Southwold Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Mr Clewlow - Verified booking

  This was the worst holiday cottage we have ever rented in 30 years. The house is dirty, from the cobweb and resident spider on the right as you enter the rear door, to the cobwebs and dust in bedrooms and a spider suspended from the ceiling in one of the bedrooms. The windows and surrounds have not been cleaned in years and the front door and white surrounds makes the building look as it has been abandoned. The internal doors are highly sprung and it was not possible to keep them open. A sure health and safety hazard if small hands were to be trapped. I myself have returned home with bruises on both arms when the doors have closed heavily on me after opening, and then springing shut. The doors into the twin bed room are almost impossible to open, they are so tightly sprung. The whole house smelt damp and musty and this was compounded by the inability to open any of the widows. They all appear to be locked, and when you pull down the secondary glazing panes the cobwebs and dust behind have been there for a very long period. Having scented plugs in some sockets does not help and in the downstairs bedroom there is a dehumidifier that was left running indicating some sort of problem with damp/mould but no note to indicate what.

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• D Cottrell - Verified booking

  Our stay in Southwold. We've always loved Southwold but some of the holiday lets don't allow dogs and some are very over priced. We've stayed once before in a rental and also in the two hotels. These stays were good but compared to our stay at Bovis Cottage they just don't compare in any way. So we arrived for a 10 day stay. We couldn't have been better pleased. The first 2 days our grown up sons, aged 20 and 23 were with us as well. So 4 adults and 2 dogs in the cottage at night! There was bags of room it was great. The cottage itself is very good. The location even better. You are situated at the start of the High Street. so all of what is going on is at your door step. We could walk down the High Street and shops, go to the pier and the sea front. Or we could turn left and go across the common for a nice walk. Or turn right and make our way down to the harbour for fresh sea food, fish and more. We had a great time at a cottage that couldn't be better placed for a great break. I would recommend for a family as well as its a great big garden front and back.

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• Lucy - Verified booking

  Lovely cottage in a prime Southwold spot.

  Cosy enough for myself and two children. There was an issue with the dishwasher which got stuck on a cycle overnight and leaked on the floor. Everything had to be handwashed as it wasn't clean. (Comments had been written in the visitors book by previous guests about the dishwasher not cleaning for them too.) The cold tap in the kitchen was leaking and without draining board facilities this was becoming a bit of a worktop issue. In addition, the shower tray in the bathroom was close to overflowing due to slow drainage. No doubt linked to the age of the house drains; but could potentially become a problem at some point. I reported all issues to the holiday company and they have said they will act on the feedback. I hope it's sorted before the next letting.

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• Mrs Guinane - Verified booking

  This is a little gem on the Suffolk coast. The location is superb, we thought the position right next to the water was just delightful, a very peaceful place to watch the world go by. We enjoyed some lovely walks and enjoyed the fresh fish we bought from Samantha K's fish shop which is a stone's throw away. The cottage itself has 4 bedrooms, all of a decent size with plenty of blankets and interesting books to read. Some decor is a little tired and the kitchen is a bit higgledy piggledy but we found this all part of the charm and character of the place. We really enjoyed borrowing the binoculars for a spot of birdwatching and reading all the bird books to find out what we had seen! Overall, a gorgeous little spot which we would certainly return to.

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• Dr Merricks - Verified booking

  This is a very interesting and historic property in the high street of Southwold. We stayed here as a family for Christmas. The living space is really great, comfortable sofas and plenty of space to lounge around. A big kitchen (though I didn't really get the hang of the Aga!) and a very large dining table. Plenty of crockery and cutlery for a large family. The beach hut that came with this was a bonus - we spent a little while hanging out there on Boxing day. Being next to the cafe meant plenty of hot drinks!

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