"We loved our time at Judges Lodging!"
The house is cosy and superbly located, and the master bedroom is particularly excellent.
In terms of negatives, it would be good if soap was provided, especially as there are three bathrooms. Also, access to and from the car park to the rear of the property is very tight.
Reviewed by Paul4.7★ Mar 2024
"1. No heating when we arrived on a very cold day."
No instructions re starting heating. Next day googled it and followed on-line manufacturers instructions. 2. Tried to cook a quick fry-up on arrival and frying pan covered in thick black grease which was very difficult to shift. 3. En-suite bath hadn’t been cleaned, thick soap scum all round. 4. Palmolive soap bottles left on bowls were practically empty. 5. “Welcome” pack of a scourer, dish cloth snd five dishwasher tablets is hardly welcoming. Given that renting for the week is hundreds of £s, would it break the bank to provide cleaning items. We stayed in Judges Lodgings a few years ago and had none of the above problems.
Thank you for taking the time to provide this feedback. We are sorry that the property was not as expected on arrival. Unfortunately, as we were not made aware of these issues we were not able to resolve them for you. As this is a self catering property cleaning items are not provided as standard.
Lakelovers Owner Team
Property Owner
Reviewed by Heather3.1★ Mar 2024
"Boiler was broken on arrival."
Speedy response by Sykes but the entire property was 7 degrees and took a good 4 days to almost get up to temperature and that was only helped by the electric fire in the lounge. No heating in the kitchen and stone tiles don't mix....that's unless you follow the suggestion of carrying an oil heater down two flights of stairs!
The doors did close properly so the draft throughout the house blew the doors open leading to a very disturbed and cold night.
TV in lounge regularly goes out of signal. Unable to watch it all on two of the days. Not great on days when had the bad weather.
I can't fault Sykes but Judges Lodge is not up to standard with some basic fixes needed.
Reviewed by Alison2.5★ Jan 2024
"The property is in a great location, really handy for the shops and pubs in the village."
The facilities are good although a light bulb was out in the kitchen on our arrival which was really annoying and the steep stairs were sometimes a bit of a struggle. Everything is of good quality and clean, we would come back again as had a great week.
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry that the lightbulb was out during your stay but unfortunately we were not made aware so unable to change this for you. We are glad that you enjoyed all that the property and area has to offer.
Lakelovers Owner Relations Team
Property Owner
Reviewed by Carol4.7★ Nov 2023
"Location, brill, you couldn't get any closer to local amenities, same for sightseeing, conniston, Keswick, grassmere, bowness, ambleside, and Windermere, cottage as described, if you have mobility issues it might not be for you as the stairs are steep to the lounge n bedrooms followed by more stairs to master bedroom, more than enough wash rooms, kitchen well equipped, reserved parking at rear of cottage, if you have pets a two minute walk for exercising over the road to bridal way."
Key safe to enter the cottage..recycling bins at side n rear of property and main village car park, if hawkshead ferry not running only four miles from hawkshead to ambleside. 20 mins to conniston.
Reviewed by Michael5.0★ Sep 2023
"Beautiful cottage, comfortable, clean and in a great location for all the amenities of Hawkshead."
Only one niggle really- although there was a small box with a couple of dishwasher tablets in and 2 bin bags, there was no other essentials supplied, that I have known to be provided in s/c accommodation before.
Such as salt, pepper, washing up liquid, kitchen spray to be able to wipe worktops over properly. We just purchased these from the nearby shop.
Otherwise lovely stay
Thank you for your kind comments. We are so pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay.
The property is a self catering cottage, so a starter pack is rarely supplied.
We hope to welcome you back.
Property Owner
Reviewed by Alison4.7★ Apr 2023
"Great property to stay and within easy reach or all amenities and lovely walks on the doorstep."
We spent most our time in the kitchen as it was very relaxing :)
Thank you for your kind comments, we are so glad that you enjoyed all the property and the area had to offer.
Property Owner
Reviewed by Toni5.0★ Mar 2023
"Everything was brilliant apart from 3 little things
It says fridge freezer but ..."
Everything was brilliant apart from 3 little things
It says fridge freezer but it’s an ‘ice box’ in the fridge with no space so luckily the letting company brought in a chest freezer for us to use for the week
There is no oil radiator in the top bedroom just a warm air fan - which we used
Having the boiler in the small bedroom was very inconvenient and constantly woke the other couple up as it had a strange start up system
A spare parking permit for the carpark would be appreciated as two couples travel in two cars
Reviewed by Sarah4.7★ Dec 2022
"Lovely property, perfect location for easy access to Hawkshead and surrounding area."
Reviewed by Diane5.0★ Oct 2022
"Overall very good accommodation just a couple if areas that had not been cleaned properly,above the bath in the top floor bathroom and under the street inthe kitchen."
All other things ok
Reviewed by Hywel4.4★ Sep 2022
"Gorgeous cottage, really comfy and in an ideal location for just about everything, plenty of walks from the door and lots to do in Hawkshead."
we will definitely visit again!
Reviewed by Lauren5.0★ Oct 2021
"Lovely spacious accommodation in the heart of Hawkshead."
The accommodation is very clean and contains everything you need (and more)for a comfortable stay.
Reviewed by G5.0★ Oct 2021
"The property is in a good location and the village of Hawkshead is lovely."
The property is very spacious, all the rooms are a good size, but we did struggle more than we anticipated with the property being spread over three floors.
We didn't have any problem accessing the parking at the rear of the building, but equally we didn't use the car during our stay so we only drive in on arrival and then out again when we left.
We did find the bed to be very uncomfortable, the mattress was very firm and you could feel the springs, and the pillows were very thin.
My other, probably silly, annoyance for the week was the fact that there was a Nespresso Vertuo machine but with no pods. If it had been mentioned in the list of items provided I would have bought some of our own pods. It is on one of the photos of the kitchen, but you'd have to be fairly eagle-eyed to spot it. It could do with either being mentioned in the list of things provided, or have a selection of pods available.
Reviewed by Alison3.4★ Sep 2021
"Great location , facilities good ."
Overall a lovely cottage ! Only 2 X complaints ;
Dish washer full of dirty dishes on arrival and kitchen bin was extremely dirty ?
Reviewed by Dawn3.8★ Sep 2021
"Totally recommend this cottage and the company ."
Great communication and the cottage was perfect. Comfortable and had some character. Location couldn’t have been better for a family holiday.
Reviewed by Anna5.0★ Aug 2021
"The house was amazing and we loved staying there but unfortunately the parking was a nightmare."
We couldn’t get to the parking space round the back for half the days we were there due to others blocking the driveway as they couldn’t fit their car in their space. A huge shame as the house is absolutely perfect.
Reviewed by Sara4.7★ Aug 2021
"Good quality accommodation at a reasonable price."
A shame that we were not able to eat at The Queen's Head pub in the village, due to them not being able to hire restaurant staff, guess that's the consequence of Brexit.
Reviewed by Rupert5.0★ Jul 2021
"The parking is very tight"
Reviewed by Peter4.7★ Jun 2021
"We enjoyed our stay, few small thing that might need attention but warm and clean and quite quirky."
All kitchen appliances new and kitchen very smart. Tv in kitchen not connected but not important. Lounge very comfortable, main bedroom and bathroom excellent. Car park quite tight to get in/out.
Reviewed by Gerard5.0★ Apr 2021
"Judges Lodging was a lovely place to stay, it was very well equipped, warm and comfortable."
The area was lovely and we couldn’t be any better located for all the amenities within the village. Lovely walks from the property.
The internet was the only problem, it wasn’t very good and constantly kept cutting out. Which was very frustrating.
Other than that the property was excellent and we had a lovely weeks holiday, made by the fabulous weather.
Reviewed by Shelley4.7★ Apr 2021
"The cottage is well equipped and the lounge and kitchen are particularly good."
It is very well located and the parking spot behind is very useful. The Christmas decorations were appreciated.
Our only issue, considering that we rented the cottage in December, was with the heating. The lounge was lovely and cosy, but with the thermostat being in that room, the rest of the house struggled to get warm. It was particularly difficult to get the top, master bedroom warm as there was a lot of heat loss into the roof space. A note about the heater under the oven would have been useful as initially we didn't think that it was working as it didn't come on immediately.
Reviewed by Keith5.0★ Dec 2020
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