Last Minute Cottages in Eyam

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mr Hocken - Verified booking

  We really enjoyed our week in Dormy Cottage which is a warm and cosy small cottage in an excellent location for walking, visiting and exploring. The pub across the road, The Bulls Head Inn is warm and welcoming and we enjoyed an excellent well priced meal there on the Saturday when we arrived and very unexpectedly found ourselves enjoying a very well conducted quiz later in the week! We had an excellent curry delivered by the curry house recommended by the owners with a really good quality vegan selection and very reasonable price (much cheaper than Wiltshire prices). Much to our delight the Bulls Head also sold really good fresh bread from a local bakery as well as fresh eggs and cakes. We found the instructions for the TV /Netflix and wifi easy to follow and all the equipment worked well. Our cocker spaniel loved her stay in the Dormy and was made very welcome on each of our visits to the Bulls Head. She needed a shower every day it being an Autumn visit with long walks along the Derwent and in the Dales. She was able to jump in and out of the bath easily but we do agree with others who have commented that a walk in shower would be a great improvement were the property owners able to include this in future plans. Beds were very comfortable and good fridge, microwave, dishwasher and washer/dryer as well as a coffee press which we happily used and a (huge!) coffee machine which we didn’t use. Good quality wooden floors and flagstones were ideal for three walkers and a dog returning each day. We hope to make a further booking soon for a return visit to enable us to explore more of this beautiful and special area.

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• Mr Gerard Whittle - Verified booking

  Dormy is an excellent base for exploring the Peak District. Walks are immediately available from the front door including a nice hike to the plague village of Eyam. There are numerous circular walks with varying distances and challenges that are all accessible from Dormy.. Further afield there is Chatsworth House,Hathersage,Stanage Edge, Castleton,Bakewell even Kinder Scout. Dormy has an excellent heating system,nice cooker and good kitchen facilities Unfortunately the cottage does have some features that need to be addressed especially in 2023. Firstly there are no facilities for recycling. In this current climate of everyone trying to make a difference for the sake of our planet, this is unbelievable. Secondly,there is no proper shower and no shower curtain! When showering everything in the bathroom gets soaked! Thirdly Dormy is for 3 guests yet at the dining table only 2 chairs are present! The bookcase at the top of the stairs is a definite health and safety concern and finally, the yard at the back of the property is postage size.Many of these points have been noted in the visitor’s book in the cottage already but none have been addressed. Finally I had to contact Original Cottages to point out the inaccuracies of their description of walks from Dormy that were available on the website. This coupled with little or no information about walking opportunities in the area made for a frustrating time in terms of our holiday and goes some way to explaining the above scores.

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• David - Verified booking

  This was an old but very clean property in a great location in the Peak District.

  Very creaky floors which I guess is to be expected for its age. Nice really well equipped high spec kitchen but both fridges and the freezer were difficult to open as they weren’t fixed in the housing of the fitted kitchen. The busy road right outside the house was very noisy and meant that windows could not really be open especially at night (it was hot on floor 1 and ground floor) and it was not possible to use the garden comfortably to relax due to the noise of heavy traffic passing by constantly. 3 private parking spaces allocated to the property were not guaranteed to be available to use for 5 days of our stay due to being used by customers visiting the fish and chip shop opposite. This caused problems for our 3 car party. This issue was mentioned in an email but only after booking and payment. Bedrooms a good size (main en-suite bedroom ground floor door impossible to close). Beds comfortable and clean. Lots of bedroom cupboard space and bathrooms very nicely done. I’m sure plenty of others will enjoy and have enjoyed a lovely time here and we were okay but for the price point I think there are simple maintenance improvements that could be made and the noisy road/parking issues should be mentioned before any payment is made as this could be a dealbreaker for those seeking peace and quiet.

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• Mr Pullen - Verified booking

  Compact, lovely cottage right opposite a decent pub. Entrance straight off the street (no porch). Well-equipped, bright, clean kitchen with access to a small, private, enclosed courtyard out the back. The kitchen has a gas oven/hob, compact dishwasher, microwave, filter coffee machine, kettle, toaster, fridge, and all crockery, cutlery, utensils and cooking equipment. No recycling bins. Decent living room with comfy sofa and two armchairs. Smart Freeview TV [inc Netflix] and decent, reliable WiFi. Downstairs bathroom which is quite tight, the shower lacks a curtain and water goes everywhere, but it was clean and airy and there was plenty of almost instant hot water. Upstairs a lovely, roomy double bedroom at the front and a nice single second bed. We stayed in September and didn't need any heating, the temperature was lovely in the cottage. Reasonable price and excellent service and information from Original Cottages. Warmly recommended.

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• Mr Steve Warnes - Verified booking

  The property is wonderfully located. The bedrooms are fairly large and the living room was Ok although putting a large 3 piece suite in it took up too much space. The kitchen was cramped although everything worked OK. A gas oven is a novelty which took som getting used to. The space outside is very small and a disappointment although I realise that nothing can be done about that. The only bathroom and loo were downstairs and cramped because there is a large bath in it. Ok but the shower which had lots of pressure and hot water had no upper fixing. So had to be held by hand. There is no shower curtain so the room gets soaked. A walk in shower would be far better and in fact and upstairs toilet at least would be much better and there is room. It need a makeover. For us there seemed to be too many ornaments and artificial flowers. Notwithstanding all this we had a good time in a good village and basically a good cottage.

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