Cottages With Hot Tubs In Whitby

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Steven - Verified booking

  Recently returned from lovely week staying at Abbey View with friends.

  3 adults and 2 children (13 and 10 years old). House was lovely, very modern. We loved the open plan feeling, and the extension with the kitchen and dining area is lovely.. Loved the blue lights around the skylight, made for fun time playing Just Dance on our Switch in the evenings. After reading past reviews, we were interested to see the property for ourself. Driveway, a bonus in Whitby and could certainly take our two cars. Could it take 3? Possibly. Would it make entry and exit easier if the wall wasn't there? Yes, But it is what it is. One vehicle can pull straight in while other vehicle had to do a bit of manoeuvring, but tbh, not a problem - for a Jag xe and a Qashqai. No need for extra driving lessons for us :-). What I would say is, don't try and reverse car in the right hand entrance of the drive, an XE doesn't fit and the lip on the drive will result in grounding the car out.. No damage done, but that will teach me for trying when the wife said it will not fit. Quality furnishings, kitchen, bathroom and, carpets, beds, lovely clean / crisp décor. Very comfy.. Location is excellent. 10 / 15 minute walk straight in to town. Very quiet residential area. Cleanliness, to be honest, we found somethings bit dirty - plates, bowls, cutlery, upstairs toilet didn't look like it had been cleaned and hairs found in one of the beds. Although, we did put in a call to the cleaners (contact details were in visitor book) and they were quick to come back round when we were out to give the place a clean. Hot tub could have been cleaner tbh - fair bit of grit when we first arrived, and by the 2nd half of the week it could have certainly done with a top up of chlorine and a clean, with the water starting to look a tad green. We have our own hot tub at home, so fully aware of showering before and after etc... Garden was lovely, perfect size to chill out in. Dogs. Now there are dog breeders directly next door, which we were aware of when we booked. We have dogs ourself, so this was not an issue for us. What was an issue was the strong smell of dog faeces when we arrived and on the first night. This could be smelt from the front of the property, the front door and was particularly overpowering in the back garden. Thankfully we went out for a walk and had a meal down the town. We would certainly not have been able to sit in the garden nor have the back door open with the smell. I wonder if the owners heard us talking about it, as the area was soon hosed down (we could hear them cleaning) and the smell never appeared again throughout the week. As I say, we have no issues with dogs, and the owners clearly have a real passion for their Dobermans, but the smell on the first night was over powering and disgusting. I should also note, no prolonged noises of dogs barking etc... There are some clear signs of dampness staining in the main hall wall and on the wall of the downstairs bedroom. I wonder if there is a leak from the upstairs bathroom? Woodlice were very common throughout this area. Down stairs toilet radiator very rusted.. To be honest, none of this is a complaint and mentioning it merely as observation for the owner. They have a lovely property, in a great location and they have clearly put a lot of time and money in to making it a quality holiday let, in a cracking location. Would we return? Yes.. Would we recommend it? Yes, and have already done so for friends looking to stay in Whitby. Thanks again owners for allowing us to use your property, enjoyed our stay, we will be back..

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• Claire - Verified booking

  Everything is well set out and there is plenty of space, we loved the open plan.

  The parking is a little tight, we have a Sharan so it would only fit in one entrance and the neighbour parked their van right at the side of the entrance on the road so made it a little harder to see. Opening up the wall would easily solve this problem. You also need to like the smell of dogs as the neighbours washed them out twice a day which made an unpleasant smell. The welcome book is un friendly, it's just full of instruction manuals which at times didn't help. Eg the hob only works with certain size pans on and they have pans in the house that don't fit so took us a while to work out why it wouldn't work. We nearly rang maintenance to help but they weren't open so had to Google the solution. The curtain pole in the main bedroom is ready to come off so we just left the curtains closed which didn't make any difference as they are really thin and light so let all the light in regardless. Blackout curtains are needed in all rooms. I think the rooms were dark for about 5 hours as didn't go dark till after 10pm and sunrise was 4am . There are lights on front of house that light up the house at night which is lovely from the outside but they also light the main room with big patio doors. We solved this problem by buying eyemasks which wasn't ideal for a 6year. Regardless of all this the house is in an ideal location to explore Whitby. You are 15min walk into town, 5mins from the museum and park and a 15-minute walk to the beach. Supermarkets and some lovely country pubs are 10mins drive in the opposite direction. The hot tub is constantly warm so easily accessed and stayed clean for most of our 2 weeks stay, the last couple of days we didn't use as starting to smell. Overall it's a lovely house in a perfect location and we were looking to stay again unfortunately the price for next summer has doubled and it's definitely not worth what is being asked which is a real shame .

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• Hilary - Verified booking

  My family had a great week staying in this cottage, which was local to a children’s’ playground and within walking distance of the harbour and shops.

  The beds were very comfortable as was the lounge. The kitchen had plenty of surface area and had a good range of pans and baking trays. It was a shame that something as simple as a toaster could not be replaced fairly quickly as we used this every day. The base of the oven was dirty with something spilled and baked on over some time. I did attempt to clean this but my soft scourer was only able to remove the edges of the marks. We only used the oven to heat pizza and it worked well, as did the microwave. The parking says it takes 3 cars and there are 2 entrances to the drive with a high wall between the 2. The picture is a bit misleading as one entrance is extremely narrow and there is a large shrub that comes across the entrance and cannot be avoided if parking there. The other entrance is a good metre wider and easier to reverse into but only a small car could get round the corner to park in the middle bit of the driveway. We had 2 long cars and the picture makes it look as if the whole driveway is open to the road and is deeper from the road to the front of the house, that is the only reason I mention it. We managed the drive with the 2 cars reversed straight back although we only used 1 car in the wider gateway once there due to the narrow width and Buddleia bush in the way of the other. The hot tub was good and there was a picnic table and a small table with 2 chairs to sit at in the back garden.

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• S - Verified booking

  Firstly the camera work makes this place look very spacious, imo this accommodation is suited to 4 occupants at most .

  On arrival we found there is no curtain at the front door ,which is right opposite both bedroom doors ,luckily there was no one occupying the opposite lodge . When we went to cook on the first night my wife had to spend 40 mins cleaning the oven ,as oven was not clean at all ,we do have photos if disputed (on wife's phone ) ,we found an empty bubble bath bottle down the back of the bath , several cobwebs and a cake wrapper in the cupboard upstairs where the upstairs hoover is stored ,which would have been easy to see if you were to use the hoover . We left a day early as both double beds had mattresses that had seen better days and were not kind to my wife's back , we slept on the two single beds for 2 nights as the beds are higher and the mattresses are newer and had to bring the the blind from upstairs to provide some privacy at the front door . The lodge is set in quite a nice area but I think would be quite busy if all lodges were fully occupied ,but as it was quiet this was not an issue . The kitchen is well equipped with very good appliances ( un clean oven already mentioned ) , perhaps bigger tvs in all rooms . The hi light was the hot tub which was most welcome after a walk We have stayed with sykes before and enjoyed it very much but this time not so much .

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• Paul - Verified booking

  We had a great time at the lodge.

  From the outside the lodge is starting to look just a little worn in; but once you step through the door the nice open plan living area worked really well and felt very luxurious. The only builds we’d have were: the beds themselves, though spacious weren’t very comfortable for us (too soft and supporting) so both have left with some backache There was also building work taking place during our stay which we weren’t informed about (looks like new access being created for additional lodges close by) so check when you’re booking as does interrupt the tranquility when you’re relaxing in the hot tub. Hot tub was great for us as a 2, be mindful if you’re a party of 6 that it’s a 3/4 person tub. Plenty big enough for us, but would be very snug for 6. Overall the lodge worked really well for us, and despite never fully working out the temperature to cool the bathrooms a little; the velux windows throughout upstairs made it easy to regulate.

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