Austen House

Fantastic property in Whitby, would highly recommend.

Austen House at Whitby was a home from home stay. Everything that we needed, very spacious, lots of stairs! Grandad bagged the nearest bedroom! Beds were comfy. Gorgeous huge sash windows... we did struggle to have these open in the warm weather as the dog would have probably tried to jump out. We were really panicking over the parking but we got 2 spots straight outside the house. An amazing base to explore Whitby. A walk to Sandsend (or bus!) to visit The Hart pub is a must. As is The Stables just outside Whitby. Crabbing on the pier for the kids! Would definitely return.

for the price the house was amazing. I dont think the pictures of the kitchen/dining area do it enough justice. would 100% recommend staying here.

Central location & space & little touches like the welcome basket & all the games & jigsaws were much appreciated.<br/><br/>One of the showers was very slow to empty & some, but not many areas, could do with a more thorough clean.

Overall we had a great time staying at Austen House! It's really nice and spacious and a good location for being able to walk to lots of places around Whitby. Easy to check in with the keybox too. <br/>Parking was a bit tricky on the day we arrived as it was a Saturday and streets quite busy, but most other days during the week we were able to park in the streets nearby using the permits or find some free parking a few streets away.

Great house, in an excellent location.

Sauberkeit in der Küche

This is a beautifully appointed house. Lovely high ceilings and big windows. Furnishings very smart and comfy. The basement kitchen diner is a particularly charming room as it has a lot of light for a basement. There were 5 of us over the four bedrooms and we did not feel cramped or short on facilities.

A fantastic house, just a very short walk away from the shops, bars and restaurants of Whitby. Situated on a very quiet side road with parking right outside the front door it was a great place all round. The house itself is across 4 floors so be mindful of that with very young children or those with mobility issues. House well equipped and beds comfortable. Great that dogs are welcome too. Highly recommend.

Well presented and decorated property. Location good and well equipped.<br/><br/>Too many stairs for older people. Disappointing outside area, not clean. Socket not working in top bedroom. Clean enough but paper under bed and roll top bath. Keysafe was hidden by basement shutters open and could not lock it when leaving.

Amazing location in Whitby and the house was beautiful. Located close to parking and very tidy, would 100% recommend

Had a lovely stay. Didn’t expect to have to pay a waiver the week before in order to get check in details tho.

Austen House was a great place to stay. There were two families with 4 kids in total and it never felt cramped thanks to the abundance of space. Kitchen was excellent, living areas were a restful break, bedrooms were great sizes and the location was perfect for exploring all that Whitby has to offer.

The location was excellent , few minutes walk to the harbour. <br/>House was spotless, beautifully decorated with very comfortable beds<br/><br/>Nothing at all

Location<br/><br/>Stairs

The house and location was fantastic.<br/><br/>Nothing

Thank you for a lovely stay. We really enjoyed the location of the property everything was in walking distance.

A beautiful house within walking distance to all Whitby has to offer. It was super clean, with everything you would need for a few days away from home. Spacious rooms/kitchen, comfortable beds, three bathrooms, well equipped kitchen. A welcomed touch was the wine, milk and cookies on arrival. The parking permits were great as we literally parked outside the door. I would definitely recommend this place, although you need to be fairly fit as there are lots of stairs!

Excellent property, clean and comfortable beds, great view of the harbour from the top floor. Everything we needed was there, would absolutely book again. Thank you.

The house was lovely, just what I expected from the images. Fantastic location, the scratch cards for parking locally were much appreciated. Overall a great stay and we will definitely stay again when next in Whitby!

We loved the house, it was very tastefully decorated and extremely clean throughout. The living room is slightly different to the image in the photos, it has been redecorated since and looks great and even better than the photos. Each room was really well kept and the beds were very comfortable too. The bath in the top floor bathroom was really spacious and great for a relaxing bath. The kitchen was also really spacious, and we loved the big family table. We loved the location, it was only a couple of minutes walk to the shops and into the centre. A really lovely property, one of the nicest holiday rentals I have stayed in. It felt like a home with every detail thought out. The complimentary wine and biscuits were also really appreciated.. The company host and stay were also really responsive to any questions and I had and provided lots of information beforehand, with a link to a website with everything you need to know about the property, which I have never had before and it made it less stressful when locating the house. The free parking passes are also a great addition and again another great personal touch.<br/><br/>My only slight negative was the shower on the middle floor wasn't the most powerful, but it was fine for the duration of our stay. The house has lots of stairs which we were fine with, but just a note for people who may struggle with stairs. The house is an old three story property with a basement, which is typical in the centre of Whitby.

Great place to stay. Had a fab weekend. <br/>The kitchen area is a great space for communal entertainment. The living room similarly is set up really well and 8 people can comfortably hang out together. <br/>Few issues including a door that was coming away from its hinges and a towel that had some strange burn marks on it. But overall very high standard of quality and cleanliness. <br/>Would stay here again.

Absolutely fantastic in every way.

This is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever stayed at, I’ve been all around the world. Everything was clean as a whistle and beds were so comfy, I never wanted to get out of them. Same as the showers, perfect water pressure never wanted to leave. Location is bang in the middle of Whitby, right by where all the action is. I stayed here for my 30th birthday and all my friends said the same thing. To top it all off, the hosts were very generous by giving us a welcome hamper with all kind of goodies in it, even a bottle of wine! And what a bottle it was. Couldn’t recommend enough

Good location , easy parking , clean house , very enjoyable

Property was just as described. Excellent.<br/><br/>All was grrat.

The property is in a great location. It is well equipped and spacious.<br/><br/>It is spread across 4 floors. The living and dining areas are on separate floors. It could do with a good spring clean.

We have stayed in and around Whitby at this time of year for the last few years, love the Christmas feel and it’s not too busy. This is the perfect location!!!! The house was cosy and had everything we needed for a fabulous stay. In fact this is the best equipped house we have stayed in. Would absolutely recommend, hopefully we will be back soon.

Great location. Kept to a high standard. Well equipped<br/><br/>Upstairs loo didn’t flush well!

A great house in Whitby, perfect for two families of four and it was great that our dog could stay too. No issues at all, we’d definitely book here again.

This house was a brilliant find for seven of us in a great location. The house was spotlessly clean, a welcome basket was in the kitchen on arrival. The decoration is very tastefully done and I could definitely live there. <br/> <br/>If we come to Whitby again, I would have no qualms about booking. <br/> <br/>Thank you.

Really great place to stay, home from home. Had everything we needed. Will definitely be back.

We had a great stay in Austen House - the location is excellent, so central and lots of parking options nearby too. We had a great time on the beach, eating delicious brunch at Lush Cafe down the road, enjoying the views of the Abbey and making the most of the spacious kitchen/dining area and living room. Everything was comfortable, spacious and ideal for a long weekend with a group of friends.

We love quirky but don't like dirty!! Beautiful house, but we had to clean and maintain whilst we were here. There were custard creams, jaffa cakes and Wotsits under chairs and tables in the living room, the downstairs toilet hadn't been cleaned, grill pans were disgusting and greasy, microwave was dirty, the dishwasher did not clean so we had to clean out the filters which were full of foodstuffs and the washing machine was dirty inside so we had to wipe out before use. Really didn't want to start the holiday cleaning!! We also found someone's underwear in the bedside cabinet of the top double bedroom!! The house is really lovely and in a perfect place to explore Whitby. We took the dogs with us and got a friendly welcome in all cafes. Dinner out at the Magpie Cafe was lovely, but glad we booked a couple of weeks in advance as queues were huge! We did experience problems parking and I think this should be emphasised as we didn't know it would be such a challenge. We had to park in the pay and display down the road on a couple of occasions as there was no parking available. Overall we had a lovely week, but really disappointed with the cleanliness as we paid a lot of money for the property!

The close proximity to the centre of whitby.<br/><br/>The late check-in time, then the early checkout.

We had a fantastic stay and the location is perfect for walking into central Whitby.

The property is beautiful clean and comfortable and very spacious.<br/><br/>One of our guests were bare feet in the kitchen and stood on broken glass, we had only just arrived so it must not have been cleaned properly. Also a few cobwebs in the basement toilet with spiders in.

Good house in a good location. <br/>If you have problems with stairs this house would not be suitable.

The size and homeleness<br/><br/>A lot of stairs, but was to.be expected

The property was very close to the centre of Whitby. The rooms were clean and tidy, with areas to relax. DVDs were provided and we relaxed later watching some vintage Fawlty Towers. The kitchen was also very nice, with plenty of space.<br/><br/>Parking wasn't easy and someone hit my car, whilst it was parked. Also, you have to pay a £250 deposit, which they hang on to for a month, which doesn't seem fair. Given they have your credit card number, they are able to take money for any damages. I suspect this simply makes their bank balance look good.

Very clean and spacious and prime location <br/>Would definitely book again

The house was beautiful, clean and comfortable.<br/><br/>Parking was difficult, permits were not left, one car got ticket and pranged, one car had to pay parking charges. Took alot of our weekend up trying sort.

Lovely house to stay in, the rooms were really spacious and the kids loved that it was spread across 4 floors. Great views from the top floor! We felt right at home.

velmi velký, pohodlný a komfortní d?m, výborn? vybavený<br/><br/>extra náklady na pojišt?ní proti poni?ení vnit?ku (setkal jsem se s tím poprvé v život? - proto p?ece platím drahé nájemné, je to riziko podnikání...)

Beautiful house in a great location

Perfect place to stay. We were in Whitby for a wedding. <br/>Check out is pretty early (10am) which seems unusual. <br/>House was lovely.

A lovely house with lots of character. There was plenty of room for two families over the four floors. We loved the location, close to the town and beach, but quiet and with great views of the abbey.

lovely place in a good location.<br/>plenty of space and comfortable beds,<br/>everything provided.

Perfect location

It's more than 700 yards like it said in the app.on tops of a big that wasn't mentioned. But a lovely place to stay

Lovely house in a central location with great views. Just be aware there's a lot of stairs. Lovely comfortable living room, massive kitchen with everything you could ask for. Only problem we has was the parking permit was downstairs in the kitchen where the coffee and tea were, would have been much better to leave it on the hall table. And I hope the dirty socks have been removed from the chest of drawers in the bedroom!! But would still stay there again.

had everything we needed and in excellent location,beautiful house<br/><br/>everything was perfect

A beautiful house great for small groups. The house is conveniently located near the Town Centre, shops, seafront and pubs/restaurants.

place is exactly like it looks on the pictures, excellent

An absolutely beautiful house in a great location. We stayed as a family and the layout of the bedrooms suited our needs perfectly. It is a well set out comfortable house.<br/><br/>Nothing

Staying at Austen House was lovely. The house was exactly as described and the location absolutely perfect. We visited during a particularly busy weekend so parking was a bit hard to find but still worth it.

Great location - a short walk from town.

Wonderfully spacious property in a superb location!<br/><br/>Shower in top floor bathroom

Great location good facilities<br/><br/>Everything was satisfactory

We enjoyed our stay. Great location, good size house for two families.

The property was wonderful. The location was fantastic and this was one of the best properties we have ever stayed in when visiting Whitby. The house was beautifully decorated, with high levels of detail across all areas of the property. There are two pieces of advice that I wish I was aware of before we arrived: firstly if you are visiting in the peak of summer - parking is a nightmare. We had two cars (the house capacity is 8people, so this is not unusual) and we could not find any parking near the property and had to pay in a car park for the first 2 days. There is a public car park close by, however there was also no space in there. We requested a second parking permit, but had to pay additional for this. The other thing to mention is that this property is not completely ‘child-friendly’ there are a number of stairs which is very difficult with toddlers. My son is two and was obsessed with going up and down which made it stressful - this could be eliminated easily with stair-gates which I would definitely recommend. <br/><br/>However, apart from the parking and stair-gates - this was a perfect property and we will definitely stay again (when the children are a little older).

We had a great time in the Austen house. It was clean, beds were super comfy, the upstairs shower was lovely and communication with the host was good. Totally recommend it will definitely go back again. Thank you ?

Very good

If you want to stay in the heart of Whitby, close to the beach, then this is a great property. The beds are very comfortable.

Loved our short stay in Whitby, the location was great. Parking a little tricky but permits were left in the property which was great. The house was very clean and well equipped. We had 3 generation of family stay and it was a great getaway!

Only problem was difficult parking arrangements

This house is wonderful for the larger group. The rooms are a great size. The proximity to the beach and esplanade is wonderful. It's only a few minutes walk to most shops and pubs/bars/restaurants. It is uphill on the way back home from the water though so bear that in mind. Our group of 4 adults and 3 teenagers loved it.<br/><br/>Communication with the hosts was easy and promptly answered and the amenities and little touches in the house make you feel welcome, cared for and comfortable.

Perfect location, within walking distance of the centre of town - but far enough away to not be disturbed. Spotlessly clean and everything you needed to stay for one night or 3 weeks. The beds were sooooo comfortable and the towels were soft and still looked brand new. All the furniture was high quality and the added extras like the dishwasher, TVs in all the bedrooms, sound system just made it even better. Communication with hosts was excellent - responses were within minutes of any queries/questions we had. Would definitely recommended staying here when in Whitby<br/><br/>Only one set of keys, there were 8 of us staying and we all wanted to go out at different times and come back at different times, we used the key lock, but its difficult to see at night, good job we had phones with torches. <br/>No glasses in the bedrooms - it was a long walk down to the kitchen from the top floor in the middle of the night for a glass, however these are just suggestions - NOT complaints

the location was good<br/><br/>the walk-in shower wasn’t very good on the second floor

Great location - short walk to all the main attractions, plus some great nearby places to eat and drink including those recommended by the hosts. Super house for a group/family to share with lots of space and light. Highly recommend.

We enjoyed our stay at the beautiful property right in the middle of Whitby. Property was clean and ready for our arrival and was well equipped.

Beautiful house and great location!

Property is pretty and large, in good position 5 mins from beach and town<br/>Everything clean and plenty of equipment in kitchens Beds and lounge all comfy<br/><br/>Small issues <br/>- no handle on grill pan ( no oven glove) so had to use tea towel ( only one supplied so got messy very quickly) so also burn fingers!!<br/>- Also a jcloth to clean surfaces useful <br/>- Only other thing - electric shower on middle floor only a dribble comes out <br/><br/>Overall tho we all loved the place and had a great stay<br/>Staff very helpful and answered questions very quickly <br/>Thank you

very spacious to accommodate a large family <br/>and central to all access to the views

Excellent property. Very well located, ideal to walk to shops and restaurants into the old town. Well prepared to receive guests. We had a great weekend !

Great place

Great central town location. Large, nicely decorated and furnished house.<br/><br/>Steep steps to access the front door but we used the back door once we were settled in.

Perfect location in the middle of Whitby. The house was spotlessly clean , lovely and warm and the beds were so comfy. They are also dog friendly which was a bonus for us. They though of everything in the kitchen and was great for a group of friends.

Very comfortable and characterful house, just minutes on foot to the shops, harbour and West cliff and beach.

Great house to stay in. Comfortable, warm and well equipped. Good location

Rented a house so bought own food to cook, but plenty of cafes and restaurants in the local area<br/><br/>Nothing, perfect

Great house, deceptively spacious and well located.

Lots of communication, everything about the house was made very clear and the house was beautiful

We were given the opportunity to stay in this lovely Period property for a week whilst we refurbished the beautiful sliding sash windows for the current owner Glenda, We had a very comfortable classy worm clean house to stay in whilst working, I would personally recommend staying here it is in a fantastic location to enjoy all Whitby has to offer, Glenda made us very welcome and was a pleasure to work for. We will be back soon as a family to enjoy this Lovely property 5 star plus all the way. Brean Davies YTR Property Services Ltd

Good accommodation great location

Comfortable and well equipped house in very central location.

This property was very comfortable and was conveniently situated being near the centre of town and with lovely views of the harbour only a few minutes walk away. Parking was tricky as we had 4 cars but managed to park free of charge about half a mile away. I would recommend this house to anyone.

Beautiful house, great hosts and a perfect location. Everything you could ever need provided and all the lovely sights of Whitby within walking distance. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Thank you.

Plenty of space for 8 people. Excellent facilities. Great location for Whitby centre & sights

Really lovely house in a great location. Everything to do in Whitby in walking distance. Hard to park 2 cars near the house but permits left for us to use around the area is very helpful.<br/>We took dogs that like many only like to do their business on grass. The house only has a small concrete yard so had to take them to a grassy area first and last thing on a night which was only a few metres from the house.<br/>Perfect house for families!

I stayed here with friends for a short break and the house was perfect! Everything was clean and tidy upon arrival with everything you could need was either supplied or available within a couple of minutes walk. The house is only a short distance from local shops, restaurants and the beach so it’s really easy to get the best out of Whitby even during a short break - I’ll definitely be returning in the future!

Had an absolutely wonderful stay in Austen House - what a beautiful home! Everything was very clean, well-maintained and located right in the heart of Whitby. Great spot to explore the town and surrounding area, and only a couple of minutes scroll to the beach. We couldn't have asked for a better stay. Looking forward to visiting again soon ?