Dog Friendly Apartments in Aviemore

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Sophie - Verified booking

  This is such a lovely property, and we had a lovely time staying here!

  The location is ideal, offering a remote feel whilst not being far from the areas we wanted to explore. There are also walks right from the doorstep. Loved the bird feeders nearby, a lovely touch. The apartment was fresh and modern, and a perfect space and size for us as 2 adults and 1 large dog. The instructions sent by Sykes were great, and excellent customer service whilst booking. Areas for improvement: there were some minor issues with cleanliness, e.g. the draining rack looked like it had never been cleaned, and there were hairs and stains on the bedding. Other things that were slightly bothersome were the shower pressure - it was a real pain to have such weak pressure throughout the stay. There was no tea, coffee, washing up items, or standard things you'd usually expect in a holiday let, so we had to buy a lot of basics which was a bit of a nuisance as we didn't really have luggage room to take them all back with us. Some of the glasses in the cupboards also looked and smelt like they hadn't been washed. I was, however, impressed and thankful that an iron and ironing board were provided! The main issue for us was the heating system. The heating to this apartment is connected to the one downstairs- so if they accidentally change the zone, you lose control of the heating. This for me is a huge problem! On the night we arrived, the apartment was freezing. We adjusted the thermostat accordingly, but after 2 hours there was still no change in the radiator temperatures, so I had to go downstairs (as advised in the handbook) to speak to the occupiers of the apartment, and together we were trying to figure out if they'd done something on their heating control to effect ours... neither of us could actually tell! It was a real inconvenience, and I felt uncomfortable having to disturb other people's evenings with an issue they also don't expect to have to deal with. Thankfully our heating did come on in the middle of the night, and was fine for the rest of the week, but this would be the main thing for me that people need to be aware of before they come, and something that if is possible to address for property owners, I 100% would say this is essential to resolve. People don't want to have to be bothering other people on holiday - and I'm sure the other apartment didn't want to be bothered. I also was so cold it was numbing the joy of having arrived at such a beautiful apartment. All that being said, the heating was the main issue, and that aside we would happily stay again! Thanks for having us.

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• Arran - Verified booking

  My partner and I stayed a week in the Mountain hare lodge and we thought it was great overall.

  The place was modern, clean and perfectly spacious for 2 people. The living room setup was great in our opinion, The reviews about the living room being boring are absolute waffle. The wifi didn’t work for most of our stay but that was likely down to bad weather and we’ve been compensated for the lack of connection so we didn’t mind at all since there’s a lot to do nearby regardless. We only had 2 issues, the first being the lack of a washing machine. For an area that receives very active visitors for extended stays it seems a strange decision to have a dishwasher instead of a washing machine. The laundrette in town is an option but it’s not ideal, especially if it’s busy or you lack several pounds in loose change.The other is that there only seems to be very hard pillows in the lodge, despite swapping pillows many times my neck was left so sore it felt like I’d just been scooter spotting in Vietnam for the last week. These were both issues we didn’t really have much trouble overlooking with how good everything else was about our stay, i couldn’t think of anything else that was a downside whatsoever. Overall we did actually have a brilliant time for a good price and would come back again soon. Thanks!

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• Emma - Verified booking

  Property is lovely and location is perfect.

  The shower needs to be upgraded but overall facilities fine. We were disappointed with the management company as I had emailed ahead of our stay for the sofa bed will be required with bedding. On arrival after a 7hr drive we discovered no bedding, luckily we had some blankets so son coped for a night. The unit appeared to be clean however my son is allergic to dogs and although we knew the units allow dogs to stay we did not expect such amount of dog hair to be present. Bags were covered simply placing them on the floor, I tried to hoover however it was broken so contacted the management company for a replacement. Unfortunately due to this we spent most of our evenings out as my son was suffering pretty bad with nose bleeds and asthma attacks. It was only on day 4 of our holiday a hoover was dropped off. I had already brushed and mopped as many areas as I could, when I got the hoover I did the carpets and furnishings to which I unclogged the head numerous times it was so much. I understand there are animals allowed and it’s a risk we took however did not expect such lack of basics like hoovering carpeted areas ahead of the next arrival.

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• Caroline - Verified booking

  Lovely clean apartment in a lovely location but it was a bit too quiet for us personally.

  We were unable to make use of the communal log burner as felt like we would be imposing on the family below who used it every night. The kitchen is lacking anywhere to store food i.e vegetables, tins, bread etc. The fridge was the only food storage place. I feel a vegetable trolley or rack could be placed in the kitchen. As there is no washing machine we expected more towels than we were provided with. We also were unhappy that we could not stream anything on the tv as if the weather had been poor we could have watched a movie etc. I think the apartment should also have an iron and ironing board. To summarise we did love the apartment which seemed very new and finished to a good standard I just feel the aforementioned issues would make a difference. I dont feel the communal area works if the people in both areas are not part of the same group, we would loved to have had use of this but it feels very much a part of the lower building.

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• Caroline - Verified booking

  The location was lovely, we really felt in the middle of the Cairngorms but still within a very reasonable driving distance of the amenities of Aviemore.

  The apartment was warm and comfortable, very welcome after days out in the cold! Some of the kitchen appliances/crockery were a bit dirty, we rewashed them before using it - additionally we could have done with a garlic crusher and some kitchen scales for our cooking (we bought some from the local store in Aviemore and have left them there for future occupants). Our main issue was the water pressure in the shower - I have thick curly hair so the shower being so weak meant washing my hair took a considerable amount of time! Additionally, on the first day there my husband hit his head on slanted ceiling, right on the edge of one of the windows. It was quite a nasty hit and left a large bump. We were wondering if there would be a way to soften those edges? I was less bothered by the slanted ceiling as I am quite short.

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