Villas In Hartington

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• David - Verified booking

  This is a lovely spacious Derbyshire stone cottage filled with interesting period features and antique and vintage items, set in a wonderful village with excellent local facilities such as shops, pubs and eateries.

  The location is wonderful in the very heart of the village with ample parking and with access to the beautiful Derbyshire Dales. The cottage is cosy with comfortable beds and lots of hot water and heating. The kitchen has everything you need with clean ovens and crockery, cookware, etc and the en-suite bathrooms were much appreciated. There was a nice welcome pack with teabags, coffee sachets, biscuits and milk. However… the cottage is very tired in terms of the paintwork, which needs attention, lounge furnishings (very uncomfortable seating with nasty moth eaten cushions and grubby seat covers, threadbare rug and unpleasant dog hair covered throws, which I washed but we didn’t want to use them). The cottage needs a thorough deep clean as there was dust, cobwebs and grime at surface level behind beds, radiators, cupboards and along skirting boards etc. We didn’t go looking for dirt- it was obvious. The cellar, which is very visible from the downstairs toilet, is full of junk and very dirty. The washing machine was dirty and we didn’t want to use it. We did our best to clean the cottage before our family arrived, but the one vacuum cleaner (a ‘Henry’ vacuum in the upstairs cupboard), stank so badly that we had to open all the doors and windows after vacuuming. The bathroom floor cork tiles in the front bedroom en-suite had an unpleasant smell of urine and we had to purchase an anti-bac spray to clean them. No cleaning materials were accessible in the house except the provided washing up liquid and some dishwasher tablets. In the attic bedroom, the roof blind is broken and so it wasn’t possible to shut out the light for our grandson. That room is very basic and in much need of modernisation. The dining room has chipped wall paint, an awful tangle of wiring around the phone and internet router and grubby straw table mats that had food trapped in them. We attempted to clean some of these. There is an old plastic storage box outside the back door in the yard full of something?? covered in moss and one waterlogged log. We bought logs and kindling from the local shop to make a fire and cheer up the cottage. On the first night there was a freshly dead rat right by the back door, presumably killed by a cat as it had a neck injury, which we buried in the garden. This is no fault of the owner of course, but it added to a rather depressing feeling of dirt. We enjoyed our visit to this lovely area, but we certainly wouldn’t stay here again. We heard from a neighbour that Ivy Cottage has just been sold. Is this perhaps why it is looking so run down?

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• Coral - Verified booking

  We had a lovely holiday, even though the weather wasnt great, we had a mix of rain and sun and wind.

  We specifically chose the area for the proximity to various cycle routes, Monsal Trail, High Peak Trail, Carsington Water and Tissington trail which is right round the corner to the cottage, no driving needed, the location is fantastic, you are close to everything. The village has a lovely friendly pub which serves nice food and the there is a restaurant, Biggin Hall which serves fantastic food. You are also round the corner from Hartington which has shops and pubs etc. A massive plus point for this cottage is that the owner is incredibly thoughtful, there are side tables (a particular bug bear of mine when cottages dont have enough of these), washing machine, clothes horse, iron, proper ironing board, logs for the fire (more available in conservatory at reasonble cost), lots of blankets and throws, a pouffe (another bug bear of mine in holiday cottages is the lack of being able to put your feet up), a lovely welcome pack of cakes, bread, milk and eggs. A massive massive bonus is the ability to store the bikes safely, there is a garage here that you can put them in to keep them safe. Plenty of storage space in the bedrooms. Its actually a 3 bed, you could easily put a baby in the small 3rd cot room. It has two living rooms. But we felt that the cottage probably suffers from damp in the kitchen and the radiators didnt really work in that they only got lukewarm. We used the fire which was more than adequate for the evenings but in the mornings as you're getting ready to go out/having breakfast we didnt want to light a fire and then have to leave it when we went out so it was chilly. Although we didnt use them, the cottage has large gardens, in warmer weather I can imagine them being beautiful to sit out of an evening watching the sun set.

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• Heather - Verified booking

  We enjoyed a lovely and peacefully quiet stay at Church View, and would have enjoyed the lovely gardens had the weather been better!

  It's great for kids, having various toys, books and games in the cottage, and it was great to have a proper cot in the cot room, rather than just a travel cot. It is a convenient location for exploring the White Peak/Derbyshire Dales area of the Peak District. We were let down by the washing machine not working, and as a family with a toddler using reusable nappies, we specifically choose holiday cottages with washing machines. Having handwashed the first load in the bath, the host washed the next 2 loads for us. Having read through the reviews again, it appears the washing machine has been out of action since at least April, and given the age of the machine it isn't surprising it's taking this long to get the part. I would suggest it either needs replacing, or removing from the list of facilities (although the host did say it was due to be fixed or replaced on the day we left, so this is something that should be confirmed before anyone books this cottage who needs a washing machine). In terms of issues raised by other people, we did not experience any issues with the WIFI, which worked well throughout our stay. The double bed was comfy, if somewhat bouncy, meaning you felt whenever the other person moved! The curtains are definitely thin, so let in a lot of light, however there are blackout blinds in the cot room as well, so it's not an issue in that room. The drive is difficult to get into, but was possible with our estate car; as others, and the hosts, have mentioned there are plenty of on street parking options. The radiators worked fine for us, and in fact got too hot to touch at times, so we turned a lot of them down, which mostly solved the problem.

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• Neil - Verified booking

  The cottage was very traditional and spacious enough with a new boiler and a nice garden but there were some definite areas of improvement needed.

  The WIFI or rather the internet connection had a fault and was unreliable sometimes working and sometimes not. This is very important when you have no mobile signal and you have to book tickets for places we wanted to visit. We missed out on some due to this. Raised the fault with the owner who responded but it did not get fixed. The TV signal was poor meaning hardly any channels worked not even the radio channels. A freesat dish would be better to get a decent signal in this area. The adult bed was a double which is too small to fit two adults on it and the length was also small meaning ankles hanging over the edge. We had to swap with the kids but their mattresses were uncomfortable and you could feel the springs coming through. Back ache every morning and not a goods nights sleep. Some new mattresses needed and potential a larger one for the adults. Some of the curtain rails were broken and hanging off the walls. There was also curtains missing from one of the windows which let sunlight in early in the morning. Similar situation with the book shelves. The drive way is very narrow and the plants overgrown around this area. Reverse parking required a lot of skill each time. We were warned about this but there was nowhere else to park and the property is listed as having parking. Lots of other general upkeep things like waste pipes leaking outside when the bath is in use. The property could to with some maintenance carried out. Welcome pack of cake, biscuits etc was nice and appreciated after our long drive to the property. Comments left here are to be used as constructive to help the owner improve the property for others.

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• Clayton - Verified booking

  The owner provided a most thoughtful welcome of home baked cakes,bread,milk and spread upon arrival.

  The cottage is clean,tidy,comfortable and well positioned to explore the mines and caverns and shops, giving a short drive to Bakewell, Buxton, Castleton, Ashbourne, Chatsworth and Keddleston. The tissington trail is literally on the doorstep and monsail is close by as well for the walkers. The garden is large and sunny for evenings to relax in. The cottage has central heating and a wood-burner for the winter walkers, and a bath with shower over. The Waterloo pub is popular with the locals and provides a friendly atmosphere and good ‘home cooked’ food, next to the pub, Biggin Hall is located and provides a more up market setting for finer dining. The owner provides linen and towels a starter of loo rolls and electricity. There is a new electric oven,microwave,dishwasher and washing machine. Iron and ironing board. A plentiful supply of mugs,cups,glasses pans and utensils. The lounge has a small TV and DVD player(not blue ray) good selection of board and garden games. The cottage has a small room with a cot,baby monitor and changing mat for the young family with a fixed child gate at the top of the stairs together with a second child gate which can be placed anywhere. There is a second outside loo which is very handy. I have stayed in many cottages throughout the country over the years and can say that the thoughtfulness and care of the owner for her guests is evident throughout the cottage, I would highly recommend it.

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