Great Habton Cottage

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The location is ideal if you're visiting Flamingo Land at only an 8 min drive away, the cottage is very well equipped and very cosy. Has everything you need as well as some nice extras such as the wood for the log burner, throws for the sofas and lots of kitchen equipment. We really enjoyed our stay.
  : The booking experience wasn't the best in my opinion, I hadn't realised that I would need to pay a 250 deposit or pay for a 25 insurance waiver. You get hounded by the company really so the lead up to the break is almost spoilt. The floor boards are very loud so if you have an early riser in your group then prepare for everyone to be awake. Also there was no phone signal, which was fine for us mostly as they have good wifi however we ordered food and the company cancelled our order because they couldn't get in touch with us. None of these things are deal breakers but worth to consider.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Great house to stay in. The kitchen layout with practical - as we cooked in house, the beds were comfy. Lovely dcor.
  : As per other reviews, the booking requirement to pay security bond (which was unexpectedly high) as an extra step, via a third party service after we had already paid upfront and arrived in-country, was a debacle. Even though the booking says "The final price shown is the amount you will pay to the property." - make sure you read the Important Information section. There is also a non refund amount and it is not clear which amount this is. A month later we and do not have our refund. If you travel and use an esim, you will not be able to pay this bond as an overseas visitor. We had to arrange someone else to pay for us. While "Host n Stay" were sympathetic, the lack of flexibility in this process threatened us keeping our booking - even after multiple calls and emails with the online payment service. We never spoke to the owners. The anxiety this placed on us prior to us arriving, not sure that we had secured our stay was unacceptable. However, the property was lovely and met our needs really well.

Fair
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : On arrival, we had to wash all the pans, pots and cutlery as there was coffee stains down the outside of the mugs and food on the cutlery etc. All the worktops were sticky, the coasters were stuck together ! The cottage was lovely but not clean !! The cobwebs especially in the main bedroom were everywhere. A real shame as the cottage was let down by the standard of cleanliness.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Quiet location with parking space, a cosy cottage. Comfortable sitting room. Good sized light bathroom with bath and shower. Kitchen very well equipped. Main bedroom well fitted out.
  : Second bedroom was very small with bunk beds, so not suitable for two adults wanting separate rooms. There was nowhere here to put your clothes, not even a chair. Bathroom - the washbasin was very high and had no plug so not useful for anything.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Great little cottage, suited our requirements for a Christmas shopping break.
  : The plaque on the cottage is deceiving, it's named September cottage not Great Habton cottage. What made it even more confusing was the key box pin code that we received from booking.com was incorrect. If it wasn't for some friendly neighbours, we would have struggled to find the place. A phone call to Host and Stay solved the incorrect key box code. Issues you dont want to face on a cold, dark, rainy night after a 3 hour drive.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The jacuzzi bath was very popular from the 5 year old to the 71 year old.
  : The property was always referred to as Great Habton Cottage. This was the property we struggled to find, even when google maps insisted we were there, all we could find was September Cottage. Eventually we noticed September cottage had a key safe and the key code we had been given gave access to the cottage. Even inside, notices referred to Great Habton Cottage. Very confusing. Post codes are even worse, please start using What3Words to guide people to your properties. It is so accurate it will lead holiday makers quite literally to the doorstep. Couldn't get the dishwasher to work, seemed to be out of rinse aid ? But not a problem as we had very little washing up for our brief stay.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : A lovely cottage with everything we required for our short stay. An excellent base for our visit to flamingoland and in a lovely quiet residential area. I would definitely consider visiting again.