Villas In Bowness On Windermere

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• James - Verified booking

  We had a nice stay in difficult circumstances after my mum died a few days prior to our arrival.

  We've stayed here a few times now and really enjoy the location and hot tub. What we weren't so happy about was the way in which lakelovers handled the situation. I made a request to amend the dates last minute, not expecting this to be acceptable but felt it was worth asking, explaining I was caring for my mum as she received hospice care at home. The initial copy and paste reply I received to my message was, I feel, insensitive in the circumstances. I explained that Beth would use the property if we could not change dates but I would not be able to. Circumstances changed quickly so, after discussing with my family, we decided to travel a day later. On arrival we were told that the owner had checked with lakelovers and been told we were not coming. This hadn't been checked with me at all and was contrary to my message, so the heating had been turned off and though it was rectified immediately and caused us no further issue I feel a message to check our plans would have been more appropriate. I will avoid using Lakelovers in future.

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• Reem - Verified booking

  Yew cottage was beautiful, comfortable and spacious.

  We had everything we needed in the kitchen and even cooked a roast dinner! I’d read that certain things weren’t provided like tea towels and oven gloves but these were there for our use. One useful item would be to add a dishcloth to wipe the sides and dining table after meals. Ducks were frequent visitors to the delight of my daughter, they’d all gathered around one day whilst we were in the hot tub! The walk into town was not what we expected, I thought either it’d be a road or quite a straight path through fields but the main road has no pavement and too dangerous and the countryside walk had lots of left and right turns. Brant fell is a pleasant walk you can do from the cottage. The main improvement would be the washing machine and dryer, it took so long to dry our clothes and we were relying on it. I think Lake Lovers policy of guests having to take out the rubbish and strip all the beds needs to be reviewed, we did this at 4am before a 7-8 hour drive and have never had to do that before.

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• Christine - Verified booking

  A very comfortable cottage.

  It was lovely and bright with skylight windows. It was very well equipped and the hot tub was great. Unfortunately we never discovered the utility room until the last day when I asked about the hot tub towels. Maybe this useful space and bigger fridge/freezer could be pointed out when people arrive in case the same thing were to happen to others. The lady in the office on the Thursday morning was very helpful and knowledgeable about the area and passed on information to us regarding paddle boarding and where to head which we did and had a great day. The cottage has lovely surrounds, very green with lots of wildlife, the ducks were frequent visitors. Its also very close to Bowness which is a good base to explore the lake district, do expect to spend quite a lot of time on the roads though due to traffic in the busy summer months and lots of single track roads which do help to preserve this beautiful area. We had a lovely stay. Thankyou. Christine.

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• Philip - Verified booking

  Small but cosy.

  Radiator didn't work in bathroom or large radiator in room Just small 1 worked in kitchen bit disappointed there was no cooker just microwave and fridge didn't have small freezer box as we'd took pizzas to cook and things to freeze but that wasn't a problem we managed and stayed in conservatory were it was nice and warm. But on our 2nd night the electric went off and it was freezing we went to see caretaker she said it would be on about 9 she came back at 9 and said owners said power will on be back on on Tuesday or Wednesday as it was Monday morning with no heating and no way to cook or make a drink we said its OK we'd go home instead she said get intouch you'd get a refund for the 2 nights we weren't staying but when we got in touch was told power had come back on later that day so wasn't allowed a refund

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• Tracy - Verified booking

  Absolutely fantastic little gem of a place.

  Judy the host was very warm , welcoming and helpful . The studio was exactly as advertised but the pictures can’t do this lovely little haven justice . Myself and my 10 month old doggy can’t describe what a wonderful time we had at lake lodge studio !!!! Very near to the hustle and bustle of bowness, however far enough away to enjoy the tranquility of the fells and and amazing views of the lake xxx The Hot tub is such a luxurious bonus and beautifully placed in the spacious fully enclosed dog proof garden . Only 1 very tiny improvement for me personally would be a small freezer for ice cream etc . But this does not detract from how wonderful this place and the host is xx Thank you to lake lovers and especially to Judy for listing this property for me to share ❤️❤️

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