John was born in Lanark and I (Heather) was born in Paisley. Both of us somehow ended up living and working in the south of England, but having met, the desire to return home became too hard to resist. In 2006 we made the decision to change our lives completely and follow the dream of finding our ‘forever house’ and starting a Bed and Breakfast. In 2007 we finally found Craigend Cottage, a house so perfect we were sure that other people would love it as much as us. In January 2008 we launched our website and we haven’t stopped for breath since!

Having travelled extensively through our business and personal lives, we felt well qualified on how NOT to run a bed and breakfast! We can match any of your Bed and Breakfast/Hotel nightmare stories and then some! We were determined to do things differently when we started our B&B and set about creating what we hope is the ideal place to stay.
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We believe that people choose to stay in a Bed and Breakfast because they do not want the impersonal feeling that a hotel gives. They want to feel they have truly stayed in the area and have learnt and seen more than they would normally. They want to stay somewhere where the owner personally sees to everything and who has a vested interest in ensuring that they are happy. When we first established Craigend Bed and Breakfast we did so with all this in mind and a list of personal goals gleaned from our own travelling experiences.

We aim to ensure that our B&B is...

• A relaxed, comfortable place to stay which willl make our customers feel like they are staying with friends.
• A place that people will want to come back to and feel safe recommending to others.
• A B&B without rigid rules and inflexible proprietors.
• A B&B we would want to stay in ourselves.
• Rooms that are modern and stylish with everything that today’s travellers would expect, but without being so pretentious and formal you’d be frightened to sit down.
• An environment where the outside is as important as the inside.
• Value for money
• Clean, fresh rooms with no reminders of previous guests
• Fresh breakfasts with ‘proper’ portions
• A B&B where nothing is too much trouble

These are the things we think are important and we strive every day to adhere to these goals.