Kendal Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Dawn - Verified booking

  Following our separation through the lockdown, at short notice I booked Scarsdale for a holiday with our three young adult sons and partners.

  The accommodation was perfect for our party. All good sized double bedrooms and plenty of space in the living/dining areas for our number of adults. Location is good and we did plenty of walking. The day we did Helvellyn, was misty and wet (does it ever get dry/ visible up there?). Aira Force was a great walk and we also walked locally around Lords Lot, which made a pleasant change from the endurance of the bigger hills. We did the lake cruise from Lakeside because the parking is plentiful there. Covid restrictions made it hard to get restaurant bookings at night, but we enjoyed The Black Labrador and there were plenty of lunch walk-ins available. Using the ‘keep warm’ aga oven was fun - but I found the main roasting oven very frustrating as the temperature was too low to cook much. Great that there was an electric back up, but they took a long time to heat. Our meals were rather late as a result, but we’re on holiday. Take plenty of black sacks for rubbish. There was only 1 small recycling box for everything. Nothing to put food waste at the kerbside, so recycled materials had to go in the normal waste. What a pity. Hopefully this can be improved. We had a comfortable stay in this clean, well stocked villa. The lovely welcome pack was much appreciated.

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• Steven - Verified booking

  It's a great property.

  We enjoyed the seclusion, the gardens, running around the various tracks we discovered in the vicinity. It's also quite a big place, and as we were only three people, we hardly used the upstairs. The downstairs bedrooms were great for us, but for the fact that the smaller one didn't have a proper double bed, but two singles put together. The space where they met, that gap, made it difficult to rest on more than a few nights. Otherwise, the washer/dryer was a pain, because it simply takes too long per cycle. But that was our only quibble. Everything else was clean, appropriately furnished with all the necessary conveniences, from the coffee machine to the gamers nook, where our son enjoyed the Wii and games provided. The views from every room are breathtaking. It's quiet, restful, lovely. The Punch Bowl pub is right across the road, so great food is quite close at hand. Sadly, the atmosphere in the pub isn't so great, lacking warmth. Crosthwaite is a sleepy little village that belongs on a postcard. In conclusion, Scarsdale is a great find. We wouldn't hesitate to book it again.

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• Dominique - Verified booking

  Beautiful property, looks exactly like the photos.

  I feel it should’ve been much cleaner than it was. There were lots of dead flies and spiders on windowsills and in corners, clearly hadn’t had a deep clean in a while. Having said that the bedding was fresh and the kitchen was clean so that was the main thing. Such a shame the people running the pub next door were so unwelcoming. It’s more of a restaurant than a pub, no area to sit just to have a drink and if you do want to eat they won’t accommodate dogs in the restaurant so that made things difficult. We received a very frosty welcome and needless to say didn’t go back, we even cancelled our restaurant booking after the menus had been thrown at us and told we had half an hour left to preorder or else! The cottage itself is lovely but very isolated, no other pubs or shops within walking distance so as long as you’re happy with that. It’s a good 20 minute drive into one of the villages. The rooms were spacious, the main bedroom is huge! Living areas were also very spacious and cosy. Overall a lovely stay in a lovely property.

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• Barry - Verified booking

  There was a book for guests to note problems that were experienced that needed attending to etc.

  On arrival and on inspection of the property none of these items had been addressed. We also made comments on leaving, including the blocked drain and consequent overflowing (I contacted Lakelovers as soon as we saw the problem but it was not attended to by our return) Contacted them again (After hours) and it got cleared early evening. It does appear that drainage/blocked guttering/downpipes are a problem as gutters were overflowing during the rain and causing what looks like damp in the lounge. The electric Aga looked as it had not been "fired up" for some time and looked in a poor state of repair. The gardens are the most beautiful we have experienced in any rental property. I did mention in the "to do things" book the pine tree on the left boundary that had a split branch that looked like it could fall at any moment.

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• Louise - Verified booking

  We all had a fantastic time at The Ridings.

  The house was beautiful with all the facilities we needed. The views were spectacular and there were some nice walks, however a little too far to walk to the village so good job we took everything we could possibly need. There was even welcome gifts which was a lovely touch. The narrow bridge on the way in was a little scary, tight squeeze but we made it! Only a couple of small things were the stools in the kitchen were too big for the breakfast bar so you couldn’t sit on them and the shower in the tv bedroom didn’t drain quickly and filled up within minutes but we managed! Great time had in a lovely house with great friends.

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