19 Reviews of Property 96224 in Stirling & Falkirk area, United Kingdom

Really well situated to visit Central Scotland, this cottage was a lovely place to stay in. Everything was easy, the house felt warm and welcoming. The place can really be advised.

By the way, thank you Anne for the ride to the railway station!

I have thought long and hard whether to write a review or not as I don’t want to sound too negative when this is a lovely cottage in an ideal position for touring central Scotland. However when I arrived and was met by the friendly owner I was informed that tar was coming out of the hot water system. This was said as if it was no big deal and would be fixed.

Well the hot water system was a problem. To get any pressure at all in the kitchen you had to first of all go and run the tap in the bath. This is when you could see the blobs of black stuff coming out. I thought it was more like oil but whatever it was, it was not something you would want to bath in! The tar/oil also came out the hot water tap in the kitchen so the basin and the bath were all marked with this substance.

If you tried to turn the tap in the wash-hand basin to hot you got a drip of water. The owner agreed and said that you could only really get cold water there. Not pleasant for washing in! Luckily, I had no evidence that there was a problem with the shower so that was something.

I think that the problem with the hot water could have been a contributing factor to the fact that the wooden kitchen cupboards and work surfaces were covered in a greasy feel so I had to boil the kettle several times and give the kitchen a good clean.

There is a short road down to the cottage that is not tarred and full of quite large pot holes. These covered over in the rain and created a large puddle so you couldn’t see where the holes were so something to think about it if you have a low hung car.

I am sure the owner will have the hot water system attended to but I see that the cottage is booked right through for the next few months so more occupants are going to have the same problem or of plumbers changing the system.

I would have sympathised and accepted the problem easier if the owner had shown more concern for the inconvenience caused and offered a discount as a gesture of goodwill.

The photographs are very accurate of the cottage and there are a lot of positives but I wanted to be honest and frank with my review.

What a fantastic cottage, we stayed here for nine day's, 4 adults and one child, who was confined to a wheelchair. This wasn't a problem as the ground floor is totally accessible including the yard, the ground floor bedroom with toilet/shower and bath opposite made it perfect for our needs. The cottage itself has every amenity and appliance needed for a comfortable stay and our host Anne was very helpful and informative, just ask there's not much she doesn't know. A truly superb holiday in a great location, what more do you need. Thanks Anne we'll be back soon.

Ray, Cathie and family

We enjoyed a week stay and must say the cottage is fantastic ,we went to so many visits across Scotland making the cottage an ideal location for traveling ,Stirling is brilliant and we will hopefully come back soon ,Anne is very welcomeing and helpful
our pug Lincolm enjoyed playing with tilly

we had a delightful week at the cottage ,the location is perfect for exploring the area and cottage is very comfortable

A graet base for a great holiday Edinbugh and
military tattoo were fantastic best regards

Thankyou very much for the stay here at Ochil cottage .It was a lovely experiance being here We got everything that we had wished and didnt away from home
will remember Scotland and our stay

we enjoyed our visits from tilly and roxy and really enjoyed visiting safari park and falkirk wheel, lovelyhouse hope to come back