Christmas Cottages In North York Moors

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Janet - Verified booking

  We really enjoyed our stay at this wonderful, comfy and characterful cottage.

  it was spotlessly clean, excellently equipped and felt like a home from home. All the bedrooms were spacious and welcoming, and having the ground floor bedroom and adjacent shower room was ideal and much appreciated by our 80+ year old aunt. The location in a quiet village is great for local walks and relaxing and it made a great base to explore the North York Moors, local gardens and historic sites as well as bustling market towns. There's a pub and 2 eateries but no shop in the village, but there is a fantastic farm shop just 5 minutes drive away. Our only suggestions to make it even better are to provide a few more cereal and dessert bowls (we kept running out), and to provide some alternative lighter weight duvets or blankets as we were lucky enough to visit during the heatwave when 12tog duvets were far too hot! The listing could also be clearer about the patio and garden access. We enjoyed using the paved patio area up a few steps and OK for our elderly aunt to reach. But we were a bit disappointed that there is not yet any better access and no sitting area in the pretty side lawn - but appreciate that this may be to minimise any risk of disturbance to neighbours. Overall Auburn House is a delightful cottage that we'd happily recommend to others in search of a relaxing and cosy base for exploring wonderful North Yorkshire.

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• Patricia - Verified booking

  The kitchen of Auburn House is well equipped.

  the house is clean but those are the only good points. Problems: The house is cold and it is impossible to heat it to a normal 20C as the thermostat, in a tiny, unlit passage has been set so that it goes off & returns to 9C after a short interval. There is a woodturner in the kitchen, 4 logs, 4 pieces of coal, firelighters & 3 pieces of kindling were supplied.3 uninsulated outer doors, one with gaps do not help. Sittingroom with gas fire but single glazed windows!. Dated decor, with old furniture (from sale room?) tarmac outside space, no usable garden for summer guests. General air of meaness & lack of welcome - lots of locked cupboards, information sheets telling guests not to put sticky hands on the sofas !No welcome pack. Warn winter guests to bring lots of logs, hot water bottles and winter clothes! This was by far the worst of Sykes properties that we have booked over the years. Auburn House - never again!

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• Mr Michael Barrowclough - Verified booking

  I think we were possibly the first to book this property. We were not disappointed. A lovely property with quality fittings and some really nice features. Very comfy beds and excellent bathrooms in all three bedrooms. Small patio outside which seemed to get the sun for most of the day (well it was there whenever we went out). Gated location (make sure you have the code ready) and private parking. Only one space but there are at least a couple of visitor spaces. The house/cottage is in a perfect location literally 1 minute walk from the market square and all the great cafes, pubs and restaurants. And then there are the beautiful walks from Helmsley. We will definitely try and come back and explore more of the area.

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• Mrs Tracey Cowie - Verified booking

  Only reasons we didn’t give top marks were : there wasnt enough comfortable seating for 5 adults in living area,could do with removing the sideboard/drawer unit & putting a bigger sofa in that space instead, TV quite high up on wall neck aching after a while, No kettle,not all of us confident in using the Quooker tap,boiling hot. Couldn’t operate the heating in the loft/master suite, not a major problem as ithe weather was kind to us whilst staying there, ,no TV in there either, could do with a small shelf in the bathroom to put toothbrush & toothpaste on. as sink is very close to the toilet . Other than that the property was fabulous,location perfect & we all enjoyed our stay there.

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• Ed - Verified booking

  We had a good time in the house.

  Two things only would have improved things. 1 Better signage to say Auburn House as photo view provided from side of house only visble looking back not forwards as went up road. As no number satnav unable to locate place accurately and bigger swinging sign in garden would have helped. It was only visible high up in brickwork! (2)The weather was cold at times and central heating only came on in middle of night or very late anyway, so needed better timings on it as these were locked away! Nevertheless, a really excellent place nice and clean that we hope to return to another time.

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