Last Minute Cottages in Tideswell

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Brendan - Verified booking

  The cottage was very nice and in a great location, parking was a bit of a squeeze on the road but the market square was 2 minutes away and had plenty of parking available so no issues there.

  I've been to tideswell several times before and was really looking forward to my stay. Unfortunately there were a few things that weren't so great which really let the place down. The major issue was that the shower did not work. From reading the guest book found at the cottage it was obvious that this was an ongoing issue which had yet to be fixed, which begs the question why is the property still being let with a broken shower?? I did contact sykes customer service about about this to attempt to remedy the situation but after an initial phone call to them to explain the issue I heard nothing back from them or the owner. Other issues were minor annoyances but added up to a general feeling of poor management, especially when paying nearly £400 for a two night stay!.....dog poo in the garden (not great with a 3 year old running around), bare minimum of utensils for cooking, one single tea towel and no spare bin bags for a weekend stay..... Overall this could be a great cottage in a really nice part of the peak district but it definitely needs work to bring it up to standard.

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• Bridget - Verified booking

  The cottage is very comfortable, nicely decorated and warm.

  We didn't have a problem with parking nearby. There were a few things which would have made our stay at the cottage even better though. There were no contact details for the cottage so when the TV remote control batteries died on the last night we couldn't let anyone know - there were no spares to be found in the cottage either. There is a Smart TV but no terrestrial aerial so as this was our first experience of a Smart TV we could only watch what we wanted to on the iPlayer! The TV played up a few times as well. There are very few utensils in the kitchen - removing poached eggs from boiling water with an egg slice was quite tricky! There were no egg cups (mentioned a few times in the Housekeeping Book), pan scourers, kitchen roll or the odd bit of foil and a spare toilet roll. Little things that just make life easier. We didn't use the back yard as the weather was a little damp - but there is shared access for the neighbours through the back of the houses - not that we saw anyone though. Overall a nice little cottage.

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• Joseph - Verified booking

  We enjoyed our stay at Alma Road.

  The cottage was cosy and comfortable and ideally located to visit all of the sites we planned to see including Mam Tor, Stanage Edge and Lyme. We had everything we needed for our stay and found the cottage relaxing to return to after a long walk. We only managed to park in the layby at the top of the road twice in a week, but there were always spaces available further down the road and in the village as explained in the description. Over all we enjoyed our stay and found the cottage comfortable however we feel it was let down by the bathroom which has a mould problem (as did all rooms around the window ledges) and lack of deep cleaning- the essentials were clean and hygienic, but there were thick layers of dust elsewhere, e.g. around the bed and the bathroom extractor fan.

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• Ken - Verified booking

  It’s a lovely property which was let down by some issues.

  Plus it’s not really practical for bigger families. Issues: heating wasn’t turned on when we arrived. There was no hot water for showers in the evening or the following morning. When we asked for the heating to be turned up this was then fixed for the rest of the stay. Maintenance had missed replacing a smoke alarm battery and this went off all night on our last night. Some of the pans and utensils were very tired. We left some out for replacement. Practicality- there is only one (difficult) parking space. We were told to park in the nearby pay and display public car park, but this doesn’t allow overnight parking! The walk to the nearest pub (which is more than the 0.1 miles stated) is down a dangerous busy road with no pavement in places.

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• Christopher - Verified booking

  The property is in a good location for walking and there is a friendly pub a short distance away.

  However, although the pub is close enough to walk to, it is potentially dangerous to do this in the dark due to lack of pavements and traffic. Parking at the Barn is very difficult. The driveway is too small to manouvere a car when other vehicles are parked - which was very often during our stay. It is also steeply sloping which adds to the problem. The property is generaly well appointed although the kitchen and fittings/appliances are quite old/tired. There is a steep stone staircase which would be difficult/dangerous for anyone with mobility problems or small children. We had problems with the heating system during our stay. Only some of the radiators were functioning. These were reported to the owner but were not rectified during our stay.

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