“Ust as lovely as it looks in the pictures!”
Luxurious cottage in stunning village with incredible views! Thankyou for allowing us to stay, even though only 2 nights were available in this peak time. Garden secure & beautiful. Cottage excellent standard, lovely waterfall shower, clean & tidy. Had couple of maintenance things to report but Sykes / caretakers were quick to respond, so assume was sorted for the next people? These were that the wooden door covering the fridge door was hanging off and dangerous ( very heavy and ready to fall from a height). No tools available or we could have unscrewed the remaining hinge and at least made it safe. The kettle had a slow leak so sat in a puddle of water! Only other comment is that there were a few cobwebs ( handfuls when plugging things in!) and the towels were tiny/ thin. Have since visited 2 more Sykes cottages with thick large fluffy towels which emphasised the contrast. A note about the ‘short’ driveway might alsobe helpful to some - our average 4WD was a squeeze to close the gate, so had to unpack and let the dogs in/out with the gate open. A truck or van would not fit. Shap village very friendly & gorgeous abbey cafe on the high street. Greyhound inn great food again very friendly .Swimming pool was very cold. Nice to explore a different part of the lakes.
Thank you for your kind comments.
The hinge on the fridge door was repaired just after you left as soon as I was made aware of it. A screw had worked itself loose and I had he whole door rehung. Under holiday let regulations not allowed to leave tools out which I agree would be helpful to do. I have replaced the kettle with a new one. My 4WD which is a GLC Mercedes fits in the drive with about 2 feet of space at the rear to the gate so luggage and dogs are easy to let out safely. Width wise two small cars can fit in. It is best to drive in tight to the low garden wall and not reverse in. Vans fit but the gate needs to be left open for them, workmen have regularly done this.
Apologies for the towels, quality towels were provided but the laundry service on occasion mixes them up replacing mine with inferior towels belonging to other properties. This problem and your comments about cobwebs I have raised with the housekeepers. I am not sure if you are referring to my property on cobwebs as I have not ever found handfuls of them?
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