We booked last minute and stayed in the cottage suite- we had numerous contacts with reception as the reception desk is only staffed until 6pm so they make arrangements to leave your key if you arrive after this time. The lady on reception was very pleasant and helpful. The cottage itself was cosy and clean, however, after returning later in the evening, we found we had an issue with our hot water. We started to run the jacuzzi bath, got it half full, then the water ran cold. We also could not get any hot water from the tap or in the shower, therefore were unable to make use of the jacuzzi bath, which was the only reason we we booked the cottage suite in the first place. We then tried to put the heater on in the bedroom as needed to warm up following our cold bath; we could not get this to work. I turned the thermostat up to 30 however the heater did not come on. Knowing the reception desk was not manned until 7 30am the following morning, I sent an email to the property, wondering if it would be picked up so someone could come and check the issues- I never got any response from this during the night or the next day. At breakfast the next morning, the issues were discussed with reception, who apologised for the inconvenience. She then must have passed this on to the male owner, who did not offer any form of resolution or compensation. He instead insinuated I was lying about the water as he 'has walkers stay all the time who get a bath' and 'the tank has 150litres of hot water.' I advised I had no problem getting a bath in the morning but this had not been the case the night before. He also suggested the heating had not worked due to something I had done wrong- which I disagreed with. I stated I had turned it on approximately 12 hours earlier to 30 degrees, and it had not worked at all through the night. Conveniently, after this discussion and when we returned to the cottage to collect our bags, the heating had started to come on. I only noticed this due to a foul smell which wasn't there earlier- it did make me wonder if there is a mains switch or timer controlled by reception as I hadnt pressed anythhng new; the heater was already on from me attempting to get it to work the night before. I saw in another review somebody had complained about heating only being on between certain hours of the day. Other issues in the cottage- WiFi does not work downstairs- it will only connect without Internet, mood lighting does not work, and could only get 2 channels on the downstairs TV. We paid extra for breakfast which was excellent and worth it, and probably the best part of our stay. Location is also good, its a 5 minute walk into bowness.
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