“We have just had a lovely week away here at Winterton-on-sea staying at Carathon.”
Our party consisted of 3 adults, 2 children (10 and 6 years) and 2 dogs.
Positives
Wow what lovely neighbours - as you look at the house the neighbours to the left were so friendly and lovely. They always chatted to us - adults, kids and dogs alike!
Ideal location - a lovely beach which is within walking distance, although due to health we did drive! £7 all day parking and dogs allowed without restrictions!
Hemsby, with its plentiful arcades and gift shops as well as yet another lovely sandy beach which dogs are again allowed on without restrictions is only a 5 minute drive away! £5 all day parking by the beach!
Also less than 5 minutes drive is a small supermarket, pharmacy and takeaways!
Local amenities are withing a short walk from the property and include a post office, convenience store, pub and chip shop!
We had chips, sausage and pies etc on our first night from here and they were delicious!
Ample space for our party size to use as a base for our holiday - we didn't feel as though we were on top of each other!
Good size front garden and nice enough to spend time in.
Ample off road parking for 2-3 cars
Plenty of crockery and utensils in the small but workable kitchen.
Finally on first impressions the bungalow was clean and tidy upon arrival and met our needs and requirements nicely.
Just a few notes for consideration -
The rear garden is rather small and stoney so wasn't really useable for our dogs and children. We didn't use it at all.
There was no washing line (which would have been handy) but we did find some pegs.
We would recommend investing in some fly traps, especially in the porch area, as due to its location the bungalow had flies in abundance!
Some small little finishing touches could be added to provide more comfort such as pegs/hooks/rails for the hanging of towels etc in bedrooms.
On closer inspection it was revealed that the bungalow could do with a good deep clean (especially the bath drain plug - water was not going down very well on our first day so we decided to clean this ourselves and found it blocked with matted hair and grime).
As said previously, it's a lovely size front garden, both our dogs and children spent lots of time out there, but this could easily be made better by adding a simple gate at the end of the driveway! This would help to make it safe for pets and children alike! Luckily we always take our metal fence away with us and so were able to make the garden secure for our stay!
On the hole we were really pleased with our accommodation and stay here! We have had a lovely week away and would happily return and recommend to family and friends!
