Guests say
Dales Retreat is praised for its excellent central location in Skipton, offering easy access to the town’s attractions while remaining peaceful. Guests appreciate the spaciousness, comfortable beds, and charming decor. The cottage is generally well-equipped, making it a good base for families and groups. Some guests noted areas needing attention, such as cleanliness, maintenance, and the occasional lack of promised welcome gifts. Overall, the property provides a pleasant and convenient stay, with most guests enjoying their time and expressing willingness to return.
Most guests found the property clean and comfortable, but several reviews mention issues such as unhoovered carpets, dust, cobwebs, and occasional missed cleaning in bedrooms. Some guests also noted bedding and towels needing refreshment. While not a consistent problem, these comments suggest room for improvement.
The location is consistently highlighted as a major strength, being central yet quiet, with easy access to Skipton’s shops, restaurants, and transport. Guests found parking manageable in nearby car parks, despite none being available on-site.
Guests generally found the cottage spacious and the beds comfortable, with positive remarks about the layout and social spaces. Some noted issues with thin blinds, old bedding, and cold rooms, but these did not significantly detract from overall comfort.
The cottage is well-equipped for most needs, but several guests mentioned inadequate kitchenware, broken fixtures (such as toilet seats and blinds), and maintenance issues like cracked ceilings and missing door frames. These detracted from the 'luxury' expectation but did not prevent enjoyment.
Some guests received a welcome basket or snacks, which were appreciated, but others did not, despite it being advertised. As such, gifts or welcome packs are not guaranteed. Suggestions for more local information and small touches were also made.
About this property
The perfect retreat for friends and family to enjoy this modern and indulgent holiday cottage, perfectly situated in the centre of the historic town of Skipton. This gorgeous cottage is perfectly situated just a stone throw away from the town centre!.
Ground Floor:
Open plan living space.
Living area: Smart TV, Gas Fire, French Doors Leading To Patio
Dining area.
Kitchen area: Electric Oven, Electric Hob, Microwave, Fridge/Freezer
Utility Room: Washing Machine
Separate Toilet.
First Floor:
Bedroom 1: Kingsize (5ft) Bed
Bedroom 2: Double (4ft 6in) Bed
Bedroom 3: Bunk (3ft) Beds
Shower Room: Cubicle Shower, Heated Towel Rail, Toilet.
Gas central heating, electricity, bed linen, towels and Wi-Fi included. Welcome pack. . Garden with patio, sitting-out area and garden furniture. No smoking.. This delightful well-equipped cottage is the perfect get away for friends and family. Oozing modern and stylish accommodation throughout. Perfectly situated, this holiday home is an idea base for any holiday maker to explore the Yorkshire Dales and the stunning countryside. Surrounded by shops, tea rooms, restaurants and pubs all within a short walk. There are regular street markets in Skipton, woodland walks, famous forests, a golf course, castle, swimming pool and pet farms to explore.
Entering the property front the front door you are greeted by a modern open plan lounge/kitchen, separate utility room and downstairs WC also housing the washing machine and boiler. Plenty of space to store your coats and muddy boots! Walking through to a cosy lounge, a sumptuous sofa awaits you along with a Smart TV and French doors leading to the outside area. A perfect area to plan and wind down after a long day exploring! The kitchen area has everything you need to prepare a home cooked meal benefitting from a large dining table and chairs, or why not enjoy a local takeaway! The kitchen is fully equipped including a hob, oven, microwave, fridge/freezer and kettle. Wander upstairs where you will find two double bedrooms, both with plenty of wardrobe space and storage for your belongings. Along the corridor the third bedroom benefits bunk beds and additional wardrobe space. A luxury and modern bathroom awaits you from a spacious shower, low level WC, wash hand basin and wall mounted towel rail.
Outside to the front of the property benefits a from quiet area, on-street parking can be found within walking distance or town car park at a cost. To the rear of the property there is a raised patio area with an array of garden furniture. A warm welcome will always await you at here, it’s ideal location and modern luxury feel will be sure to bring you back. Pub and restaurant 175 yards.
Free WiFi
Reviews (22)
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Confirmed Guest
We enjoyed our stay at Dales Retreat...lovely location & handy for everything...few pointers need looking into....the stone slab at the front door is broken & wobbles...one of the plugs in the bathroom sink missing, not enough towels for everyone or toilet rolls...need extra microwave dishes
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Confirmed Guest
The house is in a great location. No parking, but was easy and cheap to park on the town's car parks for the week. The cottage could be a perfect base for exploring the Yorkshire Dales and despite many issues we did enjoy our stay. It had been well decorated but needs some renovating to be classed as 'luxury' as per the listing. There are many cracks, the obvious results of a bathroom leak, many broken upstairs floorboards and bits of internal door frames missing. The upstairs blinds are not adequate - far too thin and blocked out zero light so we woke very early. The shower was also stuck on scalding hot.The kitchen is well equipped and there is a washing machine, drying rack and iron which was welcome! Unfortunately the cleanliness of the property was not up to scratch with many cobwebs and floors not cleaned properly - dust and spills remained from previous visitors and upstairs carpets had not been hoovered well. We were left with one clean towel and one that smelled very damp so I washed before use. No towels were left for the other 4 beds. No welcome pack other than some dishwasher tablets. Absolutely not a problem, but don't add to the listing if it won't be fulfilled. A new bed had been delivered in one room on our day of arrival which we were aware of, but it had not been made and bedding was left dumped in a pile on the floor. No attempt to clean the room appeared to have been made.We did enjoy our stay as it is a great space and in a brilliant location with lots to do close by! But we would not return based on the level of cleanliness and lack of care for preparing the cottage for new visitors.
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Kenneth Greer
I enjoyed my time here and would have given it 5 stars if not for the following.The cottage was still being cleaned when we arrived at our check-in time of 4pm.The down stairs toilet seat was completely broken so unless your male your not going to use it.There were quite a few things needing repair if the cottage was to live up to its luxury title. The welcome pack was some dish washer tablets not what we expected from the cottage photos.