We stayed in 7 St John's Crescent during April 2025 to celebrate a special family birthday in York. The booking process and entry to the property was straightforward. The property has lovely period features and is well proportioned (we had four people staying but it could easily accommodate six, as advertised) The property is really well located, near to Monk Bar, with a view of York Minster at the end of the street. Overall I would recommend the property (and we would use it again if we were to visit York), however there were a few minor issues: The property has an Esse range cooker (like an aga) and when we arrived the pilot light was out (i.e. it wouldn't heat up) - the instructions provided didn't cover that problem; I tried phoning the "emergency" phone number (it was after office hours) however it went straight to voicemail and we didn't ever get a call back. I eventually managed to get instructions on the internet and got the pilot light lit and was able to cook the planned birthday dinner, however it was an unnecessarily stressful start to the weekend. The property had been cleaned, however many surfaces hadn't been dusted (a family member put his arm on the mantle piece in the dining room and his sleeve was covered with a layer of dust), there were a few cobwebs in the top corners of most rooms. Unfortunately, the property has clothes moths in it, mostly seen upstairs, the problem was particularly bad in the attic room and one oven tin was so greasy that even after I'd cleaned it we lined it with foil. When we arrived, the bin in the front garden was full to overflowing, leaving us wondering where we would leave our rubbish, it was emptied on the Sunday during our stay.
These small issues didn't spoil our stay, but they do stop a property with a lot of potential getting a better rating from me. If the owner/manager of the property could sort these issues the property could be five-star...
