House in Keswick
3 guests · 1 bedroom · 1 bath
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About this house rental
Swinside Cottage is located in Keswick, just 20 miles from Askham Hall and 21 miles from World of Beatrix Potter. The 4-star vacation home is 11 miles from Buttermere. Free Wifi is available throughout the property and Derwentwater is 1.9 miles away..
Amenities at Swinside Cottage
Free WiFi/internet
Non-smoking
WiFi/Internet
Map of Keswick
Ratings and reviews
100% verified reviews10 / 10Outstanding·May 2026
Small house, very well renovated, combi boiler so plenty of hot water. Central heating excellent. Electric mock fire in lounge rather strange (green flame effect… green!??) but it does work. Bed very comfortable. Owner has clearly gone to extreme efforts to make an excellent holiday base; even has a set of Lake District walking maps and various guide books- much appreciated. Kitchen very good- induction stove, oven, all excellent. All up a fantastic cottage- let down only by the management company and their selected cleaners.
Well located for walks, also close for bus towards Penright and Ambleside direction.
This is another place Sykes Cottages have got some control over, though the direct management seems to be through Lakes Cottage Holidays. I booked through Booking.com, so presumably there are 3 layers taking a cut before anything trickles down to the owner…. As with all Sykes rentals, MULTIPLE emails from Sykes, 19 in all, most saying absolutely nothing. Irritating to search through that lot on arrival day looking for the lock-box number. And of course Sykes are uncontactable if you have booked through a “partner company” such as booking.com.
Cleaners need 7 hours to clean the house- notice in the guest book explains that this is for SAFETY and as such, they are “currently carrying out extensive sanitisation and disinfection procedures during guest’s changeovers”… Sounds great but the cleaners didn’t even manage to empty full-to-choking point vacuum cleaner and left us with 2 partly used toilet rolls. Presumably so busy on the extensive sanitation that they missed this. And the cleaners really need a bit of help- so in addition to checking out by 9am, visitors are required to strip beds and place sheets in a bag supplied by the laundry company. Half empty container of liquid hand soap supplies the bathroom…
10 / 10Outstanding·Dec 2025
The cottage was so cosy and very clean & comfortable.
There was nothing at all we didn't like.
8 / 10Excellent·Oct 2025
Well located in Keswcik, within walking distance of the shops, restaurants etc ..... parking surprisingly easy and free !
Comfortable and quiet property. Well kitted out and LOVED sll the sheep crockery, curtains etc. We enjoyed our 4 days here.
Having to strip the bed and put the rubbish out.. I had a problem with my wrist at the trime so having to do battle with a duvet at 8.30 in the morning was not my idea of a holiday activity. For the money I think the host could have done those. We cleaned the place throughly (which is what we would expect to do) but the little extras were asking a bit much. Otherwise it was a perfect place to stay.
The only other thing would be to put better instructions on how to use the induction hob. Maybe on the wall.?? We are used to gas so it took a while to work out how to use it.
6 / 10Average·Jan 2026
Been waiting before I do this review as it could have been different if I'd had a quicker resolution.
Good points: Excellent location. The house is very well kitted out with everything you need. Smart TV so you can log into your Netflix & Prime accounts. Very comfortable bed & pillows. Very handy having a dishwasher.
Reported boiler fault on Christmas morning & a maintenance man attended within 2 hours.
Stayed 5 nights Inc Christmas. Paid a premium for this.
Barely decorated for Christmas, 2 ornaments above the fire, a teeny tiny Christmas tree & lights round bottom of living room window. I had emailed them the week before to find out if the place was decorated for Christmas but had no reply!
Boiler packed up on Christmas morning with no central heating & no hot water. (There was an electric fire in the living room, could also be used but noisy) Maintenance man couldn't fix boiler, left us with 3 plug-in radiators to keep us warm but no hot water. Meant when we went out had to come back into a cold house as can't leave radiators plugged in when leaving house. Had to boil a kettle & run up & down stairs with it for washing as unable to have showers. (Shower connected to mains not built in shower unit!) Boil kettle for washing up things that don't fit in little dishwasher.
Had msg on Boxing Day to say someone would be in touch ref compensation. Heard nothing so chased 5th Jan. It was as if they'd only just heard about it. Apparently, now waiting for the owners to decide whether some recompense is justified, 8th Jan still waiting.
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9Outstanding
(19 Ratings)
"Small house, very well renovated, combi boiler so plenty of hot water. Central heating excellent. Electric mock fire in lounge rather strange (green flame effect… green!??) but it does work. Bed very ..."
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