Dog Friendly Cottages in Walberswick

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mrs Smith - Verified booking

  We had a lovely holiday at Tower Cottage, the location was wonderful, peaceful but within walking distance of the local facilities and with plenty of walks for the dogs just on the doorstep. The Suffolk countryside is beautiful and we thoroughly enjoyed the meals we had at the Bell and Harbour Inns. Being able to walk to both these establishments and also across the bridge into Southwold was a plus. Tower Cottage itself was well appointed and comfortable with plenty of room for our family party and dogs. We spent a lovely long weekend and having arrived to find provisions for tea and cake awaiting us, we found the cottage is very well appointed, with plenty of room to accommodate our party of seven plus dogs. The beds were extremely comfortable and the kitchen had plenty of room to enjoy meals, with enough crockery and utensils to equip a small bistro. Having a ground-floor bedroom and shower room was a great feature for the more elderly member of our group and the large garden was very tranquil and had plenty of room for outdoor games had our party included children. The facilities of Walberswick were a short walk from the cottage and we enjoyed delicious meals at the Bell Inn and Harbour Inn. We had many walkers and one could potentially enjoy a break here without taking a car out at all. There were only two small things that we noticed that could be improved. When we arrived, the fence on one side of the garden had blown down and had no been repaired. As we booked Tower Cottage in particular because of the enclosed garden for our dogs, this could have proved a big disappointment for us and affected our enjoyment of the property. Luckily we were able to prop the fence up ourselves and effect a temporary repair. The second thing was that the drain in the wet-room was not very effective and the room would quite quickly start to fill with water, wetting slippers or other items on the floor at the edge of the room. However, we can thoroughly recommend Tower Cottage and hope to return in the future!

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• Susan - Verified booking

  Liked the property overall, the bed was very comfortable & loved the open fire, but there were issues with facilities.

  The heating was not on on arrival, three radiators switched off & we had to figure out how it worked to heat the house up. The bathroom was always freezing with the heated towel rail working every now and again. We did eventually learn how to turn it on but were always out before it heated up. Cooking facilities were poor. The cooker hood needs a good clean and bulbs replacing. The roasting tin and baking sheet were rusty and unusable, there are only two saucepans with lids and three small milk pans - why is a proper set not provided? Couldn't turn the oven on & had to phone up for instructions as there were none. Despite having three welcome folders there were no instructions for any appliances. The washing machine is not level, rocks on two feet & had to be wedged up with a book to stop it roaming around the kitchen. Had to buy an airer to hang clothes to dry. Had to buy a new plug for the kitchen sink and had to improvise a plug for the bathroom sink. Had to buy a set of allen keys to tighten up the table legs to stop it wobbling around (& potentially collapsing). The weather was poor with conditions outside very muddy. No mop was provided so, unfortunately, we couldn't clean the floors properly before we left. Towels provided are tiny & only just fitted round our waists. If we'd known would have brought our own. We enjoyed our stay overall, we don't usually let poor facilities dampen our enjoyment, but are very disappointed to have again paid a high price for a UK holiday property that fell short. The location is lovely but is definitely not worth the money we paid.

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• Shelia King - Verified booking

  "I don't think anyone should stay here ever... so there will always be room for me and my friends!!! Eight of us stayed in Fern Cottage to celebrate a birthday weekend. It was delightful - as we walked through the door each one of us announced we could happily live there. The space works well for a larger group, with the lounge and dining area interconnected. On our second night, we enjoyed cooking in the well-equipped kitchen and were delighted to have a good sized fridge for a change. Glassware/crockery etc was good quality and plentiful, there were lots of kitchen gadgets (including some more esoteric but essential in Walberswick, like an oyster knife!) and the store cupboard had many useful ingredients from seasoning, to stock pots and olive oil. Our gifts came in handy too! Upstairs, bedrooms and bathrooms were again attractive and really functional - lots of space, good storage, comfortable beds, strong showers with plentiful hot water, heated towel rails etc. Outside, the secure and dog friendly garden provided a lovely space to soak up the early spring sunshine. Parking for three cars off road in Walberswick is yet another bonus. We all left with heavy hearts, wishing we could stay longer in (or, preferably, own) this lovely house. Sheila"

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• Mrs Mallows - Verified booking

  The holiday was great, mainly because of the house we chose to stay in 'Tower Cottage'. Everyone loved the kitchen and entertaining space the best and Walberswick is such a lovely village and only a short nice walk to Southwold. As a family we all love Southwold so were keen to spend a few days as normally we only come for the day. We got to do lots of activities, as suggested in the welcome pack you provided, which was very helpful. We were lucky with the weather so this definitely helped our time spent in Southwold to be so lovely. The house is beautiful, lovely big garden for all the kids (and adults!) to play. The kitchen/diner were most people's favourite part of the house, such a lovely entertaining space and the decor was lovely. The living room has big comfy sofas and enough space for all 9 of us to be in whilst we played board games. The upstairs bedrooms were all a great size. The location of the house is perfect, on the route to a lovely walk to Southwold and only a 5 minute walk from a nice pub we went to 'The Anchor'. As a family we would recommend this house to anyone (and already have!). Thank you for a lovely stay!

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• Rupert - Verified booking

  Having been regular - one might even say loyal - customers at Durdans for several years now we are sad to find the standard of maintenance leaves more and more to be desired.

  Nearly all of the fridge door shelves are now broken, as they have been for at least 2 years, so it is impossible to keep a bottle of milk in the fridge. The Venetian blinds in the en-suite bathroom don’t work and the curtains in the master bedroom need rehanging. The drain outside the kitchen is blocked so the waste water from the sink just flows out onto the drive. None of these are serious deficiencies (although not being able to keep milk in the fridge is seriously annoying!) but they do make Durdans feel rather unloved, and its guests accordingly rather underappreciated . We also arrived to find no tea towels and no oven gloves (we had to go and buy a pair of oven gloves, and fortunately we brought our own tea towels as there are never enough, but to find none at all is really not on). With a heavy heart, I think we may be moving on next year.

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