“The cottage is lovely, nice, clean and bright.”
Nicely furnished to a high standard, the kitchen is well equipped (albeit no frying pan) and the utility room with washing machine is a bonus. The Living room too is a good size, nice and comfortable.
Stone floors all downstairs add to the experience of stopping in such a property.
Upstairs, again all rooms are nice and airy, nicely furnished for what they need to be.
The proximity to the level crossing was no issue, as the sound of trains soon fades into the background, so don't let that put anyone off staying here.
All in all, the 3 of us (a couple and Spaniel) had a relaxing stay.
The cottage is in a good location for exploring all that Northumberland has to offer.
This was our 6th Christmas/New year in the area, first time staying at Holida Hoose.
We'd definitely book again, but perhaps in the summer months.
The only issue we had was the temperature of the cottage. It was cold, upstairs especially so. The heating provided did little more than take off the chill. The log burners seemed to be relied on for extra heat, and at £5 a bag of logs, it felt a cheeky way of getting the guests to subsidise the heating bill. The hot water too out of all taps wasn't anything more than 'off cold'. To wash the dishes we had to boil the kettle.
We are not new to Bamburgh in December, having stopped in different properties, all with log burners, but we've never needed them for heating, only as an added extra.
The cottage overall is lovely, nothing stopped us from enjoying our break, we simply adapted. Yes I appreciate the cost of everything going up, but perhaps loosen the purse strings a little on the heating/hot water?
