READING ROOMS COTTAGE

Excellent cottage with a high standard. Beautiful area

Nice roomy cottage sleeps seven and has a good modern TV for those cosy nights in.

Lovely place to stay, would recommend for anyone

Lovely roomy cottage with comfy beds and very clean to say it allows dogs (we have 2 who don't shed) I didn't find one dog hair! Only bug bear cleaning wise was the washing machine dispenser drawer, some one who stayed there before us has obviously never used one before as the powder was in the compartment where the fabric softener goes, this should have been checked and cleaned before anyone else stayed there.Most cottages we've stayed in have a folder with all instructions for appliances and information regarding the cottage in one place, The Reading rooms didn't, we searched for things but didn't find them, it's not easy trying to fathom out controls for appliances that are very different from the ones you have at home!The showers need urgent attention too, the one in the disabled bathroom was a nightmare, talk about stand on one leg turn round three times and clap to see if it works, you had to keep hold of the temperature control knob to turn the on/off lever otherwise...... no water came out at all, if the on/off lever was turned fully on.... no water came out at all....and if you adjusted the temperature mid flow..... the water stopped running, that's if you managed to get water in the first place, I did say this was the disabled bathroom too, no one with dexterity problems would have been able to use that shower! The shower head on the bath upstairs leaked water from the fittings and the shower head part kept spinning round in your hand as the handle was broken making it very hard to keep hold of to control where the water went!There was a door leading from the master bedroom to the front garden which wouldn't unlock despite trying every key including the one marked bedroom" I would have thought that with the lockdown and no one being able to stay there for 4 months that the owners would have got things fixed

Great place to stay all amenities its strange walking down the road with the dog cats eyes ect it's the old A1 just outside the door

Everything you need in the cottage.

This is a great place to stay! Very nice cottage for families or a group. Spacious, well appointed, cozy and comfortable. Nice garden area and very quiet. We had a great time here, and it's close to Alnwick, Alnmouth, and the coastal towns. The lovely owner left us a delicious chocolate cake to welcome us... Very convenient and would love to come back...

The accommodation is first class. Lost a star as close to A1

Warm and very comfortable. Great for base to explore the coastline and nearby castles.

Though superficially clean, the house soon showed itself to be dirty,e.g. under the beds, in the corners and door frames; dead flies inwindow areas and curtains. Cobwebs around windows, in curtains, insidemany of the spiral cupboard handles and behind all the radiators.Numerous large living spiders. The heat-level numbers and functionindicators on the oven and hob were worn away and illegible (no handbookavailable). No folder containing general information about the housefacilities (e.g. how to regulate the heating) and local services (e.g.doctor, supermarket, restaurants, shopping, vet, etc.). Such a folder isstandard in almost all holiday cottages we've used. The house provided acot and highchair for our 24-month-old child, but no stair gates, eventhough we requested them. The owners permitted dogs (good) but the fencearound the property was not adequate to keep a small dog inside. Therewere no footpaths or fields in the vicinity where we could walk thedogs; this cannot be changed, but should have been mentioned in thedescription. We would not have taken the house if we had known this.On the positive side, there was a thoughtful provision of milk, toiletpaper, kitchen roll, dishwasher tabs, shower gel as well as a homemadecake to greet us. The supply of children's toys was excellent.