Lake District romantic get away in 1 acre gardens off M6

Very clean. Great location. It’s so peaceful and quiet, set in beautiful lawns with a pretty stream - it’s hard to imagine it’s actually so close to the convenience of the motorway and the beginning of the route to Windermere (45 mins). Very easy and straightforward directions from hosts to the property and key retrieval was super easy. Great quality, if expensive, farm shop at the petrol station. Everything felt generous - big bathroom, big four post bed, big TVs, even big chunky marble style tables. Decent, very usable kitchen, main bed had a good en-suite with jacuzzi bath and Bluetooth mirrors. All in all, it was very good value for money but without feeling in any way cheap. Oh and cute details, such as the hare embroidery on the children’s duvet and bird motifs that turn up around the accommodation, such as peacock wallpaper in some rooms and pheasant chair covers etc. Ideal for families, friends, young and old.

A few complimentary coffee pods for the coffee pod machine (with opportunity to buy some more) would be better than awful Nescafé sachets, especially as the farm shop doesn’t sell them.

Nice friendly,helpful host and location was good

It was difficult to control the temperature in the house. Would have been helpful to have a booklet on how all the appliances worked.

Beautiful peaceful stay. Loved the bathroom and four poster bed was fantastic! Everything needed for a self catering stay.

The property is a nice, cosy cottage style bungalow with a lovely kitchen, comfy beds / bedding and a nice bathroom with a jacuzzi bath plus another lovely shower room suitable for guests with additional needs. You could tell the property had been cleaned properly (apart from the oven) with fresh bedding and towels etc. We appreciated the free tea, coffee sachets and jams plus the chocolates on the pillows are a nice touch and the hand / body wash smelt lovely. Great little pub nearby called the Cross Keys Inn - did a fab pizza.

The property was cold. Heated flooring seemed to work in the hall and one of the bedrooms but the living room and main bedroom were really chilly. I’ve also seen this on other reviews so perhaps a small portable heater that guests can choose to use may be helpful. On closer inspection of the property it just needs a few touch ups from wear and tear in certain places e.g. bits of wallpaper had been pulled off the wall in the living room and the coffee table had big marks on it in the marble. These are quick fixes which will make a big difference! By no fault of the owners, an alarm was going off in the property during the night. We rang the owners but appreciate they didn’t answer due to the late time however they then didn’t get in touch the following morning even though we’d left messages. For all they knew, the alarm could have been going off all night? Luckily we rang the company number on the alarm box and they told us how to silence the alarm but it did disrupt all of our sleep which was a shame. The inside of the oven and oven trays were really unclean but everything else seemed very clean.