Dog Friendly Pickering Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Kathryn - Verified booking

  On arrival the cottage was clean and tidy.

  However, it was only a surface clean, there were spider webs and spiders that had to be got rid of. The work surfaces and table were not clean. The lighting switches were all mixed up and wrong way round, on was off and off was on. There was no landing light. There was no main light or pull cord in the bathroom of the double bedded room, only a shavers light, which made the lighting dim. The cutlery had to be washed before use and some of the plates too. The curtain pole at the landing window came down when curtains were closed. The toaster tripped the fuse on our first night and we had to make contact with yourselves and the named person on the folder in the cottage, which was difficult as no mobile signal and the phone box we were told to use was overgrown and not working. Once we found out where the fuse box was, we could ask the guests to flick it back for us. However, physical help was not available, so had there been no guests or they were out we would have been stuck with no electricity for a night. We had a fridge full of food and children, so this would not have been ideal. Information in the booklet was not correct about the phone box, there was no information about the rubbish, recycling, washing machine or what to do with the laundry at the end of our stay. We found out about the rubbish and recycling ourselves, though these bins were overflowing! The laundry, we stripped the beds and put it in a pile in each room as didn't know what else to do. However, we had a nice stay once settled and will have a cottage again, but this was not a nice experience for our first time.

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• Chris - Verified booking

  Stayed here with my wife, son (4), son (5 months) and one dog….

  This place is amazing! Provides all the comfort of a big hitting holiday park or hotel but is remote and small enough so your stay is very personable and private. The welcome pack and ‘rules of the house’ make you feel that you’re staying with family providing you with a make yourself at home vibe. The attention to detail is subtle but when you see it you can only but appreciate the work that has gone into these family built lodges. Fresh free range eggs everyday from the hens and Thornton le dale village a 5min drive away for any other bits you may need. Pickering is another 5-10min beyond that. Plenty of local farm shops as well if you truly want to buy and support local industry. Unless you’re aiming for a complete break from the outside world which these could truly give you then there is also plenty of things to do with you not requiring to drive for anymore than 40-60 min. The one and only point I do have but it truly makes no odds to me but might for future guests is, there was no electric BBQ but was on the listing as a feature. Unless there was one but I failed to see it then my bad. I will 100% be staying here again.

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• Michael - Verified booking

  At first all looked realy good.

  We noted cleanliness was not as we would have liked. Heating in general. 1st the heating system was a law unto itself. As the weather had turned and a very cold wind came the heating came on when it felt like.3am in the morning. The hive themostat could not pickup a signal so was overiden. The log burner was a godsend. The tv was not uned and found the sat box not working as the plug etc was broken. The stereo was held together with blue tack. The wiring at the back of the tv was a mess. We moved the settee to access the cleaner and the castor fell off. The garden was overgrown as the car park and entrance. As an engineer off many years standing (Oftec/ Gas safe) I was supprised to find no evidence of PAT testing or boiler testing. No safety certificates at all. This is a lovely place with a little TLC and attention to detail be brilliant. Fantastic area with all we wanted.

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• Steven - Verified booking

  This is smaller of the two cottages.

  Lovely cottage with everything you will. Nice touch of tea, cake and milk for something after long drive. The patio area is nice and the kids area up at the field with trampolines and slides and goals was great. Had great week here apart from people staying in the other cottage head NO thought of others around them. Allowing their children to knock on our window . But that not the worst. Owners have in the handbook no noise after 10pm however they where loud well after this and on couple occasions after 12am. We decided to leave a day early as we could not put up with it anymore. Guess we where unlucky. But as said the cottage was amazing. If anything I would update the TV and maybe a whirligig for putting washing out on as the wee white frame not the best

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• David - Verified booking

  It’s a beautiful location and the bedrooms were really lovely and comfortable.

  The main living area is cramped though. We were really lucky with the weather so didn’t spend a lot of time inside but the kitchen was extremely snug. Could benefit from smaller dining set. There’s broken items in the tv cabinet. Water pressure in the shower was excellent. Parking was tricky and we only have a small car. Neighbour kept creeping over making it hard to get on the end space. We gave up on last evening and just parked in between them. Marking out the spaces might help. The views were incredible and we loved seeing the animals in the fields. A great spot for exploring different places. Eden camp was a real treasure. It was great having such an incredible day out that our dog could explore with us.

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