Dog Friendly Cottages Whitby

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• John - Verified booking

  I am not surprised to see a one star rating for this house in other sites.

  Our holiday was unfortunately interrupted by a severe leak from the shower upstairs that poured water through the kitchen, over an appliance and computer we had taken with us, and all over the kitchen electrics. The owner did repair this but at the same time took it upon himself to add a new shower door with heaven knows how many tubes of mastic that stank the house out for the remainder of the weeks stay. The repair was partially successful but the leak resulted in the oven completely failing. So we were inconvenienced and had to purchase take away food. The owner was very difficult in coming forward with any compensation claiming we had been offered alternative accommodation which was totally untrue. Sykes were polite but ineffective and I lost count of how many times I needed to send photos of receipts for additional costs until eventually they succeeded in refunding part of the cost, but the owner was incredibly tight and the compensation did not meet the level of inconvenience and impact on our holiday. The photos of the house look lovely but the kitchen is old and in need of replacement but if the same approach is taken to that as the bathroom then it will be a poor job. I would not recommend Sykes or this house/owner to anyone, but I would recommend going to Whitby and the surrounding areas which are lovely.

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• Norman - Verified booking

  This as we expected is a small for two people farm barn conversion next to a very large mansion house who were no doubt the owners.

  It is a clean and tidy cottage with basic facilities (enough for two) but as we expected no washing machine. The bedroom was cosy and the bed comfortable in King size and area quiet day and night. The views from the backside of the cottage were good with an outdoor table and two chairs for the nicer warm days. The doors on either side of the cottage are full glass frames so privacy is an issue and you will at most times need to keep the blinds closed. There are no side windows only two roof windows for lighting. The TV works well but you only have freeview and a basic DVD player (not blue-ray). All in all Sleights is a great place with all the local amenities with a chippy (great), post office, butchers, small supermarket and Plough pub. Access to the cottage is via a single track farm road through sheep grazing fields. Its not too muddy just a bit bumpy so take it easy. But be warned for the sporty HO-HA henrys with flashy low level cars you find access difficult unless you want your exhaust ripped out.

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• Ian - Verified booking

  Fabulous little cottage, the pictures don’t do it justice, it’s so much nicer in reality.

  The room is so cosy, with a huge tv(bonus), kitchen had everything we needed, shame it didn’t have a freezer, even just a freezer box in fridge, but we did manage okay, especially when it’s right next to a fabulous little butcher’s. The bedroom was spacious, bed comfy, pillows too hard for me, perhaps give an option?. Lovely bathroom, if there’s a way to shower that would be good, like one of them hoop curtains?, we made do so not a major issue, just a little issue for people with back problems getting out of baths. The car park space was a real bonus, only a few minutes down the street as the streets filled up pretty quickly, just unload at side of butchers then park down the road, we did get neighbours looking, however lots of people doing it down this street all day. Ruswarp is a perfect location, only 30 minutes walk to Whitby via train track trail, perfect for our little cockapoo. If it’s available for our next holiday we will be back.

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• Gillian - Verified booking

  Positives Beautifully finished barn conversion, adequately comfortable Underfloor heating easy to use Lovely part of the world Great butchers - try the Barnsley lamb chops Bakery.

  - superb Negatives Have an awareness that there are NO WINDOWS, it was warm during our stay and the doors aren't an option for sleeping. This was something I overlooked on booking and it had been mentioned in earlier reviews. As people highlighted before the blinds are thin and the external lights have sensors that go off throughout the night and it did disturb our sleep, to the point that we went home a day early. The courtyard setting is very much for the owners use,not for either of the conversions and as such their vehicles can disturb you. The other things taking your own hand wash, dishwasher tablets, tin foil and bin liners are now added to our list for future reference. Enjoyed our visit to that part of the world, but wouldn't be returning.

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• Graham - Verified booking

  Property was as described and very comfortable.

  Some Prosecco and other goodies left for us which was a nice touch. Depending on when you arrive/depart you’ll either need to unload in the butchers car park or if that’s closed, in the side road but it is quite busy so you need to be quick. Once we parked up we used the train to get to Whitby or we walked in along the path that runs alongside the railway line (takes about 30 mins). Road outside it quite busy but we soon got used to it so it was no problem. I did feedback to the owners that a privacy curtain would be useful on the back door as you have to pass it to get from the bathroom to upstairs. There is a curtain on the front door. A lovely cottage in a lovely setting and a really good alternative in price to actually staying in Whitby.

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