Holiday Cottages in Lake District with a Games Room

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Kasey - Verified booking

  When we arrived at the house, all seemed good, but it was as we went further into the house that we were hit in the face with some funky smells, these were only in the left side of the house where the main kitchen is.

  That seemed to be all that was wrong until we went to bed, this is because the beds were rock solid, it was like sleeping on a concrete slab. When we got up and we were cooking breakfast, to our surprise we found that all the cups and most of the plates/bowls were dirty. So instead of enjoying our breakfast we had to clean all the pots before we even started, whilst we’re on the topic of pots, there are way too many and so many that I looked at and didn’t know what it could possibly be used for. There were that many pots that there was no where in the kitchen to put our food! Out of the hundreds of dishes there was not 1 single plastic cup for kids, there was also only about 3 tea spoons! After we had managed to eat out breakfast we loaded the dishwasher and followed all the instructions in the book provided and to our surprise when we went to get the clean dishes out of the dishwasher, they were all still dirty!! We raised this and they sent a maintenance man out twice to fix it, but it never worked for the 2 weeks we were there! We were stuck with a slimline dishwasher for 7 people. Moving on, we quickly found out that there are no where near enough bins in the property. I think I counted a total of 5 and 4 of those are tiny bins that do not hold a lot. We also got quite annoyed with the dining table as it is an extendable one but all the clips to hold it together are broken so it kept coming apart. The placemats were also an issue for us as there wasn’t once complete set and the majority of them looked as though they had been eaten at the corner. There were multiple light bulbs throughout the property that were not working. When it came to wash our clothes we struggled to get them dry as the only radiators that worked were in the boot room and bedroom above the boot room. One of the beds in the small twin room has clearly been broken in the past and had a bodge job to fix it as there were L brackets holding up the head board, but they weren’t doing a good job and the headboard was moving a lot just sitting on the bed. When using the showers we found that we couldn’t rinse the shower down afterwards as the shower heads didn’t come off the wall. This made the showers very dirty very quickly. One morning we woke up and found a puddle on the main kitchen floor, we looked up and found a rather large wet patch on the ceiling and it turned out one of the skylights is leaking. The door on the master bedroom would not shut as the hinge was hanging off the doorframe, several screws had come out. We also found that there was no where near enough wardrobe space for 2 people in the master bedroom, we ended up living out of suitcases for the 2 weeks. And finally the WiFi is really bad.

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• Mrs Willis - Verified booking

  Anniversary Cottage is in a fantastic location. We didn’t use our car once during our stay as there were so many fantastic walks straight from the property. One day we walked over to Grasmere and then got the open top bus into Ambleside (come approx every 20 mins) and then another bus back to Elterwater (they’re roughly every 2 hours). We were walking distance of at least three pubs/restaurants with The Britannia being about a 2 minute walk. We used the Langdale CoOp at Chapel Style for all our groceries and that’s a 10/15 minute walk along the riverside (half a mile there). The house itself was super comfortable (two couples & a single adult) with glorious views. We cooked in 5 of the 7 nights and the kitchen had everything that we needed. We were lucky enough to be able to sit outside most evenings too. The beds were large & comfortable with cotton bedding and big, decent towels. Both bathrooms were decent too with great water pressure to the showers. The only area for comment was the kitchen which could do with some attention in places. For instance, the washing machine was grimy on the rubber inside the door, the cooker extractor needed new grease filters and a bit of a clean, some of the cupboard fronts needed a good wipe & there were a few cobwebs. Nothing earth shattering but just made the difference between a good and fantastic review which is a shame as everywhere else was absolutely lovely. The new carpet throughout is just gorgeous and we all just loved the decor in the bedrooms and sitting room. We would definitely recommend this super comfortable property as an ideal base for walking in the Langdales.

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• Mrs Kennedy - Verified booking

  We had a fabulous week at Anniversary Cottage. The bungalow is one of the best equipped places we have ever been to. Loved the slow cooker. The kitchen has everything you need for cooking at home which we tend to do. Comfortable lounge with inviting log burner. It would have been a lovely gesture to Include a baskets of logs, kindling and firelighters to start us off. Bedrooms were spacious with lots of storage and beds were comfortable. A minor gripe was the water and central heating system as we ran out of water for evening showers if any were taken in the morning and had to remember to boost the immersion heater in the afternoon for enough hot water. We also went in a really cold spell and couldn’t adjust the heating so had to phone through for support as the house became cold very quickly after it went off. It is set to come on 3 times a day which was ok once outside temps increased but flexibility to change without phoning for help would have been helpful. Space for several cars to park off road which is an advantage for this village as it does get busy. Fabulous location for walks from the doorstep straight into the Great Langdale valley with walks to Skelwith Bridge and Loughrigg tarn close by. 2 mins walk from fab pub - Britannia Inn which is cosy, welcoming and serves great food. Overall would definitely recommend return.

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• Steve - Verified booking

  This is a substantial property with an extensive garden area that you can even tire a spaniel out in!

  Its a 10 min walk into Hawkshead from the property where there is a good selection of pubs and shops. We were hit by Storm Arwen shortly after arriving so had to decamp for two nights as all the power went off, but the owners kindly refunded the two nights which was very good of them as the storm had nothing to do with them. We enjoyed staying here, with all the room, large kitchen for cooking in and dining room and cosy lounge. Two main issues, there is only BBC iplayer on the TV, no other channels at all, so they could do with sorting that out as you have to rely on the BBC and the DVDs in the property, not great on early dark nights. Also the property is chilly; the heating is set to 18 degrees which is too cold in winter. I did reset the Hive heating control for the week but the owner reset it back remotely so we had to rely on the boost control. Finally a watch out, the owners arrive promptly at 10am on checkout day, never had that at any other property stay where some latitude is given

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• Norman - Verified booking

  Second time we have stayed in this property.

  Great for our large family group, large kitchen, living & dining area, great for being together & apart. Cosy, comfortable & clean. Would definitely come again. But a few areas we would like to be addressed. Informed there were hair dryers, but 1 for the whole property, if we'd known that family would have brought their own. As a large group in the winter we like to cook & eat in. Although there is plenty of crockery glasses cups etc, there is a bit of a mish mash of utensils, no large serving spoons, bread knife, large sieve or kitchen scissors. We found that the left oven did not heat properly. Would be useful to supply hand towel for the kitchen & the downstairs toilet. Not enough separate bags bedding & towels. The hoover had not been emptied, it was extremely full, no spare bag, and smelt, do the cleaners bring their own? The main bin was full & on the side of the road on arrival Friday! As a large group we produced 3large bags we had to leave at the side of the road.

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