Dog Friendly Cottages in Staveley

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Ruth - Verified booking

  Ust as lovely as it looks in the pictures!

  Luxurious cottage in stunning village with incredible views! Thankyou for allowing us to stay, even though only 2 nights were available in this peak time. Garden secure & beautiful. Cottage excellent standard, lovely waterfall shower, clean & tidy. Had couple of maintenance things to report but Sykes / caretakers were quick to respond, so assume was sorted for the next people? These were that the wooden door covering the fridge door was hanging off and dangerous ( very heavy and ready to fall from a height). No tools available or we could have unscrewed the remaining hinge and at least made it safe. The kettle had a slow leak so sat in a puddle of water! Only other comment is that there were a few cobwebs ( handfuls when plugging things in!) and the towels were tiny/ thin. Have since visited 2 more Sykes cottages with thick large fluffy towels which emphasised the contrast. A note about the ‘short’ driveway might alsobe helpful to some - our average 4WD was a squeeze to close the gate, so had to unpack and let the dogs in/out with the gate open. A truck or van would not fit. Shap village very friendly & gorgeous abbey cafe on the high street. Greyhound inn great food again very friendly .Swimming pool was very cold. Nice to explore a different part of the lakes.

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• 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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• Sophia - Verified booking

  We had a lovely holiday staying in your property, such a great location to just switch off from everything.

  I have already recommended the house to several of my friends with dogs as it was just the perfect location to walk them straight from the house. We have already spoken about booking again the next time we want to go to the lakes. The cottage was well maintained and has great facilities. A washing machine and dryer is such a bonus, especially after muddy walks. Also I loved the bath and spent several evenings relaxing with a book. We loved the wood-fire. The only down-side was the previous tenants had been smoking inside and the smell was quite strong. Obviously no fault of the owner as the no smoking rules are quite clear, just a shame. I did my best to try and lift the smell by opening all the windows/using air freshener but it will probably require some deep cleaning. Overall a wonderful holiday, we will definitely be back

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• Reginald - Verified booking

  Directions were incorrect - the house was on the right not the left and due to the gates having been repainted was not easily recognisable from the photos.

  Whilst the garden was very pretty, the grass was extremely long which made it difficult to enjoy, and possibly contributed to us being heavily bitten whilst there, very unusual for us (and we live in the countryside normally). There were no instructions for the property such as for bins etc, or how to use anything. There were leaflets for days out, but some very ‘local’ information would also be helpful, such as walking to Shap village too. The property was clean and tidy, and we understand in an old property there would creaky floorboards etc but the main bed in particular was very creaky which I’m sure could be improved. It would also have been helpful to have been prepared for the exceptionally narrow road to the village, as whilst we are familiar with country roads, this is particularly narrow for a small portion.

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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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