Emerald House

12 reviews

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  Carol

  GB · extended_group · Aug 2026

  10/10

  Relaxed comfortable and good value as four adults it was about the same price per night as a travel lodge/premier i

  Very quiet street, good parking,easy access to centre of York no more than a 15 min walk.

  Nothing

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  Antje

  DE · solo_traveller · Jul 2026

  9/10

  Empfehlenswert

  Man ist in 15 bis 20 Minuten im Zentrum, kleine Supermärkte sind fast um die Ecke, auch ein Pub. Das Haus hat eine extrem ruhige Lage und das Parken am Straßenrand hat mit dem gemieteten Kleinwagen gut funktioniert. Die Waschmaschine wäscht schnell und gut. Ungewöhnlich war, dass in der 2. und 3. Woche unseres Aufenthalts dienstags geputzt, Betten bezogen und Handtücher getauscht wurden.

  Wir hätten gerne auf der Terrasse gefrühstückt, leider gab es keinen Sonnenschirm. Die Küche ist gut ausgestattet, aber eine Schere fehlt.

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  Lisa

  GB · family_with_children · Jan 2026

  4/10

  We wouldn't stay again - it's very cold in winter.

  Good location, quiet road and a short walk from town. Parking directly outside the house. Everything seemed clean. Beds were comfortable.

  There was a drainy smell lingering in the house in the downstairs bathroom - if you opened the back door it was very pungent. Obviously there's an underlying problem. The house was extremely cold - uncomfortably so. Most of the radiators have wooden box covers on them, which I don't think helped. Our stay was over a couple of winter days (temperatures just above 0 degrees celcius outside) and the house brochure says the thermostat is set to come on to a comfortable temperature in the mornings and evenings and tells you NOT to mess with the timer settings. Because of the low temperature fixed on the timer settings (20 degrees celcius), once the timed heating kicked in, it actually turned off the heating if you'd turned up the thermostat outside of these times, so it barely ever got above 20 degrees. We had to put our coats and scarves on to eat breakfast at 8.30am. We didn't cook anything other than breakfast there, but it would have been nice if there was a cafetiere or coffee machine in the kitchen, and a few more mugs, as if there were only four, which doesn't work if some are in the dishwasher. Also beware - a neighbourhood cat seemed to like to dart into the house at any opportunity, so if you are bringing in luggage or groceries, keep your eye on the door. We chose this accommodation for the location, as our friends live on a neighbouring road, however for the price, I wish we'd stayed in a hotel as the additional space we had in the house couldn't be enjoyed because it was uncomfortably cold so we couldn't relax.

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  Anne

  GB · extended_group · Dec 2025

  6/10

  Great Character House. Needs Serious Attention

  This little cottage is in a good location and with a bit of trial and error we found a good walking route into town which took about 15 mins. The house was quiet and the road wasn't crammed with cars so ubers were able to pick us up outside our door. The garden is probably a real asset in the summer and the house is spacious for 2 people and would still be ok for a family or two couples. The twin bedded room is actually bigger than the photo shows. There is room to move easily between the two beds. The chairs and sofa in the living room are comfortable as are the beds.

  As has been reported previously, the downstairs bathroom obviously has a serious drain problem. The smell when we arrived was really bad. When we were out the following day I bought an odour neutraliser and some drain cleaner. These obviously only masked the smell - I really think some serious investigation is needed, but it made things more bearable. As it's directly off the kitchen it needs urgent attention. I think prospective guests should know that the stairs are really steep and there are two steps outside the twin bedroom. We kept the landing light on all night which wasn't a problem - the doors fit well. Cleanliness is an issue. Everything is superficially clean but I dropped an earring in my bedroom and whilst searching between the bedside table and the bed the dust was bad. The centre of all the rooms were clean.Edges were not! No doormat inside the front door either. Although we took our shoes off immediately on entering, it was a cold and wet November and we entered straight onto carpet. Trying to find instructions for the oven which was running very hot, the QR code in the home pack labelled 'oven' brought up 'Beach huts to rent in St Anne's on Sea' 😆 We never did work out the oven settings. The dishwasher is on its last legs. No instructions for that. The radiator in the dining room was stone cold. May only need bleeding but because it has a cover we couldn't access it. This meant there was one radiator in the whole of the downstairs but the sofa is pushed against it. I can't count the little towel rail in the smelly bathroom because we kept the door shut ! When we arrived the house was freezing. Temperature was set to 19° and room temperature was showing as 14. If we pushed it up to 24° we could get a room temperature of 20 downstairs. But then the bedrooms were sweltering. What could have been the most serious thing was what happened when we arrived on a cold, dark November evening at 5pm.

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  Ruth

  GB · family_with_children · Oct 2025

  9/10

  Perfect stay

  The house was spacious and well furnished. We were a short work from the centre of York and had all the amenities we needed. The street was quiet and beds very comfortable!