Carnforth Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Linda - Verified booking

  We have been to this cottage a few times in the past, and are likely to go again - but not in winter!

  The furniture is very comfortable, as are the beds. The kitchen is spacious and well equipped with everything we needed for a week's self catering. (a bit short on table knives though!). The Wifi is strong and we had phone signals. The road noise did not disturb us in the house. The parking on the lane was easy, and we were able to unload and load the car in the back yard area. HOWEVER, the heating system had a mind of its own. We arrived at 3pm. The house was freezing. The thermostat was set at 7 degrees!! We were able to increase it but the timer switched it off when it felt like it - down to 7 degrees again. The timing mechanism is unavailable to guests. Every morning my husband had to get up early, go downstairs, increase the temperature on the thermostat, and go back to bed. The temp in the bedroom was 10.4 degrees according to our alarm clock one morning. The bathroom never did heat up properly. This is not suitable for winter guests. One other thing - an earlier review mentioned the handle on the dishwasher was broken. It still is. We coped, and apart from the heating issues, were happy with the cottage.

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• Lucy - Verified booking

  Thank you so much for such a wonderful holiday.

  This truly was a 'Cosy Cottage', perfect for us (2 adults + 1 dog). The information & communication regarding the holiday was absolutely outstanding. ALL information needed was provided, with clear instructions for everything. The cottage was beautiful, clean, tidy, cosy, well equipped, so peaceful and comforting. The cottage is located in beautiful Kirkby Lonsdale, which had everything we needed & more! The only concerns I had when booking was the parking + no garden. I was not sure how that would work for us, but I thought I'd try, and I'm so glad we did. The parking was not an issue at all. There were parking permits provided by the cottage with every bit of information needed with it. There is also green area's very close to the cottage which we were informed about to give our dog toilet breaks, which worked for us absolutely fine. Overall, our holiday was amazing & most definitely made perfect by this lovely little cottage. Thank you so much Allan & Michelle for making our first visit to the lake district a memorable one.

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• Judi - Verified booking

  We stayed in Cosy Cott 22-29th sept 23.

  Kirkby Lonsdale is a very Characterful village with good amenities. Cosy Cottg' is aprox 3 min stroll to Kirkby's main street & 5 min stroll to Booths supermarket. We especially appreciated the high standard of cleanliness, which so many holiday homes lack. It has a high standard of quality furnishings. However, as older people with back problems, we found the seating wasn't comfortable enough for us. The yard isn't pleasant enough to sit in, but was useful for dog toileting. We tried to put the little table up but it was too cumbersome to use and we missed eating at a table. The bed was comfie & was very clean!! The bathroom & shower are lovely. The things that let it down "slightly" for us: parking was hit and miss & sometimes further than we'd like. The bathroom needs a blind for privacy. It would be more comfortable with a small foot stool & rug in the lounge. But overall we recommend this cottg' it's small but very, very nice. 10/10 for hygiene. Thanks to the owners for a lovely stay.

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• Richard - Verified booking

  The property was very clean, a major plus for me with a well equipped kitchen with everything we needed.

  Good selection of pans, pyrex, oven trays and a slow cooker alongside the microwave, electric hob and oven. Minor niggles. A silicon pan trivet would have been useful and a washing machine would have been a bonus during our personal current lifestyle. A clear plastic 1/8" sheet or similar behind the bin may stop the unsightly marks on the wall behind and swapping the fridge/freezer door hinges over from right to left would be logical. No bath mat to step on when out of the shower. Duvet was very hot for summer. The traffic on the adjacent road stopped us walking directly from the house and the noise from the road during late evening early morning bothered me but I'm quite sensitive to road noise. The shower trap is constantly being syphoned from a source below leading to smells in the bathroom, we poured water into the trap short term but this is very fixable. Minor niggles aside I'd recommend and return.

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• Deborah - Verified booking

  The cottage was very cold when we arrived - there was clearly an issue with the heating, which was highlighted by previous tenants.

  System defaulted to just 7 degrees every few hours and had to be manually increased....not the cosy Christmas we had envisioned. Contact with owner/caretaker the day after arrival resulted in the problem being resolved by mid afternoon, but it meant we stayed in throughout Christmas Eve to ensure the system was fixed. There are a couple of other points that have been raised by previous tenants that haven't been addressed, such as the broken handle on the dishwasher and very unattractive patch of damp on the landing - there was also an extremely dirty non slip mat in the bath. The cottage didn't feel as well cared for as others we have stayed in. We did, however, appreciate the Christmas tree which we had requested.

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