Dog Friendly Cottages in Thorpeness

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Susie - Verified booking

  First of all I apologise for forgetting to clean up after the dog in the garden.

  I have been back today to do it. I feel the cottage is in need of some work to bring it to a suitable standard for holiday rental. There is paint peeling off the wall and damp under the windows at the front. The radiator in the bathroom is in very shabby condition. The sofa is on legs which are not attached to it and having lifted the sofa to retrieve a dog toy we couldn’t fix the legs back and couldn’t use this. The description says ‘two bathrooms’. That is not true and it should be made clear that the bathroom is downstairs and through the kitchen and living areas. It should also be made clear that you cannot just let your dog out for a wee at night because the ‘courtyard’ is across the path and you have to be dressed, have shoes on and have the dog on a lead. Being Christmas we used a lot of the cookware and most of it was grubby. One cooking dish in particular was dirty and had several cracks in it. The Christmas ‘decor’ was very disappointing consisting of a wreath on the door and a tiny tree on the windowsill, both of which seemed very old. The whole place was musty smelling. Orford lovely but the cottage seems as though the owners scrape by doing as little as possible and I think most visitors will be disappointed. I particularly feel the photos are very misleading.

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• Patricia - Verified booking

  Lavender Cottage is a beautiful old building.

  The sitting room has lots of room for four people and the house is in a great location. The bedrooms are bright and spacious. As you would expect from a 17c building, it is quirky and you have to expect things like the internal doors not shutting and getting used to ducking your head to avoid the low beams. The kitchen is very well equipped and the bed linen and bath towels were crisp and clean. Sadly though this property was very let down by; * the garden which was a big disappointment as it clearly has not been cared for at all. The shrubs in the pots at the end of the garden were dead. The plants were all very over grown particularly a every vicious old rose bush, the beautiful apple tree is so low and over grown that you have to stoop to walk up the garden. To the left of the back door was a pile of discarded and dirty carpet. For want of a days hard work this could all be improved and would make a huge difference to the quality and enjoyment of staying there. * the house is in need of a deep clean, the windows most particularly which had dirt, cobwebs etc between the external windows and double glazing in the sitting room. * the bathroom had received a good “between tenants” clean but again it needs a deal clean in all of the floors corners etc.

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• Deirdre - Verified booking

  3 night stay in Lavender Cottage over New Year 2022.

  We expected the interiors to be quite basic and they were...partly in keeping with the 'higgledy-piggledy' nature of the 16th Century cottage, but it did feel pretty sparse and not very 'loved'. The highlight of the whole house was the stove/fireplace which gave a lovely centre to the living space and was why we chose the cottage over another similarly priced one in the town. That said, we were disappointed by the lack of 'welcome pack' (a bottle & Norfolk biscuits for some reason!) - much less than we have ever come across - and the complete absence of anything like salt, pepper, oil, milk such that we had to buy everything like that, frustrating. This has never happened before in any of the self catered properties we have stayed in, many of them with Best of Suffolk, and only added to the rather stark and unwelcoming nature of the cottage. In addition, the freezer was in need of defrosting; there were no coat hooks which would have been welcome given the wet weather; and in general we felt the cottage was tired and in need of some refreshing.

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• Corinne - Verified booking

  We really appreciated lovely gesture of chocolates and champagne for Christmas - thank you.

  Lovely fluffy towels and fresh linen bedding. The property was as described - it is very small, cronky and sweet fisherman’s cottage. The bathroom is tired as per the photo and is on ground floor. It is probably too small for 4 people - we were only 3. Lovely area with The Jolly Sailor nearby for easy friendly evening drinks and food. We felt the owners had tried. There were Christmas decorations. The only criticism was that we did try to clean everything we used in kitchen as pans and utensils generally not clean. I found the teapot in the cupboard still had tea and teabags in it for instance. The kitchen does need some attention in areas around the sink and corner wall. Also in the main bedroom an item of clothing in top drawer- but overall the property was as described. The wood burner was lovely to have and worked very well - easy to control the heat.

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• Mr Lacey - Verified booking

  Honeysuckle cottage is such a comfortable and cosy, well equipped, dog friendly place to stay. Our Jack Russell terrier loved it, as did we! There was a much appreciated ‘welcome pack of goodies, and a generous basket of logs for the wood burner, great for winter. Clean, well designed and with a thoughtful contemporary feel, the cottage is located in a very interesting Suffolk village that includes a great Pub and an excellent local shop (that is so much more!) For local walks and to exercise the dog, there is also an excellent, extensive public common just a few hundred metres up the road with mown paths, running through hay meadows, a variety of wildlife habitats and ancient woodland. Walk the dog or jog for a mile or two. A great facility ‘on the doorstep!’. All in all, Honeysuckle cottage is thoroughly recommended. We certainly hope to return!!

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