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"Very spacious and well appointed house in ideal position for our interests in walking and birdwatching."
We never needed to use our cars during our 4 night stay. We enjoyed hearing the nightingales 100yds from the front door and meals in the Bell and the Anchor in the village. The glass jug of the cafetière was missing when we arrived but another cafetière was delivered to us the next day. We didn’t cook but noted there isn’t much cupboard space in the kitchen for storing food.
Reviewed by Martin5.0★Apr 2025
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"We booked this for a big birthday."
family and friends came some stayed and some just visited for the day - the house has a wonderful homely feel. The garden is huge with so many little areas to explore.
The house is situated on the edge of heath walk so close the bridge over to southwold and perfect for walks to the pubs and sea in walberswick.
So quiet with deer in visiting every day along with a fox once.
Reviewed by Barbara5.0★Mar 2025
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"Super stay!"
Fabulous location and gorgeous house. Beautiful gardens. Everything very well maintained and thought through. Excellent quality of accommodation. Bring additional logs if you want to have a fire straight away as house was cold when we arrived (had driven through a snow storm!) Can walk to the pub/ coast etc and fabulous bakery/ deli in the village. Would highly recommend.
Thank you for your feedback. Many apologies for the lack of logs and cold house on arrival, that is not how it should be. I will talk to the cleaners.
I hope you had a lovely week
Property Owner
Reviewed by Emma4.4★Feb 2025
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"The property exceeded expectations."
We would book this property again.
Reviewed by Daniela4.7★Dec 2024
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"We have returned to Durdans for a few years now, just because it is perfect for our needs."
Its position is ideal, close to Southwold, we park the cars and walk everywhere. The house and gardens are amazing, perfect for the dog. We will, no doubt, return again next year.
Reviewed by Gill5.0★Sep 2024
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"Had a super Christmas stay at Durdans ."
It is a beautiful house in a wonderful location. The house was clean and well equipped and the Christmas decorations and tree were lovely.
We had everything we needed for our festive break, including a fantastically generous welcome pack including lots of goodies from the local deli . We will definitely stay again .
Reviewed by Emma5.0★Dec 2023
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"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.
Many apologies for the issues you raise. These have all been addressed. In addition we have made a number of changes and improvements to the house. This includes a completely new cleaning team who are excellent and it's made a huge difference, the house feels loved and well cared for. I am very sorry you won't be with us this year, but hope you might try us again next year.
Property Owner
Reviewed by Rupert3.4★Dec 2023
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"We had concerns in relation to previous comments re cleanliness but this was no issue whatsoever."
The family had a great stay and we would recommend the property. Our only comment would be we spent the whole week in the lovely kitchen due to the standard of the sofa in the lounge. We had a great stay but feel it may be time to upgrade the lounge seating to make it more welcoming. A great house, perfect location, would recommend. Thank you
Thank you for your comments. We have made several improvements to the house including a reupholstered sofa in the lounge, so I do hope you will return and find it more comfortable
Property Owner
Reviewed by Neville3.8★Oct 2023
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"The property has the potential to be a 4 star as published however our party of 6 were extremely disappointed with the overall cleanliness which would reduce our overall rating to 2 star i."
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Dead flies under the bread bin , oven not cleaned internally , fridges and freezers not cleaned internally , Dog hairs over soft furnishings in Lounge .
Also in particular, the cushions of the sofas in the main lounge either need replacing or at the very least a deep clean as there was an unpleasant 'musty' smell that pervaded the ground floor even after we had aired the property, hoovered everywhere , dusted the hard surfaces and sprayed febreze on the soft furnishings. None of this made for a relaxing holiday !
Thank you for taking time to feedback this is obviously unacceptable, I do apologise. In the meantime we have appointed a completely new cleaning team. So far they have been excellent and the house feels cared for again, they even arrange the inside of the kitchen cupboards and drawers. I think you would find the house transformed.
Property Owner
Reviewed by Michael2.5★Sep 2023
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"Perfect house in a perfect position for all the main attractions like southwold, long dog walks and excellent pubs."
Quiet, relaxing and didn’t drive the car for the whole 5 days. 2nd time we’ve stayed at durdans and we will definitely be staying again and recommending.
Reviewed by Gill4.7★Sep 2023
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"Beautiful house and garden in an ideal location."
Best of Suffolk very helpful and easy to get hold of.
Reviewed by Pippa5.0★Mar 2023
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"Very well equipped house which comfortably accommodated our party of 3 generations."
The large kitchen dinner provided a wonderful social space. Great supply of games, books etc. The property has extensive well maintained grounds.
Reviewed by Susan4.1★Dec 2022
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