Holiday Cottages In Bowness On Windermere

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Gary - Verified booking

  First and foremost, thankyou ever so much for sharing your property with us.

  Stunning location, the views are amazing, even if we only managed to get one day of the views due to the weather, it was worth it. The beautiful property and garden and wood burner certainly made up for it. We could not have asked for a better place. Whilst we had the 'rural' feeling, the shops etc where only a few miles away (10mins driving max). We are certainly considering returning in the warmer months. Furnishings are of high quality. Beds and bedding, so comfortable and clean. Everything that we required was catered for, even cooking Christmas dinner! and thankyou so much for decorating the property with Christmas decorations and tree, we were not expecting that as it was not stated in the original description, it was a lovely surprise. We didn't get chance to use the outdoor furniture or BBQ due to the weather but I'm sure that it would be great in the warmer months (hence us planning on a return). Night skies are fantastic on clear nights, we may need to bring our telescope next time. And now it's constructive criticism time .... eeek! * Basic toiletries shampoo/conditioner/shower gel would be expected in high end properties * Improved heating in downstairs toilet - winter months was very cold even with the heating on * A bath would be ideal in the lovely spacious bathroom * Holiday let description should advertise SMART TV and good wi-fi, as this is a positive selling point * Full location delivery address would be useful if ordering groceries on line, ie, tesco.com

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• Gerry - Verified booking

  A well equipped and delightful property which we would recommend to anyone.

  Just a few niggles with the management of the property. which we hope that the Owners will find constructive 1 Key safe Arrived in the dark, and couldn't find it. Fortunately H.O.L helped out. The location description is - wrong. Try this-- Locate the middle door - the one with High Lindeth above it. The safe is on the back of the right hand Balcony support post.-----Better still. why not put the safe at the front of the pillar- where it can be seen!! 2. Hair dryers We asked in advance whether Dryers were provided and were tole NO. Our ladies brought 3 with them, which made a total of 7 when added to the 4 we found on the bedrooms!! 3. Green Dot Emergency lights. In the main (with ensuite) bedroom, one of the Green dot lights had failed and had been replace with a full light which was on all the time. This had been taped over with gaffer tape, but flickering light escaping round the edge kept us awake on the first night. A call to H.O.L led to the light being disconnected. Other bulbs in this system don't appear to be working- a full safety check tis needed. 4. Logs We enquired about supply of Logs and were given a number by H.O.L. On ringing we found that the man had retired. He gave us a number for for maintenance who supplied us with logs. The number is NOT the one given in the H.O.L. book. 5 Dustbins The H.O.L book contains one page saying bins are collected on Wednesday and another one saying Thursday. 6. H.O.L Book. The text in this book needs revising and updating

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• Jennifer - Verified booking

  A lovely large and spacious house, very well decorated with good furnishings.

  Excellent fully fitted kitchen with all the utencils required. Extremely clean,(thank you to the cleaners). The reason for only 4 stars is because the leather sofa in the lounge needs attention,it is very low, some of the bottom seats have lost their fillings, therefore has no support. Both the double bed and twin beds are uncomfortable, they need new mattresses When I booked this property I asked about the hill up to the house, as I have a lung condition and can't walk up steep hills. I was assured the hill was only slight, so went ahead and reserved the property. As you can imagine, on arrival at the bottom of Brantwood Road I was shocked to see how extremely steep the hill was up to the house. This definitely needs stating in the description. Because of this we had to use the car every day when we went out, even when only going down to the lake and shops, parking was very difficult because it was so busy. Otherwise, as stated earlier the house was excellent.

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• P - Verified booking

  The cottages was in a quiet location but close enough to local amenities, attractions and a good selection of pubs.

  The cottage was comfortable and had pretty much everything required although only 2 refuse bags and dishwasher tablets for the week! As other have said, the cleaner was still there at 16:30 when we first arrived, although the cottage was presented in clean and tidy state. What was, and still is disappointing, is that an item of clothing left at the cottage has not been returned, I appreciate it's my fault for leaving it there but... There are no contact details for the owner, although Sykes say to contact them. Contacting Sykes Holiday Cottages was a test in itself as they list no telephone number or email address on there website, only say to message through your account. To date the response from Sykes, despite chasing several times, is to say "We have called the local office and they are checking with the housekeeper again as it's not a property that we manage. Once we have their response we will let you know". I'm still waiting more than a week later!

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• Peter - Verified booking

  Our family stayed at High Lindeth for a week - what a pleasure !

  We love this property, it was so quirky. The bedrooms are SO comfortable, bathrooms very modern; instant hot water every time. The property was immaculately clean throughout. The layout of the large living room was so user friendly for 3 generations - the photos on the web site do not do this room justice - it is so much better. Also very well supplied with games, jigsaw, local maps etc. The kitchen is well equipped with good quality utensils, there was nothing that it lacked and we cooked all 7 nights. Ben, the logman, made 2 deliveries for us, each time within the hour. Sykes were very helpful when we had a power cut due to the windy storms and they kept us informed of the situation. The only thing I would have liked to see was the history of this lovely old house. There must be so many stories it could tell. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this lovely comfortable property. We loved it. Elaine

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