Nutwood Kendal, Cumbria

Sykes (the rental company) would not publish my truthful review so I will leave it here in brief. The heating was not working (as say almost all of the reviews on other sites), we were phoned about this on our way down from Scotland as if it had just happened, when in fact, this has been (and continues to be according to even more recent reviews) a problem for well over a year. We were left with three small portable heaters. This would be a huge problem in winter. The hot water was utterly dangerously scalding due to the immersion being left on 24 hours a day due to heating not working. The bathroom is in a very bad way with black mould on the bath sealant, mould on the blinds and ceiling, mould on kitchen sink sealant, and generally very tired. Wallpaper hanging off in kitchen. Decor extremely scruffy and dated. Not clean, very dusty, partial jigsaw under living room rug so obviously not hoovered. Garden very scruffy, two wasps nests so unable to sit outside as constantly being attacked by wasps (also mentioned in previous reviews and also not addressed!) MOSS growing on the inside windows of the conservatory. Only good points were reasonable beds and reasonable equipped kitchen. Location is described as being within "walking distance" to a lot of places but there are NO footpaths, you have to walk in the main roads with fast moving tourist traffic. Not ideal and not safe for kids or dogs. The property COULD be a gem, but it needs so much work done to it and the garden, to bring it up to standard. This would mean investing some of the rental money (over 2K a week according to some sites!) back into the cottage, which obviously has not happened. I am writing this review because it has annoyed me that recent reviews are still mentioning heating not working etc, and people are spending their hard earned cash on these places hoping for a nice holiday, and get disappointed like this when there are clear issues which they KNOW about and which they have not addressed. I took pictures of all the issues but was not allowed to have my reviews published on Skyes website. Invest some much needed attention in this property and it could be really nice. As it stands, disappointing and quite neglected.

Our family of 5 went for a weeks stay at Nutwood cottage Lakeside, Newby bridge. On arrival the cottage is well presented and very picturesque, the photos on the website don’t do it justice. Very clean, comfortable beds, log burner and fully equipped with all you will need for a relaxing Holliday. Fantastic local hotel/restaurant nearby called the Swan Hotel and Spa, 5 mins walk to the marina where you can book a trip on the lakeside steam ferry which will take you to Bowness or Ambleside. Steam train, aquarium and much more. Will definitely book again in the future as it was the perfect get away for total relaxation.