping boards, sieves, picket spoons…
Actually there was nothing that we wanted that we couldn’t discover: the fridge had milk and orange juice in too, plus there was tea, sugar and occasional pods for the Lavazza machine, in addition to varied different odds and ends.
The home is equally stocked with dishwasher tablets and primary cleansing provides as nicely, together with binbags and washing up liquid.
The oven had no difficult settings and whereas the dishwasher was barely temperamental the primary time we used it, even that didn’t trigger us any issues.
The truth is, there’s a lot within the kitchen, that I fully failed to identify one other cabinet for a number of hours – opening it, it turned out to include a canine bowl and treats, varied tins and different odds and ends.
Past that, the eating room was already set for 2, though you possibly can simply match 12 individuals on the benches across the desk for a giant household meal.
The bathroom is tucked away on the again, whereas the doorways open onto the little backyard, with one other desk, additional chairs and a barbecue for good climate.
The garden is astroturf, so that you received’t be as much as your knees in mud for those who’re unfortunate sufficient to be staying after heavy rain both.
By this level, we had been already totally received over, earlier than even exploring the bedrooms.
Throughout our keep, the additional bedrooms had been locked so I didn’t get to peek inside, however there are two additional rooms with king beds (every with house for a further roll-out mattress), and one other with king mattress and two single bunk beds.
Nevertheless pretty they’re, I nonetheless suppose we got here off nicely, with a four-poster mattress and en-suite lavatory in every.
The primary had a gentle purple color scheme, in addition to loads of the – by now anticipated – luxurious particulars, together with seaweed-themed artwork mirroring a number of the items on the steps and within the hallway.
The second, in the meantime, had jungle print artwork and a inexperienced color theme, with curtains drawn again across the four-poster king dimension mattress.
And, like Goldilocks, I attempted each to seek out out which king dimension mattress was juuuust proper. With squashy pillows, and a stunning supportive mattress, I slept superbly in every.
Each en-suite bogs had a rainhead bathe over a shower (plus a handheld bathe, so it pays to show the knob the correct means until you wish to be unintentionally sprayed whenever you swap it on!) and a few pretty Noble Isle toiletries.
There’s loads of house in your personal toiletries across the sink too – one in all my greatest bugbears is when there’s room for a toothbrush and never a lot else.
Plus a separate household lavatory on the highest ground with twin sinks and a walk-in bathe, so even when you have extra individuals staying, there shouldn’t be a lot of a wait within the mornings!
As ever, it’s the little particulars which set the entire place aside – starfish knobs on the drawers, shells dotted round, seaweed art work, vegetation (largely synthetic however the sort that are so convincing, it’s a must to rub the leaves to verify).
It’s not arduous to see why my daughter fancied proudly owning the Shell Home and residing right here completely!
So are there any downsides? Fairly truthfully, not many. You do must think about the price of parking on high of the keep, and for those who’re planning an extended go to than our weekend break self-catering in Bournemouth, it’s price dropping the baggage off by the home for those who can.
The stroll is barely quick, however it’s barely uphill – we had no bother however solely wanted to carry sufficient for a few days reasonably than a fortnight by the ocean.
The streets close by aren’t at all times probably the most picturesque a part of Bournemouth both, however it’s a trade-off we had been pleased to make for its comfort.
Solely a brief stroll to the West Cliff zigzag path main down from the clifftop to the seaside, you’ve obtained seven miles of sand to get pleasure from, in addition to supermarkets and loads of locations to eat inside strolling distance as nicely.
You may be on the Bournemouth Oceanarium in lower than quarter-hour, in addition to the pier, whereas it’s solely round 20 minutes to the Alum Chine tropical gardens within the different route. In case you are driving, you may be at Poole in round 20 minutes too.
On gloriously sunny days, it’s tempting to spend your complete time on the sand or out on the water. However on a cloudy March weekend, I wasn’t sorry to be spending time indoors.
With our fish and chips on a number of the ornamental plates, an ideal evening’s sleep forward, and loads of locations to curve up and loosen up, this specific style of Bournemouth self-catering with youngsters is definitely probably the most fashionable methods to benefit from the seaside.
E book the Shell Home: luxurious self-catering in Bournemouth
You possibly can e-book Shell Home instantly by way of the Beachhideaways web site (in addition to the Seashore Home for those who’re in search of someplace greater).
The property can also be obtainable on different web sites together with reserving.com.
For extra concepts of one of the best issues to do in Bournemouth with youngsters, try my high picks in addition to concepts of issues to do in Dorset with youngsters and concepts for Dorset within the rain with youngsters
Disclosure: My keep at Shell Home Bournemouth was free for the needs of overview – all opinions stay my very own (and my daughter’s). This put up comprises affiliate hyperlinks – any purchases you make are unaffected however I’ll obtain a small fee
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