Big House Wedding Venues

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Tracy - Verified booking

  The location of the property is perfect and in a lovely quiet cul de sac.

  The owner could not be present at check in which we didn’t mind at all. However when contacted he asked me if we could put the bins out on Thursday. They actually get collected on a Wednesday-luckily the neighbour had put it out. I was quite uncomfortable with the neighbour directly opposite having a key to the property as they could see when we weren’t in. The ‘gym’ is pointless. The pull up bar is half hanging off the wall and unsafe. The patio furniture was in a pile outside and unusable. The toilet seat in main bathroom was dirty and broken. My daughter nearly hurt herself on this. The sockets in main bedroom don’t work-not one close to the mirror to do hair/makeup. The lights above the beds some work some don’t. There are no property instruction/welcome pack so we had no idea that the heating in the living/dining room was actually the skirting boards. The kitchen was grubby-used scourer pads and bits of ‘stuff’ just left on window bottom. The sofa in the living room is extremely uncomfortable. Both showers in bathroom and en-suite were dirty with the shower curtain over the bath needing to be thrown away with dirt and marks along the bottom. Every tap had limescale build up. We did enjoy our week away but did not enjoy our time spent inside the property. The smoke alarm upstairs is hanging off the ceiling-not sure if it functions. We did not contact the owner for any issues as we felt they could not have been resolved during our stay. The property needs a refurbishment.

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• Doreen - Verified booking

  Good points - very clean.

  Comfortable beds, nice garden. Good solid furniture. Beautiful area, with nice neighbours. 3 good Frying pans and one saute pan. Cutlery and utensils brand new. Bad points - no sockets work in ensuite bedroom. One of the double sockets in the kitchen doesn't work or the sockets in the garden nor one of them in the single room.. Only one pan, so couldn't do potatoes and veg, you had to pick which one you'd prefer. And there was no colander. One of the pillow cases in the double room had a lot of black stuff on it. The downstairs toilets overflow kept on going so the person above could not get to sleep for it. We couldn't get into the house till just after 4pm instead of 3pm. The cleaner and the owner finally left but had to call him back immediately as we couldn't get out the patio door, he came back immediately and fixed it. He then said his wife told him to cut the grass when he was there as it desperately needed done. We finally got the house to ourselves after 5pm. He did say we didn't have to leave until 11am on departure day instead of 10am. If all these were fixed then it would be an excellent house to holiday in. It's close to all amenities, superstore within 1mile, cleevlies and Fleetwood all within a few miles, and the big shopping experience at Freeport is just a few miles away too. The house is beautiful and spacious and room for 3 cars in the driveway. The

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• Natalie - Verified booking

  We had a great couple of weeks here in Esklets Cottage.

  The house was perfect for us, a family of four - 2 adults and 2 teens. Castleton is a really good base with walks straight out of the doors, great views, a pub, tearoom, coop and fancy deli all in the village itself. The village is also on a trainline which makes for car-free possibilities too and there's lots to do within striking distance by car as well. We swam in the sea, in waterfall pools and the gorgeous Helmsley open-air pool; walked by the sea, on the moors and in lovely dales; visited castles and abbeys and the excellent Ryedale Folk Museum and ate our own bodyweights in local cheeses and cream teas. The cottage itself had everythinhg we needed including a very well equipped kitchen with a large dining table and a place to sit outside. It's clear too that the owners have made a special effort to make their guests welcome - the information folders about the house and local area were brilliant and the homemade cake, eggs, milk and biscuits left for us on arrival were very welcome. Highly recommended.

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• Samantha - Verified booking

  We enjoyed a lovely week at Stag Cottage.

  It’s decorated to a high standard, it’s very cosy and comfortable and you can see the owner has put a lot of thought into it. The refurb kitchen and wet room are lovely, the kitchen has everything you need too. There is a lovely patio area with plenty of wildlife to look at and the views to the Ullswater hills and fells is stunning. Just a shame the weather wasn’t a little kinder for us to make more use of the patio but you could still appreciate the views from the lounge and bedroom. The cottage is 6 miles away from Penrith with plenty of amenities. It’s 20 minutes to Ullswater and Keswick which is a lovely part of the lakes. Keswick has an easy lake walk and the steamers are great at Ullswater. We also ventured further afield to Kendal and Windermere and west to the coast. Helen sent a couple of emails Fatima make sure everything was okay which we thought was lovely of her. This really is a little gem and we will definitely be returning.

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• Susan - Verified booking

  Our second time in this beautiful cosy and comfortable cottage and already planning a 3rd visit.

  Stag cottage is immaculately presented and has everything you could possibly need for a relaxing break whatever the weather . New sofa/ soft furnishings since our last visit and some nice new garden furniture which made our morning coffee even more enjoyable when sitting enjoying the stunning views. Quite remarkable given the stormy weather when we arrived but the sun shone for the latter part of our week meaning we could make the most of the beautiful location. It was nice to receive a text from the owner checking all was OK and we appreciated the small supply of goods left for our arrival. The attention to detail is 1st rate and it really is as good as it looks in the photos and spotlessly clean. We sampled the food at the 2 pubs nearby and can recommend both for quality of food and excellent customer service. We were made to feel very welcome on a busy Sunday lunch at the Boot and Shoe Inn and in the evening at the Herdwick. We hope to return in 2021.

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