Dog Friendly Halesworth Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Alexander - Verified booking

  We've visited the property a couple of years in a row now.

  And we may leave it a little while before we visit again primarily for reasons in regards to facilities and maintenance. Please do not get us wrong. The majority of the property is in good nick. But there are a few things that could be improved. For instance, the washing machine either needs maintenance or replacing. The drum is loose and bangs against its chassis making it sound like something is banging a door loudly disturbing us and possibly the nice lady with the cats upstairs. The dishwasher fuse spur is faulty. It makes an intermittent buzzing noise which is a little disconcerting and could be an electrical hazard. You need to give it a little tap to ensure the connection works otherwise the dishwasher doesn't turn on. I think I remembered this from our previous stay as it took a while to work out why it wasn't working. Also quite a few light bulbs weren't working, including the one in the cooker hood that I think has been that way in both our stays. So likely broken for more than a year. I know this feels like splitting hairs, but it's the little things that add up and make a place feel looked after and special. Especially when you are paying a fair amount to stay there. Just a few things like the Jenga tower in the cupboard with the taped up bag could be put in something that looks a little less sad, and a bit more loved. The door's knocker and letterbox have seen better days. From some of the feedback left in the guest book about how much hasn't changed and that aspects of the property could do with a little TLC, we agree with this and things like the aforementioned. Would we stay here again in future? Absolutely. The above is by no means a deal breaker. The property has a very calm feeling about it that we can't explain. Whatever happened when the whole property was a hospital must have been good. The beds are very comfortable. It's very clean and the instructions clear in regards to monitoring our energy use.

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• Mr Graham Rock - Verified booking

  Nice house, well furnished (tired in places) and convenient location for travelling around. Brilliant garden for the dogs to charge around. The house was however somewhat personal and the water pressure in both bathrooms was weak. An old greenhouse, and a pile of metal and wood in the garden should really be removed for safety purposes: there is a warning. Path behind house leads to a little woodland area, and then onto town, but runs past actively used fields for cows, so not really convenient to allow dogs off their leads. Another fair dog walk across the road (opposite the garden centre) leading to The Orchard was good, but you have to cut across a quite road within a housing area so again a limitation for dogs off leads, That said, Dunwich Forest wasn't far away, but we did see an adder whilst there so be careful. Overall, would we recommend and consider going again - yes. Note: coming from Halesworth, the house is on the right with a little lay by in front... the house name is covered up... if you get to the garage, turnaround!

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• Michael - Verified booking

  We booked four nights at The Feathers and were very happy.

  It is nicer than the pictures. The apartment is spacious , plenty of storage, comfortable, warm, plenty of hot water and nice showers, just watch your delicate bits on the ensuite radiator as you get out of the shower. It had everything we needed. The dining table is nice and long and perfect for evening supper after a long day exploring. We were four adults and one child, but it is big enough for 6 adults. It is in a good location, but you definitely need a car. You can walk to the local pub, The White Hart, but it is a bit of an adventure across the footpaths and took us about 40 minutes and it was light. We also left our car in The White Hart carpark and walked to Southwold, it is a good walk. There is a bus that you can get back from Southwold to Blythburgh and it doesn't take long. Check the bus times before you go, I think the bus number was 99A. The Feathers is very good value for what you are getting and is definitely one of the best apartments I have stayed in. I would highly recommend and would stay there again.

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• Helen - Verified booking

  It is an absolutely glorious place to stay and we all loved it!

  High ceilings, lovely views, the property is immaculate, yet super comfortable and makes you feel at home. Spacious; none of the rooms make you shimmy between dresser and bed etc! Beds are nice and big, the living area is huge and the table is a great size - it took a jigsaw puzzle at one end and 5 people eating around the table with no issues. The onsite facilities are great - the pool was lovely as was the games room. We put a reserve in for the swimming pool and got a better time; the original times available were at 8pm or 9pm at night. I read the review from Dec23, but everything is rectified from that visit - bowls aplenty. My only comment would be when communicating with holiday makers beforehand, it might be worth adding instructions on turning left and going all the way around the back of the building to park, as it did take us a while to find the spot specific to the apartment.

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• Christine - Verified booking

  A good base for exploring Suffolk & nearby is Halesworth - a pretty market town with a variety of independent shops & eateries plus a pleasant riverside walk.

  The ‘cottage’ adjoins the owners’ house and Jacqui came round to welcome us on the first day with homemade jam. A welcome pack was provided. The property is a listed building and it has been sympathetically restored whilst including modern comforts. There’s an area outside the cottage designated for the use of guests during their stay, part of much larger communal gardens, but it isn’t obvious from the property description that it is not entirely enclosed and close to a very busy A road. Also the communal gardens have ponds & hidden ditches (part of a moat). The owners’ dog and dogs staying at the other holiday cottages share the gardens. We were disappointed that we couldn’t enjoy sitting out in ‘our’ garden with our dogs off their leads. If you have children they would also need to be supervised. If we didn’t have the dogs with us we would have had a more enjoyable stay.

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