Host & Stay - Milbanke House

Spotlessly clean, comfortable lounge, beds and good kitchen. Quiet location a few minutes from town and beaches. Plenty of on street parking.

Nothing. To be really picky- the bath could so with a non slip mat for showering.

The house is just across the road from the harbour. It is a few minutes walk from a selection of useful shops and excellent restaurants . It has sea views from the bedroom windows. The host is very helpful and replies quickly to any questions. Toiletries are supplied and two toilet rolls were provided. Free parking outside the property was always available.

There was a few sachets of tea, coffee and sugar and a few individual pots of milk but no welcoming snacks such as biscuits, or bread and butter. The window coverings need to be blackout curtains as the sunlight streams through at silly o’clock in the morning. The beds are positioned strangely, and pushed up to the wall so one person has to clamber in up the bottom of the bed!

Location. The bed was comfortable

Lacked a tumble drier and dishwasher

Cant get tv working no BBC or itv could do with games and books to do on rainy days ....but apart from that grate place to stay may be two single beds if 4 people as bed not king size

Good size, good standard and nicely decorated.

Nicely appointed and warm. Good sized rooms and layout well thought out. Clean and comfortable

They MUST get a blackout style blind or at least a bedroom blind for the main bedroom rather than a blind that is not gears up for a bedroom. let’s in way too much light. Could not find BBC 1, BBC 2, ITV etc on the TV. Tried to retune but seems nothing being found on freeview. Having to use the internet eg. IPlayer for bbc, itv x for itv doesn’t work well

Quality house which was dog friendly with an outside secure back yard which was very helpful with our dog. Very clean and tidy with everything you would need to be comfortable.

Good location close to Seaham Town and its beaches. Beds exceptionally comfy with good quality bedding.

The lounge let the property down as it felt very cold and soulless, the one and only settee was very uncomfortable, the room could benefit from another sofa or easy chairs as there wasn’t enough seating for 4 guests, it could also benefit from more soft furnishing i.e proper curtains and a rug to soften the wooden flooring and maybe some additional lighting so you don’t have to sit with the main light on. Sadly the tv didn’t work during our stay either, which was disappointing as reading other reviews it appears to have been the case for some time, on check out day even the next door neighbour made comment about the tv not working! Bit dismayed with the additional £25 that had to be paid prior to our arrival, this wasn’t made clear in any way on the property description and we had already paid a considerable amount to stay at the property. Property could also benefit from some coat hooks at the bottom of the stairs and perhaps another shower over the bath in the main bathroom.

Location was good, parking a little difficult to park near the house, outside bins full of rubbish so nowhere to put our rubbish, house was clean, uncomfortable sofa not big enough for 4 people unless you like sitting on top of one another, no other furniture apart from small round coffee table in living room, tv didn’t work and wasn’t fixed during our week long stay had to buy a tv which I do not need so £200 out of pocket, nowhere to hang wet coats or put muddy boots/shoes, lack of kitchen trays and utensils so couldn’t do any real cooking, fridge didn’t seem to work not cold enough so milk and meats etc went off and stale.

Would have been nice to have somewhere to hang clothes and put toiletries in both bathroom/shower room. Shower made quite a bit of noise and wasn’t very good. Could do with draw curtains in bedrooms as the blinds let in light and kept us awake.