Dog Friendly Cottages In Chesterfield

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Ann - Verified booking

  The apartment is exactly as the photos show.

  It is on the third floor at the back of the building away from road noise and looking out onto the rock face, trees & foliage. The sun does shine this side of the building and we were envious of the apartments next door, both sides, as they had a small balcony with table & chairs & we would have loved to be able to open the doors & get outside as our apartment was very hot - 25C with both sash windows open all night - our dogs felt the heat as did we. When we arrived we expected to just turn the key and open the door as it is on an internal corridor. However we couldn't get in and luckily the cleaners were still in the corridor so they helped. Even so it took them a few minutes to open the door and they told us that they have problems too. Having watched the lady lift the handle / lower the handle before putting the key in and turning, I realised that the lock was not a simple lock, but the same as our double glazed front door. The door itself was not a simple hotel room type door. It is a very heavy fire door so you have to give it a good shove to open. The oven is a combination microwave oven with instructions. We did not find instructions for the induction hob (2 places). We have never used one before as we have a gas hob. All we got was a Lo sign until eventually my husband put a saucepan on the hob and magically it went on. The tv is a smart TV. I sent a message to the owner as we couldn't get normal tv channels - we have Sky tv at home and Netflix, but very rarely use the apps other than catch up. We eventually got used to it, but not a fan. There are lots of plates & bowls ( a dinner service of them), but fewer glasses and we would have liked much larger cups or mugs. The settee, which is of good quality material, is saggy / uncomfortable, but it is large enough for 2 to sit on. A broom and dustpan & brush is provided together with a dish-cloth, scourer sponge, tea-towel and washing up liquid. There is a nice big cupboard in the bedroom with shelving, where you can hang clothes, store bags and suitcases. I would have liked a full length mirror hung on the back of this cupboard door & a light weight battery operated sweeper (£69) to suck up bits from the hard floors daily. They also do not appear to recycle rubbish as everything goes in a large bin in the apartment. There were many people staying on & off, a large car park with an electric charger, children's play area and BBQ. There is a walk for dogs opposite the Cupola restaurant on the other side of the road. It is quite steep, but you can let the dogs off the lead. There is a lady receptionist in the lounge area from Thursday to Monday. The Cupola restaurant next door is also very nice. It is open every day until 8pm (pizzas only in the evening) and on the week end a fuller menu. We visited Eyam, plague village, up the road, Bakewell, Buxton, Ashbourne, Matlock Bath and Castleton - we have already been to Chatsworth House, which is very close. There are apartments for sale & if the journey was much shorter I would be tempted to buy because this is a quality development. We really enjoyed our stay.

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• David - Verified booking

  We made a booking at this property and, upon arrival, discovered that the property was not inline with the advertising.

  The photos and summary present a large garden at the front, but the actual accommodation is the wing of the building that the owners have fenced off from the garden that is presented in the photos. The only outside area for guests is a small concrete patio in the shadow of the side of the building (note it is described as "garden/patio" on the listing). In addition, the property is in a remote location where the mobile signal did not work, and the wifi was dependent on an internet connection that was not broadband (it could not sustain netflix/zoom or any other streaming given the speed of connection). The downstairs ensuite bathroom also had a bad smell that meant it was unusable. The owner, John, was instantly understanding that the property did not meet our needs or the advertisement, that it was not inline with our expectation for the pictured garden that the children could enjoy, and John agreed to a full refund for our stay there as we had booked under the premise that our children and family could enjoy, among other things, the advertised garden and wifi. We then had to identify alternative premises and move our family of 3 adults and 3 children at short notice to another property. The refund was agreed in person with John and then susbequently in writing over email. We have since been waiting for this refund from Sykes since summer 2022. And the process to secure this refund has been painful to stay the least. The owner has bounced responsibility to Sykes for the refund, and Sykes themselves have been incredibly unresponsive. I have finally received a credit from Sykes of approximately half the value of our stay without any explanation, and they and the owner have since failed to respond to multiple emails and calls to ask for an explanation as to why we have not been refunded in full given their acknowledgement verbally and in writing around the false advertising and their agreement to fully refund our stay there. We asked for the refund and got their agreement in good faith, have not asked for any compensation for the inconvenience to our family, and write this public review of our experience reluctantly. However we feel that we are obligated to let others know of our experience, and are exploring other ways to secure the return of the full cost of the stay that the owners agreed to.

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• Hannah - Verified booking

  Perfect little weekend break.

  We will definitely be back. Mattress extremely comfortable, furnishings tasteful and atmosphere cosy. Warm and inviting aesthetic. Generally clean but it might pay to run the hoover under the sofa more regularly, our dogs were very curious about what was under there and having looked, I wished I hadn’t. Took the shine off a bit. The sofa might also benefit from a quick hoover. Apart from that, No. 46 is conveniently placed next to the elevator at the back of the building which made toilet trips with dogs very efficient! It’s nice to see the owner has actioned some of the suggestions made by previous reviewers (coasters provided and blinds sorted). My advice to guests with long locks is bring a hair dryer. I mistakenly left mine at home and couldn’t find one in the apartment. I improvised and used the one in the boot room meant for dogs (worked a treat!) but not the height of luxury. The building is fairly new and it shows, everything is still scuff-free and tidy. My only hope is that as the years go on, the quality is maintained. We do plan to come back and would hate to see it go downhill, specially as apartments are for sale and management by a variety of owners could lead to haphazard quality. Overall really pleased with the experience and grateful to have found somewhere dog-friendly that isn’t the pits.

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• Mrs Stokes - Verified booking

  We absolutely loved this cottage. The location was amazing - remote, so you felt you were properly in the countryside, but only 2 mins drive away from more major roads which then got us easily to every location in the Peak District. The location was one of the very best we’ve had in the UK. The property was absolutely amazing. It had lots of equipment you don’t normally find in properties like tons of toilet rolls and kitchen roll, bin bags & washing up liquid. Even kitchen foil! The kitchen was lovely to cook in and had everything you might need. There was also an insulated cafetière which came in handy, and an ice cube tray in the freezer. We loved the log burning fire in the lounge and the tv had access to Netflix and BBC iplayer which we appreciated. We had many happy evenings snuggled up watching TV. There was also a sun room which was lovely to sit and relax (we were pretty lucky with the weather). The children loved the table tennis in the games room, and there was plenty of room several cars on the driveway. The showers had great water pressure and all the bathrooms were to a very high standard. The beds were large and comfortable and the cottage was very spacious. There were plenty of amazing pubs serving wonderful food in nearby towns and villages. We would definitely come back again.

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• Susan - Verified booking

  We really enjoyed our stay.

  The Apartment complex is situated in a lovely village with lots of walks and a nice pub and little Fish and Chip Shop - chips were amazing, unfortunately there was no firepit in the communal area as advertised, but there is a nice seated area where we enjoyed a bottle of wine. The Apartment itself was lovely and spacious, although I did struggle with the height of the top cupboards and getting things out. On leaving we put the keys back into the Key safe and left the complex, unfortunately a member of staff took the key and had not advised leading to a phone call advising we had not returned the keys. We returned as was 30 mins away luckily - to then receive a text message to say keys found, but had already arrived and had this explained by the lovely receptionist. The tone of the call was not pleasant and the gentleman was quite patronising and this has put us off staying within this particular Apartment again, however would return to the complex just in another Apartment. Would really recommend the Apartment block and area though.

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