Minara was a most gracious and helpful host and we enjoyed visiting with her and with Peter. The house itself was lovely and our suite opened onto the beautiful garden at the back. As we needed to truck all of our suitcases, bags, etc. into the house to pack for the flight home, we appreciated that it was on ground level. Minara fixed us marvelous scrambled eggs for our first breakfast and left out just what we needed for a light breakfast the 2nd morning when we had to leave very early.
The house is in a nice, quiet residential area and at the back of the garden is a gate opening on to a common where a 10 minute walk took us to the village center and a variety of places to eat as well as two supermarkets. There are two excellent National Trust properties close by, Dunham Massey, an historic house and estate, and Quarry Bank Mill with Styal Woods for a visit to a well preserved woolen mill, the apprentices' house, and the row houses where mill workers lived. There are lovely walks in the woods and gardens that are part of the site.
In spite of lane closures due to road works, we were still able to get to the car rental village to return our rental car in under 15 minutes and were at the airport terminal shortly after that, so it was the best location we have found for the last night or two before departure. That is not to say that there isn't good reason to stay even longer as it is an area rich in lovely countryside and historic places, and that's not even mentioning the city of Manchester itself, which is well worth a visit.