Dog Friendly Cottages in Windermere

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• L - Verified booking

  This is a really interesting historical building and is very handy for the school, which we were opposite to.

  We were on a sailing course they run. There are some good features to the house, the bedrooms are nice and the bathroom is quite new. Downstairs is not well designed and needs sympathetic built in oak furniture and probably a modular sofa because it feels dark, and oppressive with the brown leather, black floors and small windows. Some lightbulbs were out. The freezer was inaccessible really, when coats were hung up, and needed a rethink. A more traditional dining area could really help. It’s the wrong shape and takes up too much room. I found downstairs very grubby with black animal hair on everything. Didn’t mind that too much but it is irritating. There’s no view whatsoever if you can’t go out in the garden due to bad weather and that makes the place depressing. The weather was poor and the clothes dryer was broken which caused some irritation. A man came out to fix it but obviously he couldn’t do it within the time of our stay. No logs were provided either and a fire would have been handy. My biggest concern was a feeling of vulnerability in the property. It was very close to the busy road, loud cars and passers by, at all hours, and despite the big back gate it seemed that bin men and gardeners just came in whenever they wanted to. I didn’t like that and found it unnerving. Others have mentioned the parking too, and that was an issue too. There isn’t really enough and the aggressive attitude of the neighbour about any perceived infringement of her space was another reason to feel vulnerable and edgy rather than relaxed. I’m a country dweller so perhaps I’m not used to the hustle and bustle, nor the aggressive territorial neighbours but I really think this a property worth about half what’s being charged. Sorry. The house itself deserves better and could be lovely.

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• Sarah - Verified booking

  I will start with the positives which is the cabin is modern and the bathrooms were clean, but that is it.

  The lodge is very dark and in a cramped area on the park. There were lots of issues, the bathroom had an awful damp smell, so much so we couldn't use it. The windows inside and out were filthy, so couldn't open the blinds and look at the awful windows. The blinds in the main bedroom don't work, one fell off the wall and one won't open, a blind in the hall wouldn't open too. The fridge kept randomly making a very loud humming noise. One of the windows in the kitchen constantly had condensation (the window needs replacing) all the soft furnishings smelt dirty and of wet dogs. To top it all off the cleanliness was absolutely shocking!! The beds had not been changed but made and pretended to have been. The kitchen floor had only been hoovered and mopped in the middle, round the edges were dirty, so I had to sweep up. There were food splatters on the cupboard doors and various crockery dirty. The blind in the kitchen kept dropping out various black bits of dirt. The outside area is also very grubby and not a nice space to sit out in. I did contact the local office about the beds and they did come and change them and bring clean towels too, I didn't mention anything else at the time as I didn't want cleaners around in the evening of check in and they were just going to make excuses. I did have a phone call on the Sunday from the company and explained everything but as yet, I have heard nothing back(which is what I expected) I would not recommend this lodge unless it has a massive deep clean and all issues fixed.

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• Alan - Verified booking

  Accomodation was very modern and had all common amenities.

  However, the only WiFi available was provided by the park and was very hit and miss depending on the weather, which meant that we couldn't use the Freeview or Netflix etc in the evenings. I think we may have been willing to pay a bit more if the lodge had its own wifi. Cleanliness was a bit of an issue. As soon as we arrived, our dog was fascinated by the underneath of the sofa, and when we looked, there was a tennis ball left by the previous guests, as well as quite a bit of dust and crumbs. Under the sofa cushions were covered with hair, paper, crumbs and general dust. The blinds in the kitchen had a thick layer of dust and grease and the hob was also greasy. One of the handles on the window in the twin room wouldn't release so we couldn't open that window. Bathrooms were very nice, but small and hard to manoeuvre in and the showers are very small. Weather didn't allow us to use the veranda but we did notice cigarette ends on the stones along the length of the lodge. A welcome book would be a nice addition to the accommodation, with some local information/places of interest/location of nearest supermarkets etc. as well as some information about the lodge and how to work the heating. We did find some user manuals for the appliances hidden in a drawer but they were quite difficult to read. It was a lovely location but a bit disappointed by the points above. The kitchen rubbish bin was a little small for three people.

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• James - Verified booking

  We had a nice stay in difficult circumstances after my mum died a few days prior to our arrival.

  We've stayed here a few times now and really enjoy the location and hot tub. What we weren't so happy about was the way in which lakelovers handled the situation. I made a request to amend the dates last minute, not expecting this to be acceptable but felt it was worth asking, explaining I was caring for my mum as she received hospice care at home. The initial copy and paste reply I received to my message was, I feel, insensitive in the circumstances. I explained that Beth would use the property if we could not change dates but I would not be able to. Circumstances changed quickly so, after discussing with my family, we decided to travel a day later. On arrival we were told that the owner had checked with lakelovers and been told we were not coming. This hadn't been checked with me at all and was contrary to my message, so the heating had been turned off and though it was rectified immediately and caused us no further issue I feel a message to check our plans would have been more appropriate. I will avoid using Lakelovers in future.

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• Stephen - Verified booking

  Real issues with cleanliness in the lodge.

  Really disappointing to see a similar review in the last month that mirrors our experience. We moved the small sofa so not to get a bad neck due to the height of the TV. All sorts of rubbish and dog hair under there, same behind the large sofa - had to use the hoover ourselves to clean up. The windows in the living room are covered in cobwebs on the inside. The oven wasn't clean, very obvious to see how dirty the glass was when the light came on. The blinds in the main bedroom do not work, so are permanently down. The bathroom with the bath in, regularly smells of drains, particularly when it rains. We did experience the 'fridge rattle' - looks like lots of previous occupants have tried to fix the issue with kitchen roll stuffed in the frame, we've added our contribution. A real shame other people have commented on these issues but it would appear no action has been taken to fix the issues. Could be a nice lodge if these issues are resolved, but currently many nicer options on this site (we've tried many over the last 10 years)

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