Dog Friendly Lodges & Log Cabins In The Norfolk Broads

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Andy - Verified booking

  Our dog loved staying here, having lots of new walks and things to see and sniff, and we all enjoyed visiting Cromer which is the most dog friendly town we've visited.

  The good: The location is good, 20 paces from the car to the door, quiet site with easy access to running and exploring spaces for dogs, and pleasant walks for humans too. Morrisons is only 4 minutes drive away if you avoid peak traffic in the town center. The kitchen has a range of good quality pans, trays and utensils (no tongs), microwave, oven and hob all as expected and clean. The TV has HDMI and USB inputs so you can take your own media to watch when the internet is down. The not so good: The beds sound and feel like sacks of rocks and spanners. The bedding was dirty with muddy paw prints on the sheets, greasy sweat stains on one pillow case and what I would describe as "meaty dog slobber" on another. Electricity "included" was one unit. 1kWh. 22p of power on a 7 night rental. Additional energy was 55p per unit, or £1 for 1.8kWh, via a coin fed mechanical meter. Many dead insects...on floors, walls, ceilings, pictures, tangled in the dust drifts... The internet connection is "3 mobile broadband", so speed varies from 30Mb early morning to 0.3Mb at 6pm on a Saturday. The dead animal smell when we arrived was identified as an open bag of hairy rabbit ears which was on top of the kitchen cupboards. There is a large selection of back crippling furniture in the dining room arranged to make moving around as difficult as possible. The can't be helped: The doorways are short - mind your head. Due to the nearby tall trees the building received no direct sunlight at all, so was chilly throughout our stay (mid september) even on sunny days. Tips for guests: Don't look behind the sofa. Take warm indoor clothes if it's not summer. The comfortable chairs are under the beds in the back bedroom. Morrisons sell clean bedding and blankets. You can get bags of £1 coins for the meter from the post-office inside the coop by the church. O2/GiffGaff mobile data was more reliable than 3, if you need internet for work. If you need things from Amazon, there's a pickup locker you can walk a dog to above the pier.

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• John - Verified booking

  First impressions was good.

  However, cooker not working after switching on the socket. Mould on bathroom ceiling (this could be rectified by using Ronseal anti mould paint, we know this as we have used it ourselves) and mould on the shower curtain(got photo's if needed). The water was only hot at certain times of the day. Cutlery and glasses had to be washed before use. Fridge was leaking because of the drain hole was blocked, which we cleared. The shelves were dirty in the fridge. Welcome pack didn't have clear information in it for emergencies, i.e. hospital, vets etc... Shower heater was temperamental it was either roasting hot or stone cold, no happy medium. Seat outside broke when sat on it. Blind in living room very heavy for a disabled person to put up. No instructions on where to get card charged as there is no Belle Aire shop that we were aware off.

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• Julie - Verified booking

  Clean, bright and warm accommodation which suited us perfectly- 4 adults and 2 dogs.

  The welcome basket was appreciated, as was the friendly communication with Mark. The garden was fully enclosed for our 4 legged friends- the only problem was that because the garden was all grass it started to get muddy near the door with them running over the same patch constantly and there was nowhere outside to clean off their paws and so some mud and cut grass was brought into the property although we tried to keep it to a minimum. (we did have a westie with green feet for a couple of days). Squirrel Lodge is in a good location for visiting The Broads and local dog-friendly beaches- Happisburgh being our favourite. Thanks again.

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• Nigel - Verified booking

  Obviously a very recent conversion of outbuildings.

  Upside is that it's clean, fresh and well presented. Small downside is that there will be a couple of detail things still to do. Like no shelves or holders anywhere around bathroom sinks (where do you put your soap or toothpaste whilst using?) needs extractor fan or window in second bathroom. Needs some softer lighting (lamps) in living area. Just little things but not quite 10/10 yet. It's also a bit eccentric in its conversion from outbuildings. A long thin open-plan living area is a bit of a "corridor, and the exterior still looks like a wooden outbuilding. It's still comfortable, easy living accommodation none the less.

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• Allen - Verified booking

  The chalet facilities were exactly as described and the photographs were very accurate.

  It was immaculately clean, tidy, and welcoming. All equipment functioned as it should. The site is well laid out and reasonably well maintained. The village possesses most of the features and facilities that are necessary to support a holiday for an average sized family. The bathroom mirror is smaller than we would have liked but there are good sized mirrors in both of the bedrooms. There is no shaver socket in the bathroom but fortunately we had taken the precaution of taking an adaptor plug. All in all, we had a great time in North Norfolk, in Mundesley, and in the chalet. Our thanks to the owners and to Sykes.

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