The Sun House

Reviews (67)

• Emma

  We were greeted on arrival and shown around the property, which is located in a quiet area and we heard no noise the whole duration of our stay. The cottage had everything we needed to be comfortable during our stay and everything was extremely clean. We particularly loved the underfloor heating in the bedroom and bathroom as it can get quite cold and this kept it lovely and cosy (due to the time of year we visited!). The hosts were very friendly and were on hand for whatever we needed. We will look forward to visiting again.

• Philip

  We entered the cottage by what looked like narrow double doors. Unfortunately one of the doors was sealed shut giving an entrance of about 18ins. Our first impression was how cold the cottage was. Mark said the previous tenants must have turned the heating off in the kitchen and sitting area. He went in a cupboard and touched the control and said that he wasn't sure if he had put it on or not. We were a bit surprised that he didn't know how it worked as he has been renting the cottage out for about 13 years. He said if it didn't come on to give him a ring. He then told us how to use the cooking range. "Don't use the lefthand oven!" There are 2 small rings and a very large ring which is pretty useless. Also a hotplate that was covered in grease. He then showed us the sitting area where he had lit the gas stove which he said was set on medium. "If you put it on high it will incinerate". We then went to the passage way between the sitting area and the bedroom. No underfloor heating there either. He showed us 2 control panels on the wall. The righthand one was for the bedroom. "Don't touch the lefthand one". That obviously controlled the bathroom which was freezing cold. He said if you put the bathroom light on the heated towel rail would come on. We discovered that it was turned down to the minimum setting so didn't even get warm. The bedroom heating was working! Needless to say we turned the stove up but it took ages to warm the place up.we got up early to light the stove and went back to bed for half an hour. We are not cold people and have our heating set on 18C at home for 2 hours in a morning and 3 hours in an evening. We also turned the towel rail in the bathroom up and left the light on before getting a shower. Mark had told us to leave 30 minutes between showers as the hot water would run out! After we had been in the cottage for about 3 hours we phoned Mark to tell him that the heating hadn't come on. He came and fiddled with the control but much to our surprise (ha ha) it still didn't work. Mark never contacted us again to check it was working. The only the place to store food was in a cupboard which we couldn't open as the door was stuck shut. No instructions for cooker, microwave, TV or heating. No certificates to show gas appliances had been serviced or that the electrics had been checked. No local information. Plenty of lumps of metal hanging about and a display of old chopping boards that you wouldn't dare put food on. No proper food chopping boards, cheese grater or garlic press. No sharp knives. Only 2 small saucepans one with the heat resistant cover split and hanging off. On Sykes listing it shows a 5 tick rating. This is a joke when these days you expect a proper fitted kitchen with dish washer and decent utensils. Oh and by the way the pub is 2 minutes walk away as stated but it has been shut for 2/3 months and is unlikely to open. Felt ripped off! Sykes should have this property reinspected and tell owner to get things sorted out.

• Andrew

  Great location in a small village but only a short journey to the dales, or to the beautiful market towns of North Yorkshire.