Dog Friendly Apartments in Scottish Highlands

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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• Steve - Verified booking

  We really enjoyed the place.

  Very comfortable, plenty of space for our family of 3. Our son loved the window seat. Kitchen had what we needed. Water pressure and hot water were awesome. It did smell like someone smoked on main floor, but did not smell that way upstairs in bedrooms. Not sure if it was a smell from no one being there. We bought air freshener spray and with window open and consistent spraying it went away. It didn't bother us as it went away. Would suggest having a hair dryer available. All the places we've stayed at had one. Being from USA, it has been helpful for my wife to be at places with one. There was also no specific shower body wash, so we just used the hand soap. It worked, but just a suggestion. I don't remember the original listing, but make sure mention stairs. It is not an issue for us, but would be concerned if someone who has challenges with stairs. I know the picture showed the spiral stairs. The above is just feedback, things that we wouldn't say turned us off. Loved having the welcome book and original appliance manuals...came in handy for the washer. Really appreciated all the info in the welcome book and recommendations. We felt this was our favorite place to stay at on our trip around Scotland. Highly recommend staying at this place to anyone. Location was perfect!!

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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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• Paul Brown - Verified booking

  Lorimer apartment, which is one of a number within this large house set in its own extensive and well maintained grounds, is spacious, comfortable and luxurious. The owners, Elaine and Malcolm, have their own accommodation within the property. They were perfect hosts. They gave us a warm welcome, brief and concise guidance and then left us to ourselves but were readily available if needed. They have converted the property to very high standards. All of the rooms in our apartment were generously sized and tastefully decorated and furnished. Every likely need was catered for and of good quality. The heating system for example was very efficient and the walk in shower a delight. The living room, kitchen area and bedroom all have large attractive windows which look out over the attractive lawns and wooded areas. There are plentiful seating areas outside and even barbecues. One particular boon for us is that they have installed two electric charging points for cars which are easy to access. Needless to say Argyle is beautiful and we experienced little rain during our mid September visit and a couple of hot sunny days.

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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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