Dog Friendly Cottages in Cumbria

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Steve - Verified booking

  First of all, we did enjoy our stay, it's a wonderful location and ideally placed for exploring the area without having to drive.

  The facilities that have been fitted into a very compact space are excellent, and the property is well fitted out - the custom carpentry is very impressive! The kitchen has everything that could be needed, with the single exception of a rolling pin (I used a wine bottle). Both the bathroom and the bedroom suffer from very low ceilings. The photos in the listing do show both rooms as they are, but it's difficult to get an idea of just how little headroom there is from the images. It's not possible to sit up in bed and have a cup of tea, for instance, as the ceiling is too low. The bed is very comfortable though. In the bathroom the only oart of the room which allows a normal sized adult to stand up is the strip between the door and the toilet - other than that bending over is required - an inconvenience when using the sink. When we arrived there was a cleaning welcome pack - nice idea, but not well executed. It had dishwasher tablets (there is no dishwasher) and bin bags that were far too big for the small pedal bin in the kitchen, and no washing up liquid. This was rectified with a trip to the co-op, but the contractors doing the servicing were clearly not paying attention. Also there was one roll of tolet paper provided - this is not enough for two people, for a week. It was a nice touch to put up some festive decorations, we appreciated it. Although we came prepared as we have a log burner at home, it would also be a nice touch to have an initial supply of kindling & logs for at least one night. The information pack with local walks was very useful and got us to do some walks we wouldn't otherwise have attempted. But why in the list of pubs & restaurants is there no mention of the Swan? It's the nearest & we had a very good Christmas dinner there!

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• Hafiza - Verified booking

  Not clearly advertised.

  It should be advertised as a ground floor apartment rather than a cottage. We were in snowdrop cottage. Cosmetically it looks really good & very modern. Instructions in regards to where the accommodation is located initially seems clear but when you’re driving past the place it’s very easy to miss because the images shown on the website don’t match up the actual external entrance steps leading to the property. We had to drive around & knock on the doors of at least 4 peoples houses before someone finally sent us the right way. The property looked clean upon first appearance. When I lifted the bed covers back to look inside the bed it was covered in lots of hair. I had to use the washing machine to get it clean again before we could use it again. The washing machine was combined with a dryer. The dryer function was so hard to use every time you tried using the dryer function alone it would start washing again first. I put the wash on at 8pm and it was 6am in the morning before we got half the bedding dry & got in bed. The dishes inside the drawers had food stains & remnants on them. The heating couldn’t really be controlled properly. When we turned it on coz it was cold we’d be waiting for hours and it still wouldn’t warm up. However around 11pm & throughout the night it would be boiling hot throughout the whole place even when we turned it down & opened the double patio doors to cool the rooms down. There was no windows inside the bedroom that could be opened. The patio area wasn’t very secure as someone could walk up the stairs from the main road & walk around the house & onto the patio as there were no gates.

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• Karina - Verified booking

  Myself and my partner are just back from a lovely week at this cottage.

  We landed lucky and had great weather to go plenty of walks and do plenty of activities. The best part about this cottage was by far the hot tub, we loved coming home to relax in it. We also loved waking up to the view of cows right beside us in such a quiet, peaceful setting. We do have a few minor complaints that could have improved the stay; firstly no hand soap was provided in the bathroom, there was no bath matt to come out of the shower on to, the floor can be particularly slippy and with only 2 towels provided it was not ideal having to use one for the floor. Second there is a bin in the house but no form of recycling? And finally our power completely cut out late one night. We phoned to complain at 8.30am the following day and had someone respond and visit the house within half an hour, great response, all power was turned back on apart from the lights which kept tripping - Only issue then being that an electrician was required which we were told would be out that day and they did not arrive, meaning we were in complete darkness all night and into the following day. An electrician then came at 4pm the following day and did sort the issue. Biggest complaint and advice to owners would be to add a lamp into the living room, at night you do not want to be sitting with the full ceiling lights on and also don’t want to be eating dinner in this bright lighting, no ambiance at all. A lamp would make the lighting so much better and would make having a dinner more enjoyable. Overall we did enjoy our stay and we would just have appreciate these small adjustments to have made it perfect.

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• Patricia - Verified booking

  WOW!! What a lovely cottage it surpassed all expectations

  . The view from Snowdrop cottage is stunning. I know the coast road well and have family in the area and it was in the perfect spot. Your a few miles up the coast road to Roe Island and you can take a boat for £5 return to Peel island. Down the road is the little village of Bay cliff but if you go to Aldingham before hand go past the church and go down on the beach. Fantastic views. There is plenty of scenic views along the coast road including the well known Roys icecream. Take a small car journey into Ulverston fab for shops cafes bars gift shops. The Hoard known as the Pepper pot it's an amazing view from the top, Cartmel is a beautiful village withall little gift shops. Take a ride round Windermere going through BowNess upto Ambleside and then down through Coniston water. Drive into Dalton in Furness and have a meal and the fantastic Brown Cow it's has a beautiful garden. Don't forget my favourite Furness Abbey an 11th century wonder. It's said Henry V111 attacked the abbey and slaughter most of the monks the rest hid in secret tunnels. Some are believed not to have been found yet. The cottage itself was lively decorated and the little hearts around the cottage made you feel happy and welcome. I definitely recommendon't this cottage. The cows come and see you in the garden. The hotel tub is amazing and placed in a great position to look out on the beautiful countryside. What your waiting for book now you won't regret it

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• Beth - Verified booking

  We visited this cottage recently for a short break.

  We arrived and it was 30 degrees, the heating was not needed to be on. The glasses in the cupboards were dirty and greasy, we had to was utensils and trays before being able to use them. The property was extremely difficult to relax in as we felt over-watched by the people staying next door to us, and they could see through the fences when we were both in our hot tubs. It did not feel private. Our major problem was that we had booked our dog into kennels as the cottage stated it did not allow pets. However on the second evening of our stay a couple arrived with two dogs and were there a couple of days! Not sure how this was fair? they also woke us up at 6am two mornings arguing and screaming loudly, we believe they may have known the owners as they looked to be doing work on the property too. We were not happy. We also drank water from the cottage and myself and partner became poorly we have taken images of the water! It was NOT clean, these will be sent to the owner. We had to post this feedback on here as we looked in the guest book and a lot of pages had been ripped out and only good comments were left so we presumed this would have been ignored if it was left in the book so we have added it here in the hope someone makes use of this advice. Lastly the cottage is in a lovely spot with great scenery and there is lots to do with the beach not too far away, however sadly we will not be returning.

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