Group Accommodation Cottages in York

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Ruth - Verified booking

  Basically a comfortable and welcoming property but.

  ..... Parking is only for two cars, next door neighbour was understandably irritated if you use her unmarked space. Coat hooks and boot space next to the unused front door, not the one everyone uses. A redundant dresser in the dining room means you cannot really seat eight round the table. China and glass completely inadequate. I do not expect to have a celebratory meal of miss matched plates and glasses. Constantly having to wash up mugs. In fact we had to wash pretty much everything in the kitchen as none of it was properly clean. When we arrived the cupboard contents were all over the place. Comfortable and roomy lounge, but log burner with no instructions for safe use. Cleaning had been pretty superficial, under the settee was grim, sweet wrappers in a bed side table drawer dirty flannel on the downstairs bathroom floor. One bathroom recently refurbished but not finished off. Even taking into account that this is an old building with certain restrictions, the upstairs floor plan was not adequately described. The four foot high door from the main bedroom to the nearest bathroom not mentioned. The steep and narrow staircase from the kitchen to the main bedroom .The fact that the two double rooms each had two doors, one for the other stair case, one for the nearest bathroom. The fact that from the twin room access to a bathroom was via another bedroom or downstairs to the other end of the house. Some of the upstairs doors didn't shut properly or, if they shut, were difficult to open. The down stairs bathroom was adequate but far from the luxurious retreat suggested in the description. In spite of all of this, and most of it could be rectified pretty easily, we had a very happy family week, but I would not stay at the Old Trust farmhouse again unless I was sure that things had improved.

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• Jacqueline - Verified booking

  A beautiful old property in a good location with many quirky features.

  There’s plenty of space for a family and the bedrooms are comfortable. Mostly well equipped but a few necessities missing:- tea towels, shower attachments for bath taps and bins in bathrooms. There was also no clothes horse/airer for drying clothes after using the washing machine. Unfortunately our stay was blighted somewhat by a continual problem with the boiler (on arrival a note said it was an ‘intermittent’ issue but this was not our experience!) which meant for the first night and following morning we had no hot water! Sykes were quick to respond to my call for help and we then had contact with the housekeeper/owner. She also responded quickly to try and address the problem, as well as organising the purchase of a new kettle after the one in the kitchen failed to work. A plumber came to reset the boiler but for the rest of our stay we encountered the same problem and had to reset it ourselves at least twice a day to get hot water. To be honest, I felt stressed and turned into a boiler bore (!), worrying about whether everyone would get a hot shower - not exactly what I wanted for a carefree break with my family. During my conversation with the owner she admitted that the boiler probably needed replacing so I did wonder why this hadn’t happened before I spent a sizeable amount of money on a four night break.

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• David - Verified booking

  Our original holiday fell through (they had water cut off) and so we booked this the night before our stay (thanks so much for saving our holiday).

  The house looks like is has been recently refurbed, new kitchen, carpets etc and was lovely, warm and comfy. Great to see it properly equipped as well - we have been to some places where there is a kitchen, but no sharp knives, or baking trays etc so yo can't actually cook, not here all good to go. The location was a little out of the village, so it would be tricky without your own transport. But with a car it was really easy to get into York and we had a great time exploring (and it's a v short drive to a retail park which was handy for getting food). All in all we had a great stay, highly recommended. (And thanks for the milk/goodies etc on arrival, a lovely touch...)

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• Seema - Verified booking

  It was a perfect stay.

  The cottage was very comfortable, really clean, well laid out in terms of rooms and space for six people, and was extremely well provisioned. It was the perfect base of our day trips out. Despite feeling rural and being really quiet, the location is incredibly well connected to go into York (10-15 mins in the car, busses also available) and further afield. The host provided a lot of information on activities in and around York, which was really helpful for us, and the children enjoyed watching the sheep next door. I hope if we have another holiday in this area again, we would be able to stay here again.

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• Eve - Verified booking

  A beautiful, historic house, with its period charm unspoiled and a lot of eccentric original features!

  The rooms were large and comfortable, and we particularly appreciated the separate family dining room. The upstairs bathroom which has a door in a row of cupboards could easily be overlooked - we found it, but a "bathroom" sign on the door would be good. We struggled with the induction hob - it only works with certain types of pan, and some of the pans provided were the right type, but some not. The situation is ideal, opposite a lovely pub with good food and on a bus route into town with frequent buses.

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