The Old Cook's House

Jackie is wonderful. The characterful house was clean, and very well stocked. We were able to park before checking in and explore the local area. Fab position for walks with or without dogs.

Beautiful old building, very tastefully decorated, nice and cosy and has amazing views. Has dishwasher and washing machine as well as dedicated parking. Great location half a mile walk from National Trust Devil's Punchbowl. Host left lovely breakfast food for us.

Really great location, it has an m&s across the street and nearby the highway exit.

Well appointed property, with good facilities and pleasant location. We found it ideal for meet up with family and visiting the area etc.

Incredible hosts - we were dumped last minute by another host from a nearby property and these wonderful people went out of their way to help us at a minutes notice. I couldn't be happier with them and the property

Nothing - it was lovely, clean, quiet, quaint. Facilities were great too

The place was full of character; it was well-equipped and spotless; it was in a pleasant, quiet and convenient location; the area is beautiful. The host was very friendly and helpful but respected our privacy.

The only fault we could find was that a larger double bed would have made the nights more comfortable - worth sacrificing some furniture in the bedroom to fit one in.

The host was friendly and helpful. The location was perfect for us and the place was tidy and clean.

Nothing

House was immaculate and very comfortable and Jackie was a wonderful host - very helpful! Lovely selection of treats as well.

nothing, the house was perfect

Homeliness of cottage, Owner bought treats of mince pies, fresh cream and natural yoghurt in fridge as well as grapes Owner was very welcoming when we met. Nice choice of brown seeded bread, crumpets & hot cross buns, butter. Good choice of fruit, decaf teas and breakfast teas & coffees & fruit Jam's & marmite. Sadly no expiry dates on opened jars of blueberry conserve jam. On checking jam it was fine so I enjoyed it. Beautiful yellow roses in vase to welcome us too. TV streaming services. No DVD.

Bathroom door did not shut properly, . The door needed to be forcefully pushed to click to shut and close properly to lock by top lock for privacy & stop draught. No labels on cereal containers of ingredients, (for allergy or intolerances) and no expiry dates, or best before date. Mat on carpet above top step, a potential dangerous trip hazard. We moved mat away to main landing for this reason during our stay. We returned it to original location at end of our stay. We were advised prior to our stay that owner lived next to the cottage, which was fine and reassuring in case of any queries. However on arrival we realised The cottage is adjoined to owners property, so we could hear owners talking & every noise when moving around. We felt aware they could hear us talking & moving around too so did not feel we had complete privacy. We stayed at cottage when the weather was exceptionally cold -2. The owner did advise us on arrival & via message, that she would keep heating on all night, which was very kind. We did not have control of heating timer settings, although owner told us of times.. We did have a thermostat for heating which we turned up. The owner did message us early evening to check if heating was OK, which was appreciated as we had to turn thermostat up. We went out to a Christmas event at local pub and returned to the cottage around midnight. It was -3°.. The cottage was freezing, all the radiators downstairs & upstairs were cold even though we had been advised by the owner that she would keep heating on all night. We sat with our own blankets around us, shivering had hot drinks and went to bed. Even though property had double glazing throughout, In the main bedroom, double bedroom. The bed & headboard just underneath the wall by the window. It was so cold the bed & headboard felt damp, they weren't wet but the freezing draught from the window went down my head, neck and back & i could not sleep.

It was clean , well appointed , great location , great host

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