Dog Friendly Villas In Borrowdale

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Carole - Verified booking

  Thank you again for yet another fantastic cottage booked with your company.

  The location was amazing, key was easy to access. On entering the property, it was immaculate, warm and clean. Exactly as it had been advertised. Gorgeous bathroom with a lovely hot shower. Well stocked kitchen with every utensil a professional chef would be proud to use, resulting in some fantastic meals. Very close proximity to the bus stop from Seatoller to Keswick. A quick 3-minute walk down the lane to a local hotel which doubles as a bar for non-residents. perfect location for in good weather some amazing climbs and hikes within walking distance. We encountered no problems with using the National Trust car park literally 50 yards down from the cottage. One negative comment maybe to be reviewed for future guests the television was confusing to access. After 2 days of trying, we finally figured out it was operated via Firestick which required the log in details sited on the TV screen, this was so tiny we would suggest enclosing all the operating instructions including passwords etc within the welcome pack. Could maintenance also fix the guttering to the rear of the property? It is broken resulting in water penetrating the outer wall which will arise to major damp issues over time. Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed our time, and would return in a heartbeat as we would with the other properties within your portfolio. We look forward to booking with you again very shortly. 10/10 xxxxx

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• David - Verified booking

  We stayed for two nights and enjoyed our stay.

  The beds were comfy, the kitchen was well appointed and the shower worked well. We were out and about most of the time and the weather was a bit damp so we didn't use the garden. We used the TV once and didn't encounter any of the problems others have reported. We couldn't find the outside bin to put our rubbish in when we left. As others have said, the parking situation is a bit odd. We used the NT car park. One thing worth noting for non-members is the ticket machie only takes coins - who carries £8 in coins these days? Fortunately, I'm a member of the National Trust for Scotland, and althought the NTS has a different parking scheme from the English NT, I left the NTS sticker on the windscreen and no-one seemed to mind. (Possibly no-one checked). There is a notice on the ticket machine that overnight parking isn't allowed, which is confusing but again no-one seemed to mind. Is there an official agreement with the car park operators that tenants in the village may park overnight? The instructions for the flat mention a parking space across the road: is this just the bit of road that is slightly wider than the rest, because it isn't marked as a parking space the way us city types are used to! There were freshly painted double yellow lines on both sides of the road and I didn't want to chance parking there.

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• Tina - Verified booking

  The cottage is in the most perfect location for a walking holiday, right at the bottom of Honister Pass with access to so many stunning walks and moutains.

  Too many for us to do in a week and so we will be coming back. The weather was very wet at times but with the dryer and kitchen heater we were able to get things dry for the next day! It would be useful to have the ability to move the heating from 'summer settings' for those bad weather days but it was still warm enough, and so cosy with the log burner. (Logs can be bought from Seatoller Farm and the farmer very kindly bought them up to the cottage himself in the pouring rain!). This is a remote cottage, but a beautiful drive to Keswick if you need anything so the best of both worlds. Tesco do deliver to the door to make life easy! You can unload the car right at the front door and then park in the NT car park very close by....free for members. This worked well for us. We found the cottage comfortable, and contained everything we needed.....yes the main bed squeaks a lot as someone else noted but it was very comfortable. It is a small cottage for 4 adults and all their walking gear but the location is what sets this cottage apart......Seatoller and the Borrowdale Valley are simply stunning and the walking opportunities are endless. If you love the mountains and just getting out there this is an amazing location.

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• Gordon - Verified booking

  This was a very pleasant cottage with a lovely little enclosed garden.

  There was plenty of space for two of us plus small dog. I am sure it would have been okay for four, but six might have been a bit of a push, especially in the rather small dining room. The location in the hamlet of Rosthwaite in the beautiful Borrowdale valley is wonderful. Disappointingly, unlike many of the rental properties we have visited, there was no welcome pack, not even a couple of tea bags and a drop of milk for a cuppa after a long journey. Remember to take your own, However the property has one very big drawback, the on-site parking. Although the instructions blithely say you can park in the adjoined garage, this is in fact a VERY tight space even for our relatively compact car, with stone walls very close indeed and severely restricting turning space to get in and out. I would only recommend this for drivers who are very confident to manoeuvre their vehicle in unfamiliar and intimidating tight spaces. There is however a small car park a short distance away if you are content to park off site. This should be made clearer on the property details rather than simply promising on site parking. Sadly for us continual worry about the parking rather marred what would otherwise have been a lovely holiday.

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• Anita - Verified booking

  The property was over-priced.

  Not sure if you would normally charge almost £1000 a week for a 2 bedroom cottage in the middle of September, or were just taking advantage of the COVID situation. The cottage was functional but charmless and not at all homely. No soft furnishings in the sitting room. Decor more like a Council house circa 1980 than a 17th century cottage. The amount of fuel provided for the wood-burner was mean. My biggest gripe however is the complete absence of any information on how to work things in the property or any information on the local area. We spent a long time figuring out how to watch the tv, my parents or people less comfortable with technology would have given up. You couldn’t actually watch live TV because the WiFi was too weak, so if the description says there is tv, it is not accurate, we were only able to access on demand tv. For some reason, the radiators are controlled remotely, but, given the absence of any information, we had no idea that was the case and had to message the caretaker having spent ages searching for instructions. It would be better for us to be able to decide for ourselves when we did and did not want the heating on.

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