Morecambe9
April 2014
We have just stayed here for one week. The property has beautiful views of open countryside, with sheep and lambs in the fields out to the back and we even saw a couple of deer in the field out to the front.
The owners arranged for a bottle of wine and a card to be left to welcome us, which was a very thoughtful generous gesture.
Downstairs is extremely spacious and the kitchen is well equipped. The utility room has plenty of space to dry off walking boots on the rack provided and also set up the clothes airer if you don’t use the tumble dryer.
Be warned though, unless I worked the washing machine incorrectly when I chose a basic 40 degree wash, the washer takes about 3 hours to do a cycle.
The lounge is a cosy room with a log burner for the cool evenings and there’s a selection of books, DVD’s and a few games are available.
The downstairs bathroom is also a large spacious room and there is a small sun lounge where the front porch would be, this room gets particularly warm on a sunny day.
Upstairs though, because the bedrooms are in the eves, great care needs to be taken when walking around. All rooms including the landing have sloping ceilings.
I particularly liked the double room because of the amount of glass and natural light coming in, but to get into bed, I would have to bend over and work my way up the bed in a crab like movement to get into bed. Either that or scramble over the other person in the bed. So we opted for the king size room which had easier access, but still, at only 5ft, I had to be careful getting out of bed.
There are good points to upstairs though, the shower has amazing water pressure, the king size bed is extremely comfortable, the rooms are all toasty warm and the views over the back fields are lovely.
We did have issues with the cleaning. There were crumbs on the worktops near the kettle and toaster. The kitchen floor was sticky under foot. The lounge floor was dusty under foot, there were lots of bits on the carpets upstairs and every floor surface was littered with long black hairs. I vacuumed the floors and also cleaned the kitchen floor with soapy water, problem solved and the feeling under foot was much more pleasant. (The bathroom facilities were very clean)
Despite some negative issues, we would recommend this property as it is in a stunning peaceful location with easy access to the coast.