The Sequoia

Lovely location. Nice to have the hot tub.

Nothing was ideal for our break

Quiet location. Brilliant hot tub. Lovely views. Good location for sightseeing. Spacious

Everything was perfect

The location was super as rural with only one other van located in the house/stables grounds. Very well placed for the North Yorkshire Moor walks which are numerous - OS map would be very beneficial. Perhaps visitors are already planning their rambles but for those who are not, much more information on the local area would be a selling feature. Car needed for full potential. A 10/15 minute walk to the coastal path and cinder track only from the road is not accessible from the accommodation. Size of the van was very good. Hot tub was a good size. Needed basic instructions on use. Whole area outside is Astroturf which has its benefits but was very uneven and featureless. Delighted that the hosts were keen to encourage recycling and poo waste from the other caravan. TV/WIFI/Apps was fantastic including Amazon Prime. Very accessible with a short drive to Whitby and Scarborough.

Cleanliness needed a little more attention to detail. Hoover available was full and not suitable for all floor areas and was difficult to use in the carpeted areas. Very nice glasses. Very little by way of cooking equipment, i.e. casserole dishes for microwave, oven proof cookware, no potato peeler which we purchased locally and left. Very little by way of serving dishes. I was well prepared thank goodness. Clearly odds and sods left by others. Perhaps the hosts could obtain a discount from the pub very close by for its residents if they do not want residents to cook? Advertised as a sea view - you can glimpse a sea view over the fencing for the stables from the kitchen door. No sea view from any seats. Some paving slabs near the pathway to the property are broken. They should be concreted in for H&S.

Handy for where I needed to be

The booking.com listing did not mention that there was an extra charge for the hot tub - the hot tub was included in the list of facilities. I chose this property because of the hot tub and ‘sea view ‘ (yes, you can see the sea in the distance from the side door). The hot tub charge is mentioned at the bottom of the blurb about Sykes cottages, so you need to click on the link to Sykes and read this, rather than to rely on the booking.com property listing. There was an issue with kitchen equipment- I left a note for the owner about this.