Villas In Derbyshire

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Christine - Verified booking

  We loved staying at this cottage, very clean, comfortable and well equipped for our needs.

  Lovely location, and drive up with wonderful views. All of the Peak District is close at hand by car. The only downside I would say is that we were not able to adjust heating or hot water. I was going to take a bath on the Saturday evening, however the water was only tepid, (after pressing the boost button on the thermostat and waiting for an hour or so as advised in information pack) and so had to wait till morning. The owners only live a few doors down, however we really didn't want to disturb them late on a snowy evening, and we really didn't want to go out again either)! We did have a lot of snow whilst there, and the thermostat showed the cottage was 17 degrees when we got back from our day out Saturday evening. We Luckily had brought our own logs for the woodburner, as there was only one large log, and very little kindling when we arrived late Friday evening. The other things to note (and this is made very clear on booking). There is no phone signal at the cottage and no internet. To be fair the whole area has intermittent signals and goes with the territory and we were prepared for that. We ventured into the lovely village of Longnor on Sunday morning, and were stranded there due to quite heavy snow for several hours, (again zero phone signal), luckily the cafe was open and we were able to get tea and snacks and wait things out. It was amazing to watch the snowploughs come out on a Sunday and clear the roads. We live in London and don't think the snow clearance would be anywhere near as efficient!! To recap, lovely cottage, modern, cosy, private, perfect for a couple (and our Hound). Would love to see the changes through the seasons, but beautiful covered in snow. Just a few little niggles. Oh yes and for some reason the T.V in the bedroom turned itself on 3 times, first time at about 4am. Not sure if someone had set it up as an alarm, but was a tad annoying being woken up several times in the early hours!!

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• Susan - Verified booking

  1 Primitive Croft is a one bedroom holiday cottage.

  It was perfect for us and our dog to stay for a couple of days. We had quite a lot of snow during our stay which made the surrounding environment extremely picturesque (and our dog loved playing in the private enclosed meadow!). There were just a couple of 'niggles' that, if addressed, would've made our stay perfect and would encourage us to stay for a longer period. The first, which has been mentioned in previous reviews, is that there is no stand up shower. Currently the shower is located half way up the wall over the bath. Could this be moved further up the wall and a shower curtain installed? The other issue was 'dog' related. The owners hold a meet up on a Friday evening to welcome guests from Primitive Croft and other holiday rentals. They ask that dogs are left in the cottage but not to allow them upstairs. However, there are no doors or means to prevent them roaming where they wish when not supervised. Perhaps a stair gate could be provided? Lastly, it would be very useful if the owners left a 'Visitors book'. We have stayed in numerous rentals and found these to be extremely useful...not only to report little problems that you don't particularly want to write in a formal review but also as a means of recommending to future guests places of interest etc.

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• Adrian - Verified booking

  Rear garden of artificial grass and large front area stone chips.

  Narrow curved stair to bedroom, no handrail, you either had to crawl up or pull yourself up using the balcony posts, as the last post is loose it would appear that is what many guests have done. Large bedroom, so why put a King Size bed in narrowest part, beware of stubbed toes. Beautiful looking bathroom with a waterjet bath across the length of the outside facing wall with the bathroom window above the bath, you have to stand in the bath to open and shut window. Toilet squeezed in between the sink and stair wall and toilet roll hangs behind you next to cistern. Kitchen, no plug for the sink, no potato peeler to peel veg or a small smooth sharp knife to scrape off the skins. A state of the art electric computerised hob with no instructions on how to use it (very complex), with help of of someone next door managed to eventually boil the veg and even managed to work it myself the next evening, but failed miserably the next night and had to ask the new visitors next door to boil my veg on their normal style of electric hob. The toaster, a qualified electrician would condemn this as it is literally falling apart!! I packed up and left for home after four nights, I did not hoover because I was not sure how you removed it from wall holder.

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• Emma - Verified booking

  Primitive Croft 1 was the perfect cottage for our cosy long weekend away.

  Parking at the back of the cottage is great- no need to worry about on street parking. Good sized rooms for the 2 of us and the kitchen had everything we needed. There was a little welcome pack of essentials and the cottage was very welcoming on our arrival.  We didn't have a problem with the sofa as some reviews have noted but a foot stool would be a nice touch. We didnt have any logs left for us for the wood burner but we had taken some of our own and purchased some more from B&q- 3bags for £17. The enclosed garden was brilliant for our pup and the use of meadow was fantastic for our pup to safely run around off lead- a great idea! The location is great right between Buxton and Bakewell-  plenty of walks on the doorstep too. The one thing that could have been a little better was the cleaning- we found dog hairs in the kitchen on our arrival. We understand this having a pup ourself however it did make us give everywhere a wipe around with antibac before settling down to be on the safe side under the covid circumstances. That being said it didn't impact on us and we really enjoyed our stay. We would definitely recommend the cottages and would stay again. Many thanks.

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• Louise - Verified booking

  We really enjoyed our holiday at this cottage.

  We had lovely weather and were able to explore the area. The cottage was very comfortable and Angus our westie enjoyed the freedom of the secure garden. Across the road was a secure paddock for cottage guests only and this was great for dog walking with wonderful views. On the first evening we were invited to a welcome meeting by the owners which was a good way to find out about the local attractions. We visited the local pub on many evenings where we received a warm welcome. Do be aware that there is no internet provided and the phone signal was virtually non existent although my phone did pick up a signal in the paddock opposite. I would add that the artificial grass and the fact that there were no plants in the garden was a bit of a shame as that was not in keeping with the other gardens in the area, and (as mentioned by other reviewers) the bed is very squeaky indeed, as are the upstairs floorboards. However, we really enjoyed our stay and thought the cottage was in an ideal location, being in a quiet village with very little traffic.

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