We stayed at Celandine with family members who reside abroad, and there were 8 of us in total. Boolking and dealing with the owner, Sarah, was very easy by email and she supplied us with all the information we needed (and more besides) about the house, estate and surrounding area.
Following Sarah's instructions the house was easy to find and it offered a real 'Wow!' moment when we walked in, it's much bigger than the pictures suggest and all the decor, furniture and fittings were fresh and modern. The large decks off every floor and the sky terrace were lovely and we cursed the awful weather for not letting us make more use of them.
We did have one tiny issue in that the microwave hadn't been cleaned prior to our arrival, but I called the agent Sarah had given me details of beforehand and he arranged for it to be cleaned the next day. Otherwise the house was spotless.
There was masses of room for the 8 of us and all the beds were comfortable with plenty of pillows and good quality bedding. The kitchen was well equipped and we cooked lots of full dinners for 8 without any problem. The central heating in the house worked very well and we were never cold or without hot water, despite the cold and generally awful weather we had for the week. Despite major flood alerts across the UK and almost constant heavy rain, there was never any issue on the estate and all the local roads we used got worse than 'large puddles'. We enjoyed using the log burner on a couple of nights but if I'm honest this was for effect rather than it being cold in the slightest.
The wifi was reliable and fast, which kept the kids happy on their new Xmas tablets and the Sky TV worked too.
The ArtSpa on the site is really lovely and the opening hours were very generous and the main pools are both heated to 30 degrees - it's lovely in the evening in the outside one with the lights on. Both pools are a constant 1.2m deep so very safe and child friendly. We never found it crowded. The sauna and steam room (which are poolside) are very good, but we didn't go in for any treatments. There's a child's play area and trampoline next to the Spa too.
The house bikes came in useful for quick dashes across the estate, the shop has limited stock and is very pricey though, so we only used it in an emergency.
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and the quality and space in celandine really came into its own with the poor weather - we were all quite happy to be inside such a lovely property :)