The Gate Cottage

Location of the property very good. View of Church opposite. Short walk into town and good choice of places to eat. Close to a free car park.

More kitchen equipment.

Proximity to town was great.. nice pub The Swan is virtually next door. Cute, compact & bijou upside down cottage. Bedroom on ground floor and sitting room upstairs. Lovely view of village church opposite. The village is super lovely & a great base to travel around.

Smaller than expected, no cooking facilities other than a microwave.. OK as we ate out.. The narrow staircase was quite steep..The shower tiles could do with bleaching .. a bit marked but nothing major.. Not much hot water.. seemed to run out quickly.. not enough for consecutive showers for hubby & I.

Gate Cottage is in a cracking location, in the centre of beautiful Thaxted. Directly opposite the church. There are a number of local pubs and restaurants in easy walking distance from the cottage. We ate two nights at Parishers which we can heartily recommend, although they don't do late evening table times -more like 1830/1900/1930 etc. They also accommodated gluten free for me as a Coeliac. Thaxted is a lovely place to be in. Instructions were clear and we unloaded the car on the cobbles, parked in near by Margaret Street Car Park and walked back (2 mins). Likewise when we checked out, we left our luggage inside the door, parked on the cobbles again and loaded the car. Noise over night wasn't bad at all but you are aware of the traffic through the day.

We felt that the cottage had the absolute bare minimum of stuff in it which either suggested extreme penny pinching by the owners or just lack of time to properly check before we checked in but it did detract a little from our stay. We had just one loo roll which ran out after a day and a half so we resorted to tissues! There was a teaspoon of washing up liquid left in the bottle, so had a to buy a bottle and the hot water ran out after a day, so had a lukewarm shower. The cutlery and some of the crockery was dirty and there was a revolting well used dish washer sponge (how expensive is it to replace the dishwasher sponge?) under the sink, and a solitary j-cloth. Cooking is restricted to a toaster and a microwave plus the kettle. There were a few tea bags and some coffee sachets but I have had more in a Premier Inn! We were maybe spoiled as our last accommodation in Wales had fresh milk, bread and even orange juice left by the owner. The TV didn't appear to be connected to the Wifi so had to set this up and even though we got Netflix on night one we couldn't get it on night 2. There is also Amazon Prime that you can use. There doesn't appear to be a live TV connection - all streaming.

Very conveniently located n overall comfortable

It's fully self catering so there wasn't any basic tea, coffee etc provided although upon asking, host kindly gave me couple of tea bags n coffee /milk sachets. Fortunately, shops still open so managed to get some. Also, hot water switch was off on arrival. Matter sorted the following morning. Not an issue but such matters shd be checked before guests arrive. Also no where to hang clothes. However, overall, it was fine. Some small tweaks n it would have been excellent.

It was quaint. Well positioned, as we were attending a wedding. It is comfortable and very clean.

No hot water, couldn't have a shower, boiled the kettle, for a wash. It really needs sorting out, it was its only fault, but unfortunately a big fault.

Cute little place Really comfy bed Hosts were amazing Loads of food spots about

Hot water didn’t get very hot and tan out quick (minor thing must have been bad timing)