Name: Durham City Cottages
Address: Brandon Lane, Durham, Durham, Durham, DH7 8ST, United Kingdom
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Durham City Cottages

Awesome little out of the way cottages, we had a simple over night stay for a birthday and the cottage was perfect. Extremely clean, looked to have just been refurbished with everything needed for a short stay. Lovely few drinks at the Bay horse infront of an open fire, with well priced excellent food.Easy to find, and parked right outside the property, easy no hassle check in / out If I had any gripe which isn’t really a gripe is that they are obviously putting work into upgrading the properties which ours had been and not was lovely, however the parking area was littered with rubbish and off cuts of wood, tiles, sand, cement etc , greggs cups sandwich bags etc and car was totally covered in building dust the next morning when we left. Altogether a fantastic little quiet break at a very very reasonable price

It’s a beautiful cottage located in a quiet neighbourhood. Fully stoked with all the necessary things for a couple or single person. Suitable for business/work trip accommodation as there is good Wi-Fi and affordable unlike hotels in Durham which are twice expensive or even more. John communicated very well with me prior to my arrival and made sure the heating was on as I arrived around midnight. Clean house, lovely white linen and good pillows. The mattress was perfect for my sleep too. Kitchen was stoked with milk (although I don’t drink milk) it was a nice gesture and a posh coffee machine 👌😊. There is a pub right next door as well with great food. I would recommend this place to anyone on a business/ work trip or a quick stop by in Durham.

Great value for money, it was quiet and relaxing. Used it as a stop over as I was visiting family so it was a good place to sleep over, the bed was comfortable and great facilities in the room

A lovely overnight stay , The room was a good size , and clean plenty of milk tea and coffee. Would definitely stay again and recommend to friends. Communication with John who was lovely and very accommodating to our needs Thank you .

Very good value accommodation really enjoyed our stay.

Great motel conveniently on site with lovely pub, clean, management lovely, and at a great price, peaceful and tranquil.

Really lovely spacious room. I really struggle to sleep away from home but had no problem here. The beds were really comfortable and it was so quiet. The pub next door did fantastic food and all the prices were so reasonable. Thank you for a lovely stay.

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All in all nice little cottage for a couple and good as was pet friendly to go up Durham to visit our son up uni and take our dog to see him too. Cottage was nice a little place although i think the tv was slightly too high on wall. As we arrived there  were 3 plumbing vans parked outside so had to park out side another cottage for bout hour n half till they moved their vans after going in pub at front of cottages before parking own car then outside our  own cottage. During our  stay all else in cottage was ok other than toilet did not flush well at all we had problems with it , other than that carnt fault our stay. Property had all u wud need avaliable to use also in cottage.

There are many plus sides to this accommodation:- - Quiet, country location. - Very good facilities, with nice touches like as good quality glasses, dishwasher, microwave, cooker.- Clean- Well heated. - Good safe parking- Milk and packet of biscuits on check in. - Simple and easy check in. - Discounts for local restaurant. There are a few downsides:- - No public transport back from Durham after about 8pm- Well outside of Durham. - Sound proofing could be better, however the type of people staying make this unlikely to be much of an issue. - The TV is too high on the wall and really needs to be either moved down to lower on the wall, or moved to the bedroom. I found my neck got very sore trying to look at it. - Getting into the bathroom is a bit tight. I have marked down the score for communication because there was a power cut on my last night and the owner's communication re. this was poor. He didn't answer my phone calls and texts, only starting doing so when I asked for a refund and mentioned I would mention the lack of communication re. this in my review. I appreciate the power cut was out of his control, however his communication did not make me feel like a valued and cared for customer.  There are a f

Property needed a deep clean. I sneezed a lot and had black dust come out of my nose. Heating didn’t work sometimes and the room was quite cold. I booked through Expedia and check out said 11 am and I wasn’t told any check out time by the owner. On the morning of check out a cleaner knocked at the door and we shouted we were still inside. I popped to the loo and finished packing my back when the cleaner knocked again which I thought was odd so I double checked on my emails and then clarified the check out time being 11 am with the lady and she responded no check out time is 10 am.

The rooms are motel type in the car park. They are large and very clean. Tea and coffee available in room. My only criticism is that the large rooms do not have a chair of any kind. There is plenty of room for an easy chair and a desk chair. My colleagues room next door didn't have any either. The food in the restaurant was fantastic. Large portions and very tasty with a good selection.Would definitely recommend for business or pleasure.

Great Hotel at reasonable rate.

Lovely staff who made you feel very welcome. Really easy to access and cheap in a taxi to get into Durham. Only niggle was, was the beds. The base on one was unsteady and the other 2 the mattresses were awful. The single bed actually bruised one of the guests due to the springs petruding and the double bed had such a big delve in one side you couldn’t lay on it.

To be honest they could of explained it better 9n hotels.com that either they did not do breakfast or you had to pay for it separately as payed for 2 adults and 2 dog's and breakfast but did not get breakfast but other than that really dog friendly and very comfortable a really pleasant stay for us thanks so much

Coming back home to go to a family funeral is always a really sad time .The 180 mile journey from Staffordshire  was a bit tiring ,so to receive a nice welcome on arrival at the Bay Horse was appreciated.signed in and then went for a tour round the village where the wife and  brother in law were born.I've always loved coming up to Durham,the people are so friendly and helpful and you can always have a laugh.Our one night stay over here was very good.The food at the evening meal was lovely .Two of our relations were also staying here and we all had the meal together and every ones plate was empty.last time we were up we stayed at  well known motel and paid an awful lot more and to be honest  the Bay horse was as equal in comfort and cleanliness but loads cheaper.and you get a lovely continental breakfast. We'll be stopping here from now on

A SAD TIME

New owners (?) who are trying to upgrade this accommodation. The room was warm (snowing as we arrived); it was clean; the bed was comfortable. The breakfast was adequate. Perhaps the toast could be provided without butter enabling the guests to apply the amount that they need. Other things that may help include refreshing the sealant throughout the bathroom; sweeping up cigarette ends on the outside of the rooms - these appear to have been there for years; a little bit of Tarmac to fill holes in the car park. The location is a few miles from the city centre which means that the car can be parked OK. A bus to the centre costs £3.60.

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