We received all the access information in a timely fashion as well as Ruth’s number to contact her should we need to. Always a good sign when you get that information early but feel confident you won’t need it.

If we’re back in York there’s every chance we choose this again.

— So l have given top scores for everything deliberately, in the knowledge that no place is perfect so saving top scores for something perfect is unfair.

I will note the one very minor change that could be implemented in striving for as close to perfection as possible.

Air conditioning – which seems silly in the UK but the weather was good while we stayed meaning we wanted the windows open for much of the time, which did the trick but the window is close enough to where the bins are that if you have them open you’re fine only until someone goes to drop some rubbish and then you get a waft of bin smell. Wasn’t a huge issue at all but could be on a hot summer’s day.