Last Minute Cottages in Matlock

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Martin - Verified booking

  We have just returned from a week at Nuffies Cottage, my wife and I, Son and Daughter in law and our 15 month grand daughter.

  Just to say from the start, we could not have been happier with our choice of cottage/location/hosts and luckily the weather. You are staying on a working farm, the cottage faces onto a courtyard shared with another holiday let, a cottage occupied by a family member and of course the home of your hosts Gill and Mick. Due to the slope of the land, all downstairs windows face onto the courtyard, upstairs bedrooms have views of the surrounding countryside. It is well sized even for six people with two double bedrooms and a separate bathroom upstairs, kitchen/dining area and lounge area downstairs with a further twin bedroom and en-suite off this main area.. Apart from yourselves and food, just about everything else is provided, in a separate building is a utility room with washing machine and dryer which you are able to use, and various items such as high chairs/ironing board etc. Location is at the top of a hill [hence Hill Top Farm] just over a mile from the A5012 . Aldwark is a very small group of farms, the nearest pub is the Hollybush Inn which is about 1 mile down hill. Consequently any journeys out for a drink or evening meal would need to be by car unless you are quite fit and mobile. This was not a problem for us as we ate in every evening with our young grand daughter and the kitchen is fully equipped with oven/hob/microwave. All in all, if you are looking for a quiet stay in wonderful surroundings you could do a lot worse than stay with Gill and Mick, sadly even they cannot guarantee the weather but we were more than lucky with our weeks worth of bright sunshine.

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• Judith - Verified booking

  The Cottage was very comfortable and well equipped.

  Beds were good and the kitchen had plenty of space and everything you need. The fridge was a little small for a group of 6. Any problems or questions were addressed by the owners including supplying us with a few bits for cokking that we forgot to bring with us. The description is accurate but I think we found that for our group of 4 adults and 2 children it didn't work so well for us. Having the en suite off the twin room used by the children left 4 adults using the main bathroom. The lounge area was also a bit small for us. It is worth considering the needs of your group before booking. The main frustration was the very poor internet. The signal dropped in and out, cutting off transactions such as paying for tickets for attractions in advance. In the end we had to stop using it and rely on our phones. I suspect this is a symptom of the remote location but if this is an important issue for you then this may not be the right lcoation for you. The cottage is quite remote and the nearest shops and conveniences are a short drive away. All in all a plesant cottage in a pleasant location. Read the description carefully and consider if the unusual layout is for you.

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• Alastair - Verified booking

  We phoned the owner two days before our arrival, as requested.

  The key was supposed to be in the lock but it wasn't and nobody was around. We finally called the office after trying the owners' mobile and landline numbers several times. We were disappointed with the bathrooms - the ensuite shower was full of mould and we could not bring ourselves to use it. The downstairs bathroom was cold and the water would not run away easily in the washbasin. Finally, we were at the property during the lockdown week and thought that we had to vacate the property before the beginning of lockdown. It would have been nice if Sykes had sent us an email making us aware that we were allowed to stay to the end of our holiday. The owner didn't mention this either and we lost two days of our holiday. All in all, we found the property and the service from Sykes to be somewhat lacking.

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• Karen - Verified booking

  We had a lovely stay at Old Farm House at the end of August.

  The cottage was really clean, well equipped, cosy and quiet. The owners were very welcoming and it was clear they had gone to a lot of effort to make us feel safe and comfortable in the current climate. Having plenty of hand wash and toilet rolls to keep us going was also an unexpected and nice surprise! Our children had a great time on the trampoline and enjoyed seeing the roaming chickens and feeding the resident sheep! The only issue for me was that the double bed was a little on the hard side, but that’s a minor niggle. We had to use the car more than if we’d been in a town, since the cottage was between Matlock and Bakewell, but it didn’t put us off. It was a great base to travel to all areas of the Peak District and we’d definitely consider booking again. Thank you for a lovely holiday!

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• Danielle - Verified booking

  Being given the wrong key code to collect the keys was a bad start and it was difficult to contact someone to help as there is no phone reception!

  A mobile number to contact out of hours should be given, I managed to contact Sykes but what if we had arrived after they shut? The house is in a good location, plenty of room, large bedrooms and plenty of parking. A nice lake to walk around, just a short walk which was nice. However the property let itself down by being dirty, something was splashed all across the kitchen wall, there was dried pasta on the kitchen floor, had it been swept?? The showers were not the cleanest and there was lots of wear and tear in the building paint damage on the walls and ceilings which just made it feel very tired. The blind was broke in the single room. The bulb was broke in one of the doubles. Not sure we would return.

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