Dog Friendly Villas In Cumbria

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Nick - Verified booking

  A lovely house in a wonderful location, with good facilities.

  Although very small, our family of 4 were happy for 5 nights. A few things to watch out for: On arrival,m the key safe box was wide open. Not sure if it hadn't been closed properly or if someone had broken into it, but something to be aware of. In you are tall, you'll bang your head on the hanging lights multiples times during your stay. We had to put a chair under the one in the lounge to avoid injury! Spotlights would make much more sense... ah, the spotlights.. maybe not, beware the spotlight in the shower cubicle, it'll give you a really bad burn because they get far too hot (especially if you're balding like me). The heating - ignore the 25 mins max message unless someone has only just left the property, it took 1.5 hours to get the water hot enough to ensure we wouldn't get Legionnaires! After that, an occasional 25mins was fine to top it up. Thankfully we took our own baking tray because those provided were in the oven and clearly hadn't been washed. Unfortunately we didn't take our own bottle opener, and the one provided was broken. We had some inquisitive slugs roam around the kitchen in the evenings, but they were harmlessly returned outside. It happens, our previous home had them too. 9:30 check-out. Come one really? That's far too early, especially with a family of 4 trying to cook/eat/clean-up breakfast. This definitely needs to be increase to at least 10:30, if not 11. Sedburgh is absolutely lovely, just be careful of some of the 'pubs' (restaurants) as they can really burn your wallet. Check out the Waffle Cone and Red Lion (we had to book). Parking wasn't an issue until the night before our departure, and due to the ridiculous departure time all the spaces were still occupied, so we had to lug our stuff up and down the road. Oh, and say hello to the chap next door if you see him about. He's lovely and doesn't bite. All in all, a very pleasant stay, which we might return to in the future.

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• Thomas - Verified booking

  What a beautiful location.

  That's our fourth time staying on Esthwaite farm since June . First time in Bassenthwaite cottage. We found it fantastic as usual. The cottage itself seemed " more cottagey " somehow, having the panelled internal doors with the old fashioned latches. The wood burner is just fantastic. Sitting there in front of a roaring fire brought back memories of holidays in my youth in County Down. The first couple of days the weather was terrible but it didn't put a damper on things. It was great sitting in front of the fire and looking out at the rain. In fact once I woke up in the early hours, went into the living room, the fire was still blazing and there was my wife peering through the window and I thought, if this weather gets any worse I'm going to have to let her in. I found the fire very easy to light although some people have said they could have done with instructions?? The kitchen had all we needed. The cooker was great but we ate out most days. We went into Hawkshead and got some provisions. Teabags, milk and the like. But a few instructions on how to make a cup of tea would have been helpful !!!!! The scenery is spectacular. A recommended walk would be right round Esthwaite water. Through Hawkshead and then round the west side. About 5 miles but not very hilly. Highly recommended. And that's from an almost sixty something. Other great places to see are Tarn Hows, Hawkshead Hill and Grizedale forest is a must. There's a visitors centre with a cafe and also a pottery shop with a potter doing his stuff. This is where we picked up our ceramic poppies all hand painted. A must see place. All in all another great week. No matter how many times you go to the lakes there is always something new to see. We love the place, especially my wife who says she'd like to move to the Lake District. I said I thought it was a great idea but we should write to each other at least once a week. Tommy & Angie Reid

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• S - Verified booking

  Sedbergh is lovely, will definitely return to the area.

  Fells cottage is small but full of amenities and spotlessly clean. A great location. Plenty of useful information about cottage, lighting Esse range and locality. Made booking with Booking.com - no key collection information from them but from Sykes Cottages who I didn't book with so they didn't have my email address. Only when I queried the possibility of moving dates did I get key information - on 12.12.18. Pertinent information about key collection could have been more prominent and not buried in a wordy email that included all details, Sykes app download and travel insurance. Didn't have any direct contact with the owner - only via Sykes. Owner kindly agreed to let me move dates (reason for stay was attending a wedding but one relative couldn't go due to having flu) but I decided to stick with my original booking as extra charges to move dates to January 2019 were excessive. Only ended up staying one night (spent other nights visiting ill relative). Arrived around 5.30pm on 13.12.18 and cottage was very cold - storage heaters had expended their heat; thankfully the Esse range was easy to light with enough wood provided for a couple of hours but it did take a while to heat the space, after the doors to kitchen, bedrooms and bathroom were closed. I could have brought wood from home to keep the fire in longer had I known I would have to rely on lighting the stove. Choice of Failed to meet expectations - didn't book with Sykes so I had no expectations of their service

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• Alison - Verified booking

  This was a great holiday cottage and spotlessly clean.

  It was much more spacious than we thought it would be. The kitchen was fab, with every you could need; even the knives were sharp, which is unusual in a holiday home! The master bedroom (with the super king) was a really big room and the bed was very comfortable. The bathroom has been beautifully done and has a great shower. The stairs are a little steep, which could be tricky for anyone with mobility issues. The house is on a main road, but the double glazing is effective. The road has very little traffic at night, so your sleep isn’t disturbed at all. Milnthorpe doesn’t have many facilities but it does have a supermarket, a Spar, a few take aways and a couple of good pubs. The Wheatsheaf Inn at Beetham, a 25 minute walk down the road, is lovely for a meal/drink. Everywhere is dog friendly. It’s a very central location to explore the area, with easy access to lots of places. The enclosed garden at the cottage was great for our wee dog as he was safe, however it’s very overgrown. My only criticism of our stay would be of the garden, as you don’t really have anywhere to sit out in the sun. If one side of the garden was lawn or paved, you could move seats to follow the sun. As it is, there’s one (very uncomfortable) metal beach in one small paved area. It was a pity, as we did have a couple of very sunny late afternoons, but had nowhere to sit and enjoy them. We had a very enjoyable stay and would definitely return.

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• Vanessa - Verified booking

  The cottage was functional but neglected.

  It was clean and tidy inside and had most things needed. However it just lacked the finishing touches that would have made it worth the money. The furniture was an assortment and simply didn’t match. There were no rugs. The pictures on the wall were bizarre. The towels are old and worn and need replacing with proper bath towels. A clothes stand for drying clothes inside would be useful. The garden needs a good tidying up as it is overgrown and the washing line needs replacing. The cupboards all need tidying up and cleaning out. It would have been nice to have some coffee and tea and other items as a welcome. I chose this cottage because family live in Milnthorpe and it was close to their house but it was very over priced compared to other cottages I have stayed in with other companies. It was disappointing having to pay the housekeeping deposit for this property and not worth it. The cottage we are in now in North Yorkshire is fantastic and cost less. Overall, poor and I recommend the owner overhauls this property for future guests.

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