Last Minute Cottages in Ripon

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Jacqueline - Verified booking

  Three adults, two small dogs.

  We have stayed in holiday homes for many, many years and this must be the most unwelcoming to date. Not even a tea bag left for us on arrival. I'd taken all we needed but really, the hosts don't want to provide a welcoming hot drink? The kitchen- lots and lots of utensils and plates and a good range of glasses. Just a handful of mugs. One clean tea towel. No hand soap. We didn't use the dish washer but I noticed that there was one dishwasher tablet. We used the oven once to warm plates and that seemed to work ok. Dining area- lovely large dining table with overhead light. Bathroom- hand soap dispenser empty. Shower worked great. We didn't use the bath. Bath towels are adequate. Front bedroom- needs a blind or net curtain as pedestrians can see directly in from the pavement. We kept the curtains closed for privacy. The cheap curtains completely cover the radiator so heat lost into the curtain. Plenty of hangars in the wardrobe. Cheap bedding. There is a blood stain on the mattress topper. Pillows very thin. Second bedroom- again, cheap bedding. No wardrobe. Steps lead to outside. Living room- mostly comfortable. Several pouffes, all worn with little filling. If watching tv from one end of the sofa, the visitor will get neck ache. The room could be laid out better. Several clip boards on the walls with printed pics. It felt like the owners wanted to hang pictures, but not to spend a few quid on something nice. Garden- uncared for which is sad to see. Dogs can easily get out. Futile attempts made to make it secure but it clearly isn't. Grden furniture is grubby. Uneven surfaces all around the property. The grass will soon need a good cut. Hedges have last years growth on them. Conservatory- locked up and unable to access. Uncared for. It would be a great asset to the property as the morning sun in there looked lovely. No blind on the door leading into the conservatory from the kitchen. So lack of privacy from the garden and the property at the back. Guttering by the back door needs attention. There was constantly water dripping from this guttering which is immediately by the door making the area wet. This will be icey in cold weather. Drain from the kitchen sink completely blocked with leaves and roof debris. Water from the sink was running onto the drive, we unblocked it a little to stop this. The drive to the property is long and states it will accomodate 2 cars. Well yes, but only if the trees and hedges are cut back. We had to park immediately outside the back door as no space to open the car doors on the drive, unless we opened them into hedges. Maybe smaller cars will be ok. The internet is intermittent and was especially poor the weekend we arrived. Good luck with working the central heating. We managed with the help of Google. Yes, we could have asked the owner, but we sorted it. The property warms up lovely. Wherever we have stayed previously, I've been happy to wipe around areas like I do at home. Other than a vacum cleaner and floor wipe, no cleaning products left to use. We wouldn't stay again. We felt that guests are not made to feel welcome with cheap furnishings and uncared for garden. A little investment would make a big difference

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• Alison - Verified booking

  A lovely little bungalow just on the outskirts of Ripon, slightly let down by the broken carport roof and untidy garden.

  Inside, there is a lovely bright kitchen diner, two king-size bedrooms(comfortable beds) and a smallish lounge with TV(says a Smart TV in the description but it's actually a Freeview TV). Bathroom with modern fittings. It should be noted that the dishwasher is only slimline and as a couple we often filled it up so not sure it would be adequate for a family of 4. Some items are in need of replacement: the oven gloves are falling apart on one side, most of the side plates and some of the dishes were chipped. The bath towels are also on the small side. There is no washing machine - something I did not notice as missing in the property description but that is my error. On the plus side, the heated towel rails in the kitchen and bathroom are very efficient and the property owners were very helpful in adjusting the heating times to suit us. There is a Nest thermostat in the kitchen diner to adjust the temperature required for the heating which we found useful. Liquid soap provided in the bathroom. All in all, a nice property which we will visit again, just a few tweaks needed to make it a lot better.

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• Annette - Verified booking

  Honeybee Cottage was the perfect haven while we moved house.

  Beautifully clean and it was well stocked with everything you could need to make the stay easy and very comfortable.The welcome pack was a wonderful surprise too, great after a long journey it set you up with a nice cup of tea and snack. The home owner Vicky was really helpful and accommodating and we were really grateful for the text reminder for the refuse calendar over Christmas, it was great to see a house manual with such good instructions included too, no scratching your head wondering how anything worked. The cottage is in a great location overlooking the River Ure with a good walk in to town. Ripon itself has easy access to all routes and well covered on the shopping front. Booths supermarket is a particular treat and there are some lovely small independent shops. The Cathedral is glorious and further afield The Druids Temple was surrounded by great woodland walks and views out over the surrounding countryside. I wish we had had more time in better weather to explore further as the cottage make a great base to head out from but we’ll have to leave that for another time.

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• John - Verified booking

  The house is in a great position by the canal in a quiet cul de sac and situated perfectly for a walk into town across the river and through the cathedral grounds.

  It is comfortable and warm and had pretty much everything we needed plus a bottle of wine and a couple of bottles of beer on arrival. If I had to moan about anything it would be the yard is shared with 2/3 properties and isn’t very private and there’s no gate so letting the dog out isn’t possible but walking him out is really easy as there’s the canal path opposite. A wooden spoon would be advantageous for the morning porridge. The back door looked like it had been broken into with a jemmy and kicked open so the lock was a bit dodgy but it did lock and unlock. There’s also scaffolding surrounding the house next door with a fastening bolt that sticks out and hurts when you walk into it so be careful of that. That aside we had a lovely stay here and really enjoyed Ripon we would definitely stay here again.

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• Tim - Verified booking

  Overall, a nice property.

  Lots of positives as has a lovely bathroom and kitchen. New Windows. Garden is large and fairly secure. Why not make it 100% secure? it would be a real bonus for dog owners. The hedge area is almost there but there are gaps which some dogs will get through. It was lovely and warm, and we didn't even need the heating on. This could be an excellent property but there were a few things that need attention. Listed as a SMART TV but is a Freeview TV. Here are a list of things that would make the house much better to stay in: Iron & board, washing machine, DVD player, radio, pillow protectors, a welcome pack, coasters, tea/coffee/sugar/kitchen towel/washing up liquid etc.

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