The Corner Cottage

Lovely cottage … well-maintained, nicely furnished, warm & comfortable.

Will def be returning!

The cottage is lovely excepting that the kitchen is very drafty.

We had a lovely time and the cottage was just as it was described.

Clean and tidy and great that it had two bathrooms. My only thing I think would be helpful is a washing machine, other than this it was perfect and lots of free parking for longer period of time on the roadside just left right of the property.

Corner Cottage is very comfortable.

We especially enjoyed the fire in the evening after chilly outings. Aldeburgh has wonderful butchers, bakers and fishmongers - food shopping is a joy. The lovely old cinema was also a treat. Our stay was in early December - and we returned home relaxed and reinvigorated. Many thanks.

Great, comfortable cottage and a fab location.

Well equipped. We will certainly look to book this cottage again when we return to Aldeburgh. The only (v minor) quibble is that the dinner plates are too big to fit in the dishwasher.

This was our third stay at the corner cottage and the best to date.

The updates to the decor, furnishings and shower unit were excellent and made for a enjoyable stay. Only minor complaint was the lack of hot water in the kitchen

The cottage was really lovely, and thank you to the owners for letting us stay and extending by a day.

However, there were a few issues that made our stay challenging - the rooms were extremely light and we had to buy additional blackout blinds; there were only 4 bath towels provided for an 8 day stay and no washing machine (we had to use our beach towels and ask family who live nearby to please wash our clothes and towels for us to last the stay); the carpet on the stairs has sharp tacks pointing out of it on every step and our children cut their feet on them 4 times!; under the sink was leaking and smells bad; the welcome pack was appreciated but lack of tea bags, no salt/pepper grinders, only providing one bin bag and 4 toilet rolls for an 8 day stay again just felt unnecessarily stingy and made the start of the holiday difficult rather than comfortable and homely. We usually stay in air bnbs and this stuff is basic provision along with towels/washing machine so it was quite off-putting unfortunately despite it being a really lovely place and perfect location and the bath, TV and living room suite are fabulous. Fortunately we have family who live in the area who were able to help us out to make our stay more comfortable, but without this it would have been upsetting and wastes a lot of time for people who have paid to come on holiday then find they have to go shopping for basic stuff they have at home and could have brought had they known (yes you pre warned us there 'might' not be many bin bags - but we weren't at all expecting ONE bag for an 8 day stay for a family of 4 who also recycle everything they can - as I say it gave an impression of being purposely awkward for those coming on holiday as it would have cost pennies to provide 3 bin bags and salt/pepper grinders and a spare 4 pack of loo roll we would not have used them all, but it would have felt more comfortable and welcoming than crisps). The worst part was just how impossible it is to get any information from or communicate with best of suffolk/sykes cottages. This we would describe as 'extremely poor' and wouldn't give one star. Your app doesn't work, your numbers are hidden, the emails are no reply, the online chat doesn't ever work, it takes over a week for anyone to answer a simple question by WhatsApp- a route which took me 3 days to discover was even an option of contacting you. We won't be using this company again or recommending it.

This is a beautiful cottage and we enjoyed our stay there.

However there were a few things which were a bit problematic. We found the fan oven far too complicated and just couldn’t get to grips with it.. We couldn’t get several channels on the television including BBC 1 and 2. The bins were full when we arrived and there was no key for the back gate so couldn’t put them out.

The bath and en-suite is very slippery also shower in en-suite didn’t work properly maintenance came out 1st time and mended it but it broke again on first use afterwards so definitely needs looking into

Delightful cottage, comfortable and well equipped.

Clean and tastefully decorated and in a good position for the lovely town and beach. We would definitely consider returning, so many great places to visit. One problem was the blinds in the two bay windows which needs sorting, mainly the side panels ,but easily fixed. Thank you for a lovely few days break.

The stairs are steep and would benefit from having a carpet rather than bare boards.

Kitchen overflow blocked and bit smelly.

Kitchen hot tap very stiff. En suite shower low power, needs grouting cleaning etc Daylight blinds would be nice downstairs esp kitchen. Dinner plates and bowls too big for dishwasher, too chunky.

What a wonderful cottage!

Perfect for long walks on the beach and along the bougie High Street. Recommend the Cross Keys for simple but delicious pub grub, and the beachfront shacks for seafood that is so fresh, if it was any fresher, it would still be swimming. Both fish and chip shops have queues going down the high street, and a pint of Southwold is to die for. Hope future guests enjoy their time here as much as we did!