Host & Stay - 1 Coastguard Cottages

Location & quiet.

Unable to open attic windows, so stuffy and would expect very hot in summer. A few cobwebs around, probably to be expected with an older property.

Lovely little cottage, plenty of space nice little card from the cleaners.

A little dusty in some places but hardly an issue

Lovely cosy cottage in the old part of Scarborough town, near the castle and St Mary's church. It is a hilly area so be aware of steep hills. The cottage was clean and spacious, the bathroom is huge and the cottage is tastefully decorated throughout. the kitchen had everything you need. the main bedroom is large with a sea view and there is a spacious attic room with two twin beds. It was a pleasure to stay here for 3 nights and will be booking again in the future. The host company was easy to contact and kept in touch. There is an app for the cottage which we found very helpful.

The windows overall were hard to open and we arrived during the UK's fourth heatwave. In fact the attic room windows would not open and eventually one opened but had to be propped open by a piece of wood so it would not fall back down. It was a very hot room. We could not get the bathroom windows open at all throughout our 3 day stay. Nothing else to complain about.

The decor of the property was beautiful, and it was pleasant to stay there. The garden and surrounding area were very picturesque. Lots of walks around the area and very close to the church Very close to town, although the walk back is tough (steep hill), it's worth it. Beautiful views on both sides of the house with the castle and gardens, the seafront, and cliffs. Very breathtaking!

We asked if we could come earlier than 4 pm, if the place was ready and we were told no. But after struggling to find the property at around 3ish, I called them, and after asking for directions, we asked if we could go in earlier. They checked and said yes, the cleaners are all done, so you can go in now... if you couldn't allow us to check in earlier by message (about 30 minutes before we called, so find it hard to believe) at least maybe message us back later to say that it was ready rather than a message saying that we can't check in earlier as cleaners will be there until 4pm to ensure the property is clean to their standards (which later in the review, becomes relevant that is isnt extensively cleaned)... We assumed, with it saying on street parking, it meant it would be relevantly close to the property. It wasn't. The drop-off location was directed to us incorrectly by a person who worked at Host and Stay because they didn't know either and thought it was the big green area. We parked there but soon realised we couldn't directly get to the property. So, we had to go round the brick wall, which endured more hills (we had two very little children with us, and Im disabled so this was difficult for us). We then had to walk down the path to find wheelie bins blocking the path. Assuming this was maybe bins had been empited recently, so we moved one to the side so we could continue walking on the communial residential path (This bit becomes relavant later...). We eventually found the property, but we had no clue where the key was. I remember seeing about it being near a shed, but I couldn't see a shed. We found a black key box on a brick wall opposite the property, so we tried that key pad. A neighbour came out and kindly directed us to the right one. Inside the outhouse at the front which, the key box was in, but it was surrounded by lots of spider webs and big spiders, which I'm glad my husband was with me, that's for sure!