Somervell, Applethwaite, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4PL

The apartment has everything you need for a family holiday - lots of space, with TVs and Wifi in every room. The views from the rooms are a bonus - the front of the house looks across the valley over Derwent Water and the back looks up the hillside of Skiddaw. We twice woke up to see deer in the back garden. The kitchen is well equipped with enough room for a large family to sit down and eat. We loved our trips out and explored the area - Dodds Wood and Whinlatter are a must for 'something for everyone' days. The walk to Keswick is easily done although the r

My brother won this in a raffle, we were so excited, the pictures and reviews looked amazing. What a shame it was so short lived. The smell of damp as you entered the front door was so pungent, I needed to take my inhlaer. When we got to the first floor, at first glance it looked ok but the carpets were dusty and so were the floors, When we got in the kitchen, the cutlery and dishes were disgusting and there was cooked food stuck to them and the glasses were in the same state, the dishwasher was blocked and full of debris. None of the rooms had been dusted o

We stayed here as a family over October half term week. We arrived late on a Sunday afternoon to a freezing cold house, and discovered the boiler fault light was flashing. We managed to get it working, although it consistently kept cutting out. Unfortunately, despite an engineer coming out on the Tuesday, the problem wasn't resolved, so it is difficult to award this stay more than three stars, as coming back to a cold house every day after a long walk, did have a negative effect on our stay.

The house itself was extremely well appointed at the foot of skidd