Our Story

Stacey and I have always had a love for catering so when we met and fell in love it felt like a very natural step to start our own bed and breakfast. My first viewing of “the smugglers” was alone as Stacey was working on a superyacht in the Caribbean at the time. It was love at first site, I was blind to the peeling wall paper, leaky roof and old carpets, I only saw her potential, her location and the beautiful village of Mortehoe. When I dragged Stacey along a few weeks later she was convinced as well, I don’t think I even needed to beg, maybe a little!

A few months later (April 2016) we were the proud owners of the old girl and we immediately began work on our vision of a boutique bed and breakfast with a café on the ground floor. Those first six weeks were the most intense of our lives we worked 14 hour days 7 days a week to get the café finished, in the end the scaffold came down the day before our first guests arrived! We were still painting the cafe when they arrived I vividly remember them asking if we would be ready for breakfast in the morning!

Fast forward 9 years and we’re just about to start our 9th season, I really don’t know where the time has gone, we’ve almost completed the work on the house which has included a complete new roof, 11 new bathrooms, 8 guest bedrooms, a complete refit of the top floor apartment and two kitchen refits, 1 beautiful golden retriever called Kingsley who pretends he’s a carpet most of the time (he stays out the way when required) and 2 beautiful girls, Lily and Fern (4 and 2) who run the upstairs house!

We’ve put everything into our little business to create a comfortable place for you to stay with a genuine home from home feel. We are passionate about service and will do everything we can to exceed your expectations during your stay.

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"Lovely place!"

Superb food, fine dining standard. Small menu, but everything is fresh and delicious. We had a seafood linguini, fillet steaks and a Irish lamb stew, all excellent. Food ranges from £18-£30- some portions are on the small side and require sides. Attentive service, kept checking we were ok and happy with everything. Will definitely come again!

messiestephie, Christchurch, October 2022