This cottage really is 5 star, we really enjoyed our stay last week.
We have so much positive feedback but also a couple of things to mention, not criticism at all but just a few pointers for anyone who might experience the same.
When we arrived, we were following the instructions and managed to find the car park, but when the car park is busy and you are in a rush trying to find your bay as cars were waiting behind us, we saw 3 number 1 parking bays and at first it was hard to know which one was ours especially as someone was getting a delivery and was blocking our bay so we couldn’t actually see it at the time. It would be helpful for ‘grisedale pike to be painted on the bay or on the barrier; also we were looking for a key safe in car park but hadn’t realised it meant the key safe in the front door of the cottage so it’s worth finding the front door first, which would have been hard for me if I was on my own as had my dog and baby in the car with us so luckily my husband could stay in the car whilst I found the keys.
On the positive side, it’s definitley worth having the parking space as it’s very close to the front door and cheaper than paying for parking each day, but you do have to walk around the corner with your luggage so travel light, it took us quite a few trips as we had to carry a lot of the baby’s items.
The cottage is immaculate, it’s like a home from home equipped with everything you need. The bathroom is incredible, we couldn’t believe how modern the cottage was decorated.
The passage way is very small at the bottom so unfortunately we couldn’t put the pram up inside before leaving the front door, luckily for us we had lovely weather so this didn’t matter but if it was raining it would have been difficult to put the pram up in the rain and get the baby sorted outside so bare this in mind.
The staff were very friendly as we called them to ask about the keys when we first arrived and they were so helpful on the phone.
We would definitley return to grisedale pike again but would be a bit more prepared next time thankfully. Hopefully my review helps others aswell as it was all new to us.
Perfect location right in the centre of Keswick, easy to go for walks to the bars, restaurants, shops and the lake.
Only one point I would also make is that the social club downstairs from the cottage (next door) they slam the door repeatedly when they are leaving and sometimes this was very late at night which wasn’t ideal as our dog kept barking, but luckily she soon got used to it but if Your a light sleeper you will hear this and also the costa and greggs getting early morning deliveries. Luckily it didn’t bother us and our baby slept through it also.
We have been recommending this cottage to our friends and family as we really enjoyed our stay, we would definitely return and be a bit more prepared next time for the parking etc but it hasn’t put us off, maybe we were just being a bit silly but not to worry, we had a lovely time regardless.