Happy New Year!

Rose Atkinson • December 26, 2021

Happy New Year!

 


Happy New Year to all our readers! What a ride 2021 turned out to be.


Some amazing highs, and some devastating lows. 


The highs are what give us life in this business! Meeting all our lovely guests, seeing all the cottages full, and people on their holidays enjoying their well earned time in the Dales. It makes us burst with joy and pride to hear the lovely comments from our guests who are relaxing in the places we have put our hearts and souls into. 


A real high in 2021 was winning an award!! “Self Catering Accommodation Providers of the Year 2021/2022” for Yorkshire. We are so grateful to whoever nominated us. We have a wonderful trophy on our mantel piece now which we will look at in amazement for a good while! I don’t think it will ever get old!


The lows… the lows have given us time to slow down and reflect. Being closed down due to covid until 12th April was so sad. That said, it really gave us time to work on and enhance our procedures, from our T’s and C’s, our correspondences, our cleaning and arrival and departure protocols, not a lot has stayed the same, but it will remain as we have it now as we feel it works so much better for us all. 

 


Out with the old… 


This month, we are starting with a renovation in Turbine House Kitchen. We didn’t touch this during our big renovations in 2018 as it was still relatively new. 

Although it is still fine… we do think it could work so much better! We aim to create extra space, integrating the fridge/freezer and installing a dishwasher which will really enhance our guests’ experience. Watch this space to see how it is going to change. We are looking forward to working with our local tradesmen again!


Getting ready to start on renovations again has got us thinking about the huge renovation projects we had in 2018 and 2019. Head over to our instagram and Facebook pages to see some epic “Before and After” shots… who doesn’t love a good before and after picture!!



Thinking ahead…


Summer 2022 has extremely limited availability so if you would like have a break with us, be sure to book soon. Turbine House is the only one with much availability, so you could be one of the first to experience the new layout! We promise to make your stay as special as can be, with the perfect surroundings of the Yorkshire Dales.


Hope you all have a wonderful start to 2022.


Kindest wishes, 


 Rose and David



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