The Cart House

10 Customer Reviews

• "This is excellent good value for money accommodation in a strategic location with access easily gained to wonderful beaches and interesting picturesque towns and villages."

  Within an 8 minute drive there are places to eat and places get essential rations for your stay. Very quiet top quality accommodation.

  Dear Nick Thank you for this review, and a great one at that, I don't think people realise how great the East Coast is, as well as better weather than the West Coast (sorry but its true), amazing beaches, which the southerners would be jealous of if they ever found out and so much to do and see if you look but you have to look as its all a big secret (lol). Property Owner

  Reviewed by Nick5.0★Sep 2024

• "I booked the Carthouse, near Skipsea for 2 nights."

  They do not offer 2 night stays and you didn't pass the booking onto the owners. When we arrived the beds hadn't been made and the bathrooms were not clean. I contacted the owner who was very apologetic, but it wasn't their fault. You had taken my money and not passed the details onto them. Luckily, the owner got the place ready in no time and we were able to enjoy our break. Definitely would not trust to use Sykes cottages again.

  Dear Nicole I'm so sorry this was not the best experience for you, please do pop back and see us and find out what it should have felt like. Property Owner

  Reviewed by Nicole3.1★Sep 2024

• "The property is quite nice, however, we were disappointed with the following 1."

  The outside area and furniture are very poor and neglected 2. As soon as you enter the property there was an extremely dirty mop and bucket and hoover that was full of dirt. We emptied this and then hoovered the property and soon filled the chamber again, showing that it had not been done properly in the first place. 3. There were cobwebs all over the beams and inside all of the table lamps 4. No frying pan and a very small oven tray 5. Bath towels poor quality

  Dear Graham Thank you for your feed back, the cottage is lovely but I'll take quite nice. You do have some valid points though and we have found that living so far away from the cottages has left us unable to keep a check on things. I am shocked you managed to hoover up so much from the laminate flooring, I can't comment on the cob webs but like you I'm not impressed. I believed there was a full set of pans but I'm sorry this wasn't the case, I did check after and not sure where some of the items had gone, now replaced with a new set. I also take it on board about he towels, there were 60% new ones and 50% old ones in circulation, I have now removed the older ones. Property Owner

  Reviewed by Graham2.2★Sep 2024

• "The cottage is very nice and comfortable."

  There is plenty of space, the full size fridge/freezer makes a change from the usual under counter type. The bedrooms are roomy, light and airy. The double bed upstairs is really comfy, and the shower room downstairs was a bonus, with a good shower. The cottage would benefit from some TLC, especially outside, and a better selection of cookware would meant we would have given 5 stars. The paddock was a quite overgrown, but there was a mown path around the outside, but Charlie, our Cocker Spaniel, loved romping around in there (and chasing the cat)

  Dear Derek Thank you for your feedback, yes I often forget to tell everyone about the advantage of a full size fridge/freezer and the bed upstairs is just lovely. I have recently used the shower downstairs for the first time myself and now I have shower envy as our new one is smaller and less water cascading down, its a shower you just don't want to leave, I suppose my new one is perfect as I would waste time in the shower if it was the same as the one in the cottage. Property Owner

  Reviewed by Derek4.1★Aug 2024

• "A lovely clean and comfortable property, well thought out."

  If possible the windows need to be cleaned and that would enhance the enjoyment for visitors. Also the ground floor bedroom needs a working bedside lamp. I had to use a torch when visiting the toilet in the night for safety reasons to avoid possible injuries. Apart from that it was the perfect getaway. We loved it and would definitely book again.

  Dear Barbara Thank you for your feedback, some good points, we have been living to far away to notice things as much as we should, we are now on site and on all of these points. Yes please, we would love to have you stay again. Property Owner

  Reviewed by Barbara5.0★Aug 2024

• "The cart house is just as advertised."

  Well equipped, very comfortable indeed, wonderfully quiet and peaceful. Comfortable sofas, very comfortable beds, good shower, great WiFi and fully equipped kitchen (including proper fridge and freezer & not the small under counter fridge with tiny freezer you often get). Ulrome is within very easy reach of Hornsea, Bridlington, Filey, Scarborough , Flamborough head. There's only a couple of very minor recommendations from us to improve it. Upstairs was very warm with small low windows which can't be opened far. (a fan would help). Also a vacuum cleaner would help for cleaning up bits on the large rug downstairs. Thanks for a great stay, well done.

  Dear Darron We have taken on board your comments and put a vacuum in each cottage and we are looking at what we can do with the windows, we have got them opening better but for safety there is a limit to how far we can open them, so for now we have added a fan, as you suggested. Property Owner

  Reviewed by Darron5.0★Jun 2024

• "A lovely cottage, clean & comfy."

  Ample storage space & nice bed linen.The welcome pack was a lovely touch, thank you Karen. Sadly the outside of the cottage lets it down with moss growing on decking and outside furniture. Wooden sleepers were rotting & so was L/h side of front door. Roof tile missing next to Velux window, looks like it's been lying in the grass for some time.such a shame after all the hard work that's been done.The dog walking paddock was unusable due to waist high weeds & grass .Doesn't look like it's been used for years.

  Dear Jill Thank you for your feedback, we take on board your comments, we have been living a distance away and unfortunately reliant on others, unaware of what isn't getting done. In fairness, grass grows at a silly rate May/June and its a job to keep on top of it in a paddock without grazing animals. The paddock is now a horse paddock and useable for visiting dogs when the horses are not in there, so it isn't advertised as a facility anymore although it is still available most of the time (the horses have 3 paddocks to use, so it depends on many factors which one they are in but there is 2 opposite the cottages so there's a good chance of one to use for dogs). Property Owner

  Reviewed by Jill3.1★Jun 2024

• "Really beautiful cottage with everything you need."

  Comfortable beds and we loved the layout having a downstairs bedroom as I am disabled. Had to buy shower mats as incredibly slippy and no handles to hold onto so could have been dangerous. Upstairs bath pipes are very loose and could cause flooding so we didn't use it.

  Dear Denise Thank you for your feedback, and so chuffed that there was so much that worked for you. I'm sorry there was not a bath mat in when you visited, i checked and the cleaner had thrown it away for I wasn't aware to replace so thank you for getting one. There is a suction handle in the cottage for such purposes but I'm not sure if this is mentioned in the cottage information. Property Owner

  Reviewed by Denise4.1★May 2024

• "The cottage is in a nice location, with views across a small field , with the road beyond."

  The cleaning is excellent and the seating, beds and general furnishings are good. Whilst a ground floor bedroom was great for us, the two steps up into the bathroom were not mentioned and did present a problem. The kitchen was badly designed when installed and there is not one cupboard available for self catering guests to put there own items into. These items, therefore, take up a large proportion of the worksurface . The problem with the property was the lack of general maintenance, which had not been addressed for some considerable time, as well as lack of attention to detail. Three torches were said to be in the property. There were none. This was reported, but none appeared during our stay. (It is very dark in the property at night) The kitchen tap was continually dripping and this had been pointed out to them by previous occupants two months earlier. (The kitchen is next to the downstairs bedroom, so this doesn't help sleep.) The back door lock was ineffective and the door opened with a slight push, thus placing possessions at risk of theft. The outside areas had seen better days. The front patio needed urgent attention to the surrounds. The rear garden, was full of large weeds, living and dead brambles and various rotting metallic ornaments. Not a pleasant place to sit and relax. The owner says that they are unaware of some defects, as they do not live locally, but they need to be more proactive. If they sorted these matters, it would make it a place worth staying at.

  Dear Richard Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate your time and very happy you felt it was a great place to stay and noted the excellent cleaning. We have taken the cottages off rental for a few weeks to address the issues you have pointed out. New tap, garden tidy, torches. I have been down and resolved the cupboard space issue and resolved the back door and getting it ready for new photo's and a new year. We hope to see you again in 2024 Property Owner

  Reviewed by Richard3.8★Oct 2023

• "Pros: Lovely old building with a good layout."

  Nice area with lots of places to visit. Cons: The cottage needs some tidying up - the few outdoor pots had only weeds. The outside areas needed sweeping and weeding. The back table and chairs needed renovating, they were quite shabby. The kitchen was lacking a few things - e.g. we didn't have anything to wash the pots except a used scourer. There was only one tea towel and one dishwasher tablet. We could have done with more crockery, particularly mugs.

  Reviewed by Janette2.5★Aug 2023

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