“On the whole a wonderful little place to stay for a few days or perhaps longer.”
The location is superb with just a few strides until you are on the seafront. The decor is quirky and modern and the facilities in the kitchen and the bathroom are great. The bed is comfy, lighting is good, heating is effective and easy to operate, information supplied is helpful. Shower is lovely and powerful and hot on demand. Likewise the bath.
I guess the challenge comes as to whether this is truly a five star property as there are a number of areas for improvement.
The sofa is tired and needs replacing. The TV position is truly awful. The WiFi strength is fine day to day but it limits channel selection on the TV. Clothes hanging space is limited - fine for a weekend, not so much for a week. Depends what you wear I guess. The front door and windows were filthy on the outside and lock can tricky to use - not a great first impression but you live in the inside not outside. The property is lovely and clean inside which is what counts. No outside space and no parking - both are known when you book the property. We stayed mid May at the weekend and didn’t have an issue with parking - lots available within 200m. The property is underneath a much bigger building and so limited natural light in some rooms.
It’s a solid 4* property for sure.
Thank you for the lovely and positive comments about Cragside. From your responses I wonder if you are a professional hotel inspector!
On noting the negative feedback - I wonder if you didn’t realise the TV has an adjustable bracket ? And I guess there is a pay off to having an expensive and deliciously comfortable feather filled sofa - and that is that it requires a re plump - which is very easy to do, and it looks perfect again very quickly .The comment re hanging space made me wonder what was needed - as x2 chest of drawers alongside the hanging space in the main room , a further chest and hangers in the second room, and a sturdy coat peg in the hall proves to be completely sufficient for my family when we stay.
As noted the position of the flat is exceptional, but with that does come the problem of keeping clean windows . We have a regular window cleaner , but could look to increase the frequency , though I fear they will remain “ clean” for barely a day or two. I am pleased though that you didn’t encounter any problem parking . And do hope your visit to Aldeburgh was a happy one.
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