Bastle House

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : the house was beautiful with all facilities needed
  : the courtyard mentioned while lovely was completely open to the main road.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Beautiful character house, plenty of space
  : Couldnt use the front door

Very Good
Traveller Type: Business Traveler

Pleasant
Traveller Type:
  : good size
  : owner wasnt available to provide entry until multiple calls madeaccommodation changed to 3 doubles after booking when four males required 4 separate beds - two doubles and a twin which was the case when booked

Wonderful
Traveller Type:
  : Very comfortable, spacious house with interesting history. Very handy location to explore.

Poor
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : No parking is available at the property, Sainsbury's car park @ a minute away.
  : Property let down by what can only be described as managed neglect, i.e. every part has not been properly cleaned for a long period of time. We chose ensuite room, however, we had to strip the bed inc mattress cover to wash first due to large urine stain/animal hairs (thankfully we had our sleeping bags.). We had chosen not to use either front bedroom as it was obvious they were not clean + bedding old, well past its best, not even changed as outlined above. On Sunday, we undertook a general clean from top to bottom inc moving lounge furniture - everywhere thick dust-spiders webs inc curtains, all surfaces. Hoover was full to bursting emitting a disgusting smell, NEVER been changed. Found one clean replacement hoover bag leaving the other greasy stained replacement bag under sink. TV Netflix not always available due to others apparently using account. Both shower basin outlets full of thick black hairs & other dubious material which caused the shower water to back up. However, once cleared and cleaned, that issue disappeared. No shaving socket/adaptor to use. On arrival, bottom of kitchen sink taps/front part were covered in thick brown matter. Toaster overloaded with old toasted breadcrumbs, NEVER emptied. Kettle required cleaning which took 3x descaling sachets to remove ingrained limescale. Kitchen range (5 gas hobs/gas oven, narrow side electric oven) though large was inflexible in practice. No oven dishes or oven gloves. Had all our own essential items with which to use in cooking all our meals from scratch. After first checking cupboards, we chose instead to keep all our own items on worktop instead. Messaged April for info re drying facilities received no reply. Turned out W/Machine is also a tumble dryer.No washing line. Low walled courtyard has south facing seating area directly in front of 4 terraced houses front doors-no privacy. Needs thorough spring clean 1st, then reg cleaning regime, new bedding thereafter etc