2 West Haswicks

Spotlessly clean, had everything we needed for a mini break. Great location for quiet walks.

Lovely small, quiet property with excellent facilities. Very clean and comfortable. Ideal for walking in Weardale.

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A home from home, very comfortable with everything we needed. Well supplied for those wood burner making it a cosy relaxing location to hang out with friends and explore the local area. There were some beautiful, easy to access local walks for days when we didn’t want to travel. Everything we needed.

Great location. Quiet & secluded. Initial impression on entering property is great (until you go upstairs). Nice wood floors and well appointed (until you look in the kitchen cupboards for cook ware). Nice neighbours. This place could be turned into a fantastic Spa quality hidden gem with just a few tweaks.

ALL the saucepans are made of poisonous Teflon, and all of them were old and scratched so we could not use them to cook with except to boil an egg. Even that was a challenge because it's an induction stove but the small egg saucepan did NOT have a flat bottom, and it took us ages to work out what the problem was. There were NO dedicated containers or covers for the microwave, so we could not use that either. The selection of ovenproof containers to heat/cook food were very poor, so that was also a juggling act to heat food. No cafetiere or coffee pod machine, so it was "instant" coffee or nothing. The bedding was the most awful cheap selection of drab dowdy 'old old old' poly-cotton that made it feel like you were staying in someone's home in the back room that was reserved for granny. The bedding and bath towels could not be hot washed, and they reflected this because they were 'grey'. The duvets were 'very' heavy, and the pillows were solid. There was no dishwasher, which in itself is fine, but then the washing up gloves had holes in them so we could not use proper hot water, and there was NO washing up brush supplied, just one blue jay cloth! There was only ONE bin liner, so after fish pie on the first evening it was smelly, but there was no option to change the liner. We stayed 4 nights and there was only 'just' enough toilet paper to go around (we had to ration it on the last morning). The key safe at the front door was easy enough to open, except the innards then just fell out, and it was impossible to get them back in. It is old and needs replacing. You need to change the bedding to crisp white sheets, a lighter weight duvet with a blanket if needed. Decent pillows. White towels that can be hot washed. A selection of stainless steel saucepans, and a proper variety of oven proof cookware, and a cover for the microwave. And a cafetiere if you don't want to supply a pod machine.