Discover Large Cottages in Northumberland

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Sabine - Verified booking

  Everything was clean and ready for us to use.

  Didn't meet the owner just their daughter-in-law (& her lovely 2 girls!) and she was a darling, very helpful & sweet. Wonderful, cozy & quirky cottage attached to the farmhouse but with your own privacy. Nicely styled bedrooms, very different but all with super comfortable beds and lots of storage. Kitchen well equipped & we had a lovely welcome pack of milk, chocolate cake & white wine waiting for us. Wonderfully comfortable and cozy living room to lounge in after dinner with a book or a game. The hot tub was awesome, very large and with beautiful lights both inside the water & also over the heads on the wooden roof. We used it every evening & it was nice to soak in the hot water with the jets on while it was raining outside! One night the moon came out while we were in, that was unbelievable! I would highly recommend Isaacs cottage if you want peace, quiet & a bit off the beaten track. The scenery all around is breathtakingly beautiful, and tons of day trips await. To the near there are Allenheads, Allendale, which are both lovely! Stanhope was nice & isnt too far. Hexham, Durham, Corbridge (oh, don't miss Corbridge!! Wonderful little village with cafés, shops, church, great afternoon out!!), also Hadrian's wall only 30 min. away by car (various sites, if you have time try 2 or 3, they are all a bit different!) or villages up the coast are also doable. We went to Alnwick, lovely drive about 90 min. (if you dont take the A1 but go cross country you'll be amazed at how beautiful the countryside is!! Many photo spots await you there.). We took walks in the National park to the North, but there are walks really pretty from basically just up the road from the house as well!! We were very happy with the place and felt right at home when we arrived. There wasn't a thing we didn't like! Would love to return! What a wonderful week spent in this wonderful place! Just mind you, it's remote, and the farm track is a little bumpy in places, so drive carefully & don't bring your Porsche. ;-)

  Read more less >

• Rebecca - Verified booking

  The washing machine and dish washer where absolutely filthy.

  The dog hair in the washing machine was really bad, I had put the washer on a rinse and then wiped the seal, drum and glass to remove a lot of dog hair, I ended up doing 2 further washes with wiping inbetween the seal, glass and drum until it was clean and ready to use. . The dish washer smelt absolutely awful, I had the clean the filter which was absolutely rammed with food and had the really soak and clean the filter with the sink brush and do a full hot wash with the dish washer empty to get it usable again. The dishwasher could do with topping up with salt and rinse aid as we didn't bring any and would help keep it smelling.nicer. We didn't bring our dog in the end but would of liked use of a vacuum to keep the rug clean and clean up the previous dogs hair. The cottage is beautiful and in an ideal location and facilities in the cottage were great. Ample of games and garden furniture cushions and etc.. outside a tap bonus We will defo come back in the future.

  Read more less >

• Heather - Verified booking

  Hello. The location of the property is fantastic.

  The property itself (building layout and design) is ideal, lots of space for us all in nice big rooms. Plenty of hot water and no issues with heating. Garden fantastic. The property was not clean. I cleaned the toilets myself and they hadn’t been cleaned since the previous guests. The carpet upstairs hadn’t been hoovered. The living room rug was covered in dog hair that wasn’t from our dog. A lot of dog hair downstairs, all over the floors, under sofas, dining table etc. Dirty windows inside and outside. Our 8 month old baby dropped some yoghurt on the kitchen floor, I cleaned it up with a baby wipe and the wipe was filthy, so the hard floors had definitely not been cleaned for a long time. Dirty bins, mouldy chopping boards and wooden spoons in the kitchen. Previous guests rubbish under sofas and down the side of the single bed. It really let our holiday down and we won’t return because of the cleanliness.

  Read more less >

• Jason - Verified booking

  Fantastic Cottage!

  ! We visited on 29th December to see in the new year. The cottage was exactly as we hoped it would be, cosy and remote, away from any hustle. The directions were clear and we had no trouble finding it. We had brought a lot with us that we thought we might need but everything was supplied in terms of logs, toilet tissue, bin bags etc and there was enough cutlery and dishes for a large family and we were also welcomed with a nice message and a cake that we weren’t expecting. The cottage is well laid out and has ample room for four adults to live in comfort. We had two small dogs with us and they loved the walks around the area and then sleeping in front of the open fire. We couldn’t fault anything about our stay at all and would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a nice relaxing getaway.

  Read more less >

• Clare - Verified booking

  Just brilliant!

  We visited as 4 adults, 1 child and a toddler and were concerned about space - we needn't have been - there was ample space and everything we could have asked for. The kitchen was one of the best equipped ones I've come across in a holiday cottage, we even had everything we needed to bake. Easy to find but so very peaceful and tranquil, the nearby village of Allendale has several nice pubs, all of which do food, a well stocked shop and a great play park, complete with zip-wire. The hot tub was fantastic and ending our days having a soak taking in the breathtaking views was just perfect. Unlike other holiday cottages we've stayed in which can be a bit soulless...Isaac Cottage feels so homely with lots of character and the comfiest bed I've ever slept in. Highly recommended by us - we'll be back!

  Read more less >