When people ring us about availability, they almost always lead with how many of them there are. It’s a reasonable place to start and it’s rarely the thing that decides it.
Who’s sharing with whom matters more. Four people can mean two adults and two children, or four adults who’d all quite like their own bathroom, and those two groups want completely different properties from us even though the headcount is identical.
The range at a glance
| Property | Sleeping arrangement | Bathrooms | Usually suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-bedroom apartment | One bedroom | One | Couples, solo stays, business trips |
| Two-bedroom apartment (one bathroom) | Double and twin | One | A family with two children |
| Two-bedroom apartment (two bathrooms) | Double and single | Two | Three adults, or a family wanting a second bathroom |
| Three-bedroom cottage | Three bedrooms, en-suite master, sleeps five or six | En-suite plus family bathroom | Larger families and groups |
| Three-bedroom apartment | Two doubles, both en-suite, plus a single | Two en-suites | Two couples travelling together |
| One and two-bedroom cottages | One or two bedrooms | One | Longer stays and relocations |
Couples and solo stays
A one-bedroom apartment does the job, and there’s a premium version if you’d like a bit more of everything. Every property we have includes at least one double bed with room to get in and out on both sides, which sounds like a low bar until you’ve stayed somewhere with a bed shoved against a wall.
Our one-bedroom cottage comes as either a king or a twin, though it’s one of the properties we tend to hold back for longer stays, so ring us rather than assuming availability from the website.
Families with two children
This is the most common booking we take, and either two-bedroom apartment can work.
We have eight two-bedroom apartments in total, and they split into two arrangements. Four have a double and a twin room sharing a single bathroom. Four have a double and a single room with two bathrooms.
If your two children are close in age and happy sharing, the double and twin version is the natural fit. If you’ve got one child, or two who require separate sleeping areas, or you simply want a second bathroom on a school-holiday week, ask for the other configuration. It’s the same number of bedrooms and a noticeably different week.
Three adults
The two-bedroom apartment with a double, a single and two bathrooms is the one to ask for. Three adults in a one-bathroom property is workable for a couple of nights and wearing for a week.
Two couples travelling together
A two-bedroom apartment has only one double bed. The second bedroom is a twin or a single.
What actually suits two couples is our three-bedroom apartment. It has two double bedrooms, both with their own en-suite, plus a single bedroom, and a large open-plan kitchen, dining and living area to share, along with a dishwasher, a freezer and a washer-dryer. It also looks out over the countryside, which is a pleasant way to have your first coffee.
The catch is that it’s one of the properties we usually reserve for longer stays, so it isn’t always showing online for a short break. Please ring and ask anyway. We can sometimes make it work, and we’d rather have the conversation than have you book something that doesn’t suit you.
Groups of five or six
Our three-bedroom cottage sleeps five or six and has an en-suite in the master bedroom. The kitchen and dining area is generously sized, with gas hobs, an electric oven, fridge, microwave and everything else you’d expect, so cooking for six is a real proposition rather than a grim one.
It’s a genuinely different feel from the apartments. You get your own front door, more room to spread out, and enough separation that people can do different things at the same time. That’s what makes it work for multi-generational trips, where somebody usually wants a lie-in and somebody else has been up since six.
For groups larger than six, ring us. We sometimes have neighbouring properties available together, which works well for extended families, but it depends entirely on the dates and we can’t promise it in advance.
Longer stays and relocations
If you’re between houses, on a work placement or up here for a few months, the range widens rather than narrows. Our one and two-bedroom cottages and the three-bedroom apartment are mostly kept for exactly this kind of booking, and longer stay rates are available by phone or email rather than through the website.
The same is true more generally, and it’s worth saying plainly: we don’t display every property online. Some are held back for longer stays, and at peak times certain properties come off the site altogether. If you can’t see what you want, that doesn’t mean we haven’t got it.
How allocation works
We match arrivals to departures, and with guests extending stays and late bookings coming in, we can’t always confirm a specific property months ahead. What we can do is note what you need and meet it where we’re able to, and guests are sometimes upgraded from smaller properties when it helps a longer stay fit.
So tell us the shape of your group rather than just the number. Who’s sharing, whether anyone needs a bathroom to themselves, whether stairs are a factor. That’s the information that gets you the right property, and it’s much easier to act on before you book than after you’ve arrived.
Have a look at our full range of accommodation or our three-bedroom cottages, then get in touch or ring us on 0191 371 0251 and we’ll work it out with you.
