Old Telephone Exchange

Leaving.

We got to the place and it was cold, zero heating and no lights were turned on. The owners had messed with the thermostat which said vastly different temperature than the actual temperature. The thermostat was slow to detect changes in temperature and it was so cold my partner had to sleep in the car on our first night. The kitchen pinboard has brochures of pizza delivery and chinese takeaways and the owner's receipt for 500 litres of heating oil, proudly showing the cost which we had already covered for a year with our four days stay. There was no freezer, lining of the ovens are all hanging off and when your turned on the over it smelled of burnt plastic. The electric hobs were all adjusted and broken so we could not use them to cook as they cannot reach boiling temperatures. We took seven hours to boil some salad potatoes and the potatoes were still hard and uncooked. Crazy neighbours next door had to cut grass for hours and the other have a barbeque with pretend fake laughter for hours. There was no broom provided so we could not sweep up the fireplace after using it as an emergency since the heating was tuned to not work with the thermostat which the owners had meddled with. The owner had the nerve to report us to booking.com and accused us of leaving the house in a state when we were unable to cook nor sleep peacefully in a bedroom with freezing cold walls!

the curtains in the bedroom were too thin and let in the early morning sunshine. there was no freezer box in the fridge. i hadn't realised there was no hairdryer.

Very friendy welcome and then left in peace to enjoy our stay

Warm & cosy, clean and tidy with lovely ambiance. It was between -2 to 3 degrees when we visited and we were toasty warm in the cottage. Debbie left clear instructions and was helpful with questions when required. Was perfect for me and my 2 boys to stop in the one place for 4 days. The washing machine and huge heated towel rail in the bathroom were a godsend. Also nice additional touches like real milk, crumpets and butter were left for us in the fully equipped kitchen.

Just the sofa bed was tricky to assemble and fold back up. A clothes horse/rack would also have been useful for all our washing.

The cottage was brilliant and overall very comfortable for our family of 4 (2 adults and two girls aged 14 and 10). It was immaculate on arrival and I would recommend it to people who are visiting in the area.

The sofa bed was the only disappointment, very tired in appearance and not very comfortable.

More kitchen equipment

alovely vely clea n cottage everything very good good hosts good eating places near buylittle gifts left by debbie we had two beautifull very once again our thanksmuch needed days

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Really lovely little cottage in a great location. The house was very pretty, clean and well kitted out with some extra touches like milk/juice in the fridge and some crumpets for breakfast. The host made sure we had all the information we needed in advance and was very accommodating of our late arrival.

The sofa bed was quite uncomfortable and not in keeping with the rest of the property

easy to get to places of interest. very quiet

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