Holiday Cottages With Hot Tubs In Ashbourne

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Louise - Verified booking

  We booked a long weekend for a group of 6 female friends to spend some quality time together.

  Great social space with the kitchen, lounge and dining room all in one space. Great location in beautiful Bradley. The building (particularly the bedrooms) were unique and quirky. The hot tub was great, hot, bubbly and Inviting. However, it was at the far side of the garden with no footpath or lighting. It was completely pitch black. There was a torch in a cupboard but it didn’t work. There did seem to be outside lights but none worked or we couldn’t find a switch. The general cleanliness was a bit below par. All of the utensils and pans could have done with a good clean. I scrubbed at least two pans clean and the utensils before using them. The carpet/flooring was very dirty. I had white socks on and they were filthy. I can supply a photo. On the first night as we sat down to eat. The glass in the oven exploded. I messaged the numbers supplied on our confirmation email and someone got back to me straight away. They came the next morning at 8am and replaced the oven - we couldn’t ask for better maintenance service and we were extremely grateful for the swift resolution to the problem. Excellent. Thank you. Unfortunately, we decided to leave a day early as those sleeping in the 4 singles in the back room had really bad nights sleep and bad backs from the beds/mattresses and we couldn’t bare another night in them. They really do need replacing. The sofas in the lounge were also very slouchy and uncomfortable. We spent most of the time sat at the dining table as the sofas were so uncomfortable. For us we wanted some comfort and relaxation. If the beds and sofas were replaced. We’d be back there in an instant and would book for next year. Overall a really great location and social space and with some easily resolvable tweaks as mentioned above it would be excellent. Thanks for letting us stay.

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• Toni - Verified booking

  We absolutely loved every minute of our stay at Sycamore Cottage.

  The property itself is immaculate, very clean and decorated to a good style with some quirky decorative pieces. There is one main route to the cottage on country lanes from the main road so it is easy to get to, although coming from the Ashbourne end the country lane is very narrow and was a little bit much for me so we always choose the other route past the farm shop, which only added about a minute to the journey and less stressful for me! The hot tub was great and the views were simply amazing, looking out over the Derbyshire Dales with some lovely sheep grazing in the field next door. Ellie, the owner, was brilliant. Very easy to communicate with and so helpful. We had one slight issue with the hot tub but she had it sorted for us straight away. The area is great for all ages. We stayed with our two children (5 and 7) and there was loads to do with them but we could have easily kept ourselves occupied with lots of small villages to explore and loads of walking routes. With the children we took them to Peak Wildlife Park and Splash Landings waterpark, both a little pricey but we spent the whole day there. We also spent the day in Ashbourne, and at Carsington Water, which was great. We went a little further afield and had a trip to the car museum (for the husband!) and another trip for the children at Conkers, which is an outside activity centre. We had hoped to get to Bakewell and Chatsworth House but just ran out of time! All in all, a brilliant week with a very comfortable cottage to come back to. We would happily return. Thank you for a wonderful stay.

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• Hannah - Verified booking

  We were blown away with the character of the property.

  It was stunning. We unfortunately had a little trouble with the hot tub on the Friday evening where we had to contact the owner. Although we were disappointed we could not use it that evening, someone was out for 8am the next day and got it fixed for us to use after our walk on Saturday afternoon which we were really happy with. Really quick service and very apologetic. The only feedback I would have is the lack of everyday essentials. Things like cling film, foil, salt and pepper etc that you don’t really want to be buying just for a couple of nights. We did also run out of toilet paper as I think we only had one additional roll between two bathrooms. The recycling bin was also full to the brim when we arrived. So we unfortunately just had to stack our boxes/glasses and cans next to it. However, these were just minor things that did not negatively impact our stay, just would have made things a little easier and convenient. On a whole we had an amazing time and the property was the perfect getaway. I would also like to let you know about the private chef we hired for the Saturday evening. This was David from The Dinner Party Company and he was amazing. The pre-event communication, food, and service was amazing and such good value for money. A nice little addition to top off a really relaxing stay and happy to share his details if it’s something you’d like to promote to guests. Thank you for a great service and stay! Kind regards Hannah and guests

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• Angela - Verified booking

  Have just returned from a week away at Yew Tree Nook.

  Lovely part of the country and potentially a lovely holiday home. But a few things have prompted me to give a review which is based on the thoughts of the people who we holidayed with. The property was well appointed although being able to sit in a comfortable way in the lounge was difficult as all the sofas are in separate parts of the open plan room so not very cosy for family get together and viewing of the small tv. The bins were full when we got to the property on the first day and we were heavily plagued throughout the week with flies and bluebottles. When we left we had to leave our rubbish by the bins. Not very hygienic! The wifi reception is intermittent but that is probably due to the remoteness of the property. The dishwasher did not work. The 2nd bathroom in the shared smelled musty and felt damp. We could not use the hot tub on the last 2 days of our visit as it smelled really bad. We have our own hot tub and know that chemicals should be added on a regular basis to maintain the hygiene level. We chose this property as it had a hot tub so were disappointed at not being able to use it. There were no electric points in the first bedroom so could not use hairdryer/hair tongs etc in that room. These may seem little things but for a 5 star property it was disappointing.

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• Geraldine - Verified booking

  When arriving at the let the smell of damp was very pungent and overtook the excitement of anything else.

  The carpets had obviously been wet and the flooring in the kitchen diner had also been wet from a flood. We moved a sofa closer to the TV and the back and side of the sofa was covered in thick mould. This sofa felt wet when sitting on it. The bedrooms was obviously very damp smelling and this was extremely disappointing and upsetting. The shower room off the 2nd bedroom the shower didn't work and the bathroom stunk. The shower in the main bedroom had no handles on the controls and was very difficult to turn on and off. The floor was constantly wet from standing water from the shower. The sink also constantly dripped water. The hottub is not private and I don't think that the cleaning regime for the hottub is right. We had to ask from chlorine to be added because the smell was awful and stale. This cottage is NOT cheap and my expectation was not met. This holiday let needs taking off the letting market. The property needs drying out for some time, a new carpet throughout and better ventilation is strongly advised. It actually is a lovely place if these problems are sorted. The let upstairs actually walks ups stairs past your kitchen window and is very off putting. My partner and I both left the property feeling very chesty and ill from being in a damp environment.

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