Wren's Nest

Wrens nest is lovely and quaint, adequate for 2 small people.

...my husband found the bathroom facility on the small side. More on the size/floor plan on your listing would help other visitors to your accommodation booking. We loved the country vibe and our dog was impressed with the live sheep in the field (he only has toy sheep

All fine with the exception of the cooker.

Property description says oven is dual microwave / oven this is totally untrue. No instructions on how to use the cooker, even when scanning the QR code. Turning the top hob on was a task of hope and see, never mastered it in 6 days. The oven had lots of settings, but no obvious way to engage these. We used it the first evening through trail and error. 40 minutes to warm a chilled meal. We had to turn the oven off at the main fuse box, no combination of switches or dials would do this. Never attempted to use the oven again. Downstairs TV would show you multiple sky (I think) channels. Mainly old quiz shows, escape to the country, antique road shows etc etc. BBC / ITV were not available. We have a dog so Sykes, and a rival company to you, are our first consideration. Rival company you can generally contact the host directly before during and after your stay. This is a massive decision making plus when booking a stay. Stay = holiday for most which should be relaxing. Sykes fail on this account.

It is a great property.

The only advantage would be a small microwave. I don’t use one but I think many people would find it helpful.

Lovely, dog-friendly accommodation that has been recently renovated.

We loved the location and easy parking. The perfect little place to explore the local area by car, foot or bike!

Lovely cottage in a really good location for accessing Bassenthwaite (about a 10 min walk).

Lovely garden area with a beautiful view. There's also an enclosed "dog paddock" which was really handy. Comfy bed. Good water pressure in the shower. Would definitely stay again. The freezer compartment needs fixing - we were messaged about this beforehand which was helpful. The WiFi is shared with another cottage and the router is there so the WiFi signal was very patchy. Maybe a WiFi booster could help with this? Those were very minor issues in an otherwise lovely stay.

Generally a very comfortable stay but we were disappointed when there was no water during one night and it did not come back on until 7.

30 am the next morning. We tried to contact Sykes but the telephone queue length time kept increasing the longer we waited on the phone. We wasted a lot of time trying to report this to Sykes, who were our only point of contact with the new owners.

Lovely little property, in great location, and with amazing views - what's not to like!

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