Dog Friendly Cottages in Hawkshead

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Steve - Verified booking

  This is a substantial property with an extensive garden area that you can even tire a spaniel out in!

  Its a 10 min walk into Hawkshead from the property where there is a good selection of pubs and shops. We were hit by Storm Arwen shortly after arriving so had to decamp for two nights as all the power went off, but the owners kindly refunded the two nights which was very good of them as the storm had nothing to do with them. We enjoyed staying here, with all the room, large kitchen for cooking in and dining room and cosy lounge. Two main issues, there is only BBC iplayer on the TV, no other channels at all, so they could do with sorting that out as you have to rely on the BBC and the DVDs in the property, not great on early dark nights. Also the property is chilly; the heating is set to 18 degrees which is too cold in winter. I did reset the Hive heating control for the week but the owner reset it back remotely so we had to rely on the boost control. Finally a watch out, the owners arrive promptly at 10am on checkout day, never had that at any other property stay where some latitude is given

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• Norman - Verified booking

  Second time we have stayed in this property.

  Great for our large family group, large kitchen, living & dining area, great for being together & apart. Cosy, comfortable & clean. Would definitely come again. But a few areas we would like to be addressed. Informed there were hair dryers, but 1 for the whole property, if we'd known that family would have brought their own. As a large group in the winter we like to cook & eat in. Although there is plenty of crockery glasses cups etc, there is a bit of a mish mash of utensils, no large serving spoons, bread knife, large sieve or kitchen scissors. We found that the left oven did not heat properly. Would be useful to supply hand towel for the kitchen & the downstairs toilet. Not enough separate bags bedding & towels. The hoover had not been emptied, it was extremely full, no spare bag, and smelt, do the cleaners bring their own? The main bin was full & on the side of the road on arrival Friday! As a large group we produced 3large bags we had to leave at the side of the road.

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• Andrew - Verified booking

  As described this was a nice large house in nice grounds close to Hawkeshead with its facilities and nice walks around.

  The house has a large well equipped kitchen for us to cook each day for 10 adults so that dinner each evening was an occasion. The lounge separate from the dining room was a nice place to relax and read in in the evening for those who didn’t want to play games or during the day when the rain was severe as it often is in Cumbria. There was nothing that failed to meet our expectations but for a large property it would be good to have one large cooking pan big enough to cook for 10 and a couple of large cafetieres. However this was not a problem for us as we have never rented a property with big enough pans or cafetieres so we brought our own. Wi-Fi was very variable but I understand this is a lake district problem rather with the equipment in the house. We had a lovely stay in this excellent house and will want to come again.

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• Pubudu - Verified booking

  The property was extremely spacious and was left sparkling clean for our visit.

  The rooms were huge, bright and airy and with comfortable beds. The kitchen was again very spacious with a table for 8 and is great for large groups to share a meal. Two living areas had plenty of chairs and things to keep the kids occupied with a TV. The games room has a pool table which can be converted in to a table tennis table kept the kids and adults busy and entertained. The garden and the little water stream running at the bottom of the garden was simply stunning and is under promoted. We will definitely consider coming back again.

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• Tom - Verified booking

  A fantastic house.

  A beautiful location and well kept. Maintenance were on the scene very promptly when we had two issues. Further suggestions: I’d suggest that the shower holder in the first floor separate bathroom is fixed. We had to have handheld showers in there. I think it just needs tightening. Also the cold tap in the kitchen needs tinkering with. Makes whaling noise when you turn it on which penetrates through the house and wakes people up. Overall a fab holiday and a beautiful house that we would return to.

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