Kingfisher Barn Kendal

Wonderful
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Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Very good.clean. good area.
  : There is something wrong with heating not set properly cold at 7 at night ment to be on till 10 it is not and had to phone about WiFi nothing was past on to me when I got the emails .easy to leave a card with the WiFi username and password on it.

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : I love the location of the property. You can see the river Kent from kitchen window and can hear as well. the 2nd bedroom window view is amazing. Not far from the bus stop.
  : The day we arrived weather is-4C, -5C the house we freezing cold. Central heating setting for the night is 5pm to 10pm, and then morning 7am to 9:30am. It was freezing cold when the temperature dropped to 10/11 when the central heating wasn't on for 9 hrs for the whole night. Radiators in bed rooms don't heat up enough. That was the biggest let-down for staying at the property in the winter.

Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : spacious and quiet
  : the bathroom being up quite narrow stairs with low ceilings

Very Good
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  : The environment was fantastic
  : No place to sit outside (small terrace) at the house.

Disappointing
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The location of Kingfisher barn is perfect- on the edge of the village, with countryside views and easy access from M6 and to get to different areas of the Lake District. Good amenities in village - shop, pub, butchers, pharmacy, amazing coffee shop and bakery near the brewery- a short walk from appartment. Kitchen facilities were good (when worked!), although no dishwasher.
  : We had several issues with the property, which resulted in it not meeting our expectations, and spoiling our holiday somewhat, plus adding a lot of unnecessary stress. As soon as we arrived it was apparent that the apartment needed a long awaited deep clean- there was a dirty odour in the apartment and there were large food crumbs visible all over the seats of the settee and armchairs!! I had to hoover these as soon as we arrived before we could sit down. Although the kitchen was clean on the surface, there were a few items which had not been washed up properly- including the plastic chopping board in the cupboard with dried food on it (which I therefore left without using all week!). We washed the mugs and cutlery ourselves before using as did not feel comfortable to use otherwise. Upon arrival the boiler was not working and had a red warning triangle, so there was no hot water. We had to contact Sykes cottages whom arranged for an engineer to come round- whom fixed the issue that day. However, we were unable to have the showers we had hoped for upon arrival after travelling for 11 hours. The hand towel for the downstairs toilet was folded up on top of the toilet seat (instead of hung in the towel ring)!! Not great for drying hands as then adding a whole new layer of germs! The bath did not appear very clean and had hair in the bath and watermarks on taps. Again, we had to clean the bath too before using. There were cobwebs down side of bedside cabinets and in some corners. However, luckily the beds did appear clean, as at this point we were contemplating not staying. The highchair in the corner of lounge (which we were not using as a group of 3 adults) was dirty , and the cover of the travel cot in corner of lounge (again obviously not using) was thick with dust. The next issue was that the fridge was not working, which we did not notice until a couple of days in. We were given a free standing fridge on day 2 but lost 54 worth food - has been repaid by Sykes now

Very Good
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  : The cottage was perfect for us. Great location in a lovely village. Close to lovely walking and to Kendal which we were visiting for the mountain film festival.
  : The porch roof where we put our walking boots leaked badly which was not ideal as it was a very wet weekend and we had to bring our boots inside to dry them.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Location and the cottage style
  : The boiler was not working very well so my elderly mother and young son were a bit cold.

Fair
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Great location which we love going to. Properties here tend to be worn out.
  : Cleanliness should've been a lot higher standard.