Dog Friendly Villas In Skipton

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Elizabeth - Verified booking

  Yes. The cottage was, overall, satisfactory but there were 2 main problems.

  The first was that on arrival the cleaning firm had left but the rubbish bin in the kitchen was not emptied. It was full of food waste, most of which was not in a plastic bin liner. Our first job was to clear away the previous person's old food.Then, the beds were badly made up. Our master room double bed had no lower sheet but rather a single valence cover instead.Another bed had no lower sheet. Some rooms (2) had no towels.Fortunately Frank (who looks after in general) came the next day and found the sheets and towels. The cleaning company need a rocket. The second problem may be why the first could occur. This house is potentially superb but shows every sign of being unloved. The folder with the information is old, creased, battered and clearly rarely revised. The kitchen equipment is poor. The wine glasses are tiny. We brought our own because a previous remark on the net had commented upon the poor glasses but clearly the owners doesn't care much. We asked for use of a high chair but none was available. Frank, the next day, loaned us his! We enjoyed our stay because Kettlewell is so good and our family just mucks in. However, the property in terms of care, and the owners in terms of lack of interest, were disappointments. Gerry Jarvis.

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• Graham - Verified booking

  We had a great time staying at Fern house, Lots of hot water, the house was very warm and the washer and dryer came in very handy.

  There were some things that need addressing at this property as it is advertised for families. ( note the description of the house states that if you need any child equipment you have to contact the owner directly, actually all of the child equipment is supplied at the house so that need changing on the description) The garden doors in the main downstairs room had a large crack in it that was taped up, as we had 2 toddlers with us we pushed a small sofa against the doors so they could not get to the glass to look out into the garden. No child locks on kitchen cupboards, no stair gate, which would have been helpful as the gap between spindles on the whole staircase were big enough for a child to fall through. under 5's should not be left unattended. The sofa's in the main room were grubby on the arms and could do with a clean, there was mould on the rainfall showerhead in the main bedroom and along the bottom shower screen in the annex which is easily sorted. Also the supplies for washing up etc were very frugal ( 1 j cloth in the main kitchen!!) That's not a problem as long as in the description you are requested to bring your own. However we had a lovely time and would probably go back, you get a lot of house for your money.

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• Graham - Verified booking

  We spent a large family Christmas at Fern House in 2022.

  Myself and my wife, plus both daughters (including their dog) and sons-in-law and two Grandchildren. We absolutely loved the cottage. It gave us loads of room and was a perfect venue for Christmas in The Dales. Coupled with Christmas Dinner at the Racehorses Pub, it was a fabulous week. Particular thanks to the owners for really making an effort to decoracte the cottage for Christmas - with a lovely tree and several other sets of lights and decorations. The only issue we had was with the heating - it seemed to come on and off at strange times and we found the controller difficult to use - opting to revert to manual and just put it on when we needed it. Being Christmas, we did use the fire in the living room, backed up with coal (from either Leyburn or Threshfield). Having the separate annexe worked really well for us one of our couples with their dog could come and go as they pleased. The bedrooms were really cosy and beds comfortable. And we had plenty of space for the mix of children & adults. We will definitely be planning on spending another Christmas there!

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• Arwen - Verified booking

  A beautiful house in an amazing location.

  The size and layout of the house suited our family group perfectly. The house had everything we could have needed and was warm, comfortable and a good size. Just a few minor points: - check in wasn't until 5pm and check out at 9am, due to the need for Covid cleaning, however the standard of cleanliness was satisfactory, not great. There were dirty plates and kitchen implements in cupboards, and we hoovered the floors when we arrived due to dust/dirt. This wouldn't have concerned us at all, but when you can't check in until late and have to be out so early so that a thorough clean can take place, it didn't seem acceptable. The washing machine in the annexe didn't work and the hob in the main kitchen was really inefficient - it took forever to boil a pan of water or cook anything so we had to rely on the aga. Overall a great stay and a great property but just a few disappointing things considering the very high cost of renting the house for a week.

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• Elga - Verified booking

  Yes, the house was fantastic, beds so comfortable and high quality.

  Kitchen fab with every utensil etc we could wish for. Décor was fabulous throughout. We only have a few small notes for consideration. No TVs working in the bedrooms which wasn't great considering size of party and children who often want to disappear to their own room for time out. Wifi was almost non existent and again with some teenagers not ideal. We had little to no signal in property and when one of our party ended up in hospital with pneumonia it made it very difficult to provide updates from the hospital (Airdale) to rest of family in Kettlewell. I would strongly suggest the owners considered getting a 'home' phone installed which took incoming calls only ...this would have been so helpful to us, I hope no other guests have issues like this but you never know and communication is key in such circumstances. Finally please know we were exceptionally happy and this is not meant to be negative. Lovely lovely house and location. Thank you x

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