Name: The Hayloft at Oakwood Barn
Address: Grange Farm, Reading, Reading, Reading, RG14 2TF, United Kingdom
Rating: 6

Smoke-free property

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Downe House School

Asaba International Airport

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The Hayloft at Oakwood Barn

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We had a lovely comfortable stay.Very modern Bathroom was excellent Bed comfortably

Excellent

This is a beautiful and quiet place in the country side with only a few houses around. I love staying in this spacious loft with a comfortable double bed, a day bed, a sofa and a TV, a fridge with basic breakfast and tea/coffee machines. The host is super friendly and I will come back for future weekend breaks.A few minor things to be aware of: there are stairs to the loft so it may be inconvenient for some people; there is no physical door for the toilet/bathroom and it may be inconvenient if two people are sharing the room.

beautiful country stay

Having read the previous reviews I hoped that in the time frame the owners would have addressed the issues and that this would be a great stay – how wrong I was. 

The Hayloft is a converted garage in a very quiet location. The view as you drive along the drive is lovely however, you can’t see any of it from the loft windows in the room. The room is spacious and clean but that’s about it. 

Advertised as ‘a luxury bed and breakfast’, it’s more like a self-catering unit with half the furniture missing! The breakfast supplied was disgraceful and far from luxury!  An open jar of instant coffee, some tea bags, a multi pack of kids mini cereals, a small cut loaf and some cheap packet jam.  Even if you are ok with a minimal ‘do it yourself’ breakfast experience, there is no where to sit unless you are happy with a bowl on your lap in front if the TV. 
Pillows on the bed are wafer thin and I mean not an awful lot thicker than the pillow case!  We asked for some more pillows and were provided with two more equally thin pillows.  You only get one towel each, no hand towels.  There is a smallish mirror above the sink. A hair dryer is supplied but the plug is in the bedroom – no mirrors.  No door on the bathroom. The sink still doesn’t drain and after closer inspection we found the linkage on the plug was bound together with tape. The toilet doesn’t flush properly and takes many flushes to wash away even a single sheet of toilet paper. Both these issues were reported. The sink was fixed but the toilet was not.  There was some soap supplied but this was a half used bottle from previous people, no shower get etc. Parking is available on the drive but when we arrived there were several cars already on the drive leaving it really tight. 
if you do give it a try, We felt it really isn't  worth the money especially when you factor in breakfast elsewhere. 

My recommendation -  book somewhere else.

Disappointing

The property was in a lovely rural farm setting which was nice and quite. The property itself is a good size and has been nicely done.It was nice and warm with plenty of hot water.Parking is great, it’s literally right outside your door.Even though the owners bought over fresh milk and bread which was very kind of them, it was not made clear at the point of booking that no cooked breakfast was on offer that you normally associate with a B&B.  We let the owners know that the Internet was not working with the password they provided, this never got resolved during our 2 night stay which was a pain as again it was advertised.The DVD player and TV were not connected up and this took some unraveling but we got there in the end.The cleanliness was ok in the living/sleeping area but was poor in the bathroom, the shower tray in particular was dirty and we cleaned it ourselves with antibacterial spray before use. There were loose hairs in the bath and basin.Overall it’s a nice B&B but just needs a bit of attention to detail and cleanliness to be a good or great B&B.

A thoughtfully designed loft conversion in a quiet location. Excellent initial impression - even better than the website photos. Warm with comfortable seating and a good sized TV. A decent fridge that was quiet enough not to disturb at night. Clean and tidy. Previous reviews complained about the lack of door to the en-suite - however it is still private enough and a door there would be impractical. Some issues though.....
  1)  No B&B signage from the main road or where the access road forks.
  2)  Emailed some days before our stay with a question, but no reply so had to phone.
  3)  Let ourselves in as prearranged but no follow up welcome from Emma when she arrived home shortly after our arrival.
  4)  Milk in the fridge was open, out of date and off.
  5)  The help yourself breakfast was minimal especially compared with other similar places we have stayed (we have stayed away on business regularly for many years).
  6)  Creaky bed.
  7)  Just one pillow each.
  8)  No hand towels.
  9)  Basin won't drain unless the plug mechanism is physically held up or removed.
10)  No shower gel (but there was hand wash and bath additive)
11)  Property boasts underfloor heating in the en-suite but turned off with no instructions for use that we could see.
12)  Plug-in nightlight/torch flashes annoyingly at random at night.
13)  The room was not serviced during our stay - perfectly normal for self-catering but very unusual for a B&B. If we are expected to self-service then a tea-towel and washing liquid would be handy.
So; much to commend but too many little glitches which could so easily be rectified.

A very mixed experience.

Great little place for a work stay, microwave, kettle etc so I didn't have to eat out every night and an awesome bath.

Work

This is an absolute must stay the greeting was fantastic the room was beautiful and the scenery fantastic more then what you ask for

AMAZING!!!

quiet location , poor directions , good bed and shower and continental breakfast facilities .

out of the way

Excellent. I needed quiet to read and it is great. Could make hot drinks and breakfast whenever I wanted. Fridge to keep fruit etc. Large bathroom. Very private. Newbury nearby. Lots of lovely walks.

Unique stay

great place to stay very clean and large room I do stay all across the UK and by far this is the best 
the fridge is great with all the breakfast items in

Will for sure return as the best I have stayed at 

5 stars

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