These lodges are in a great location in Meathop, just 2 miles from Grange over sands. The Lodge itself was perfect, 2 decent sized bedrooms. spa bath, dry sauna, open plan living room , dining room and kitchen. The Kitchen was well equipped with a dishwasher, electric hobs, fan assisted oven and microwave as well as every utensil you would need. I would have scored this lodge as excellent but I have knocked off a score for the electricity costs. As a previous reviewer has mentioned I also was told the electricity costs were lower than they are. When I booked I was told that for the 3 days we were there we would use £10-£15 in electricity. So you can imagine how shocked I was to find we had used £10 of electricity between arriving at 5pm on Friday to when we left to go out for the day at 10.30am on Saturday. We were out in the daytime and never used the dishwasher, only had 1 heater on through the night (And on a timer) and still managed to use £33 of electricity in 2 and a half days (£11 per day). My Home Electricity is £45 per month (£1.45 per day and I work from home so have heating on all day) so their charge is a total rip off and they obviously use it as an extra income stream on top of the cost of the lodge. Most self catering holidays have electricity included in the price, who would want a break and have to spend most of that time worrying how much more they would have to cough up .
Every other aspect of this lodge was perfect and if the electricity wasn't a rip off I would be booking a 7 day break in the summer already. But due to the electricity costs I will be looking elsewhere. The staff at the hotel were great, friendly and full of ideas of how to spend your time in the lake district
In summary, the electricity added over 10% to the cost of the 3 day break, so If you are considering booking add 10% to the total cost to get an idea of the real cost.
I have scored "Service" the lowest as I consider electricity as part of the service they provide. Likewise I have scored Value low as it increased the total cost by over 10%
- Woodlands Hotel Pine
