Our second stay at Cathedral House and itâs perfect for our needs. The owners are extremely accommodating and communication with them is effortless. If you need close proximity to the Cathedral and donât mind a bit of late night noise from the nearby nightclubs then youâd be hard pressed to find a more convenient place to stay. Last time we stayed (4 years ago) it was just us and our six month old baby, this time around we had both our kids with with us (now 4 and 5) and they slept through all the noise so it really wasnât that bad, but some may find it less then ideal.
Nice place to stay easy walk to the city center and Riverside.
Might be difficult for people with mobility issues as stairs are very steep
Overall a very good experience/place to stay.
Lovely house, everything you need. Here to visit family. Visit to Norwich cathedral which is beautiful. Lovely Riverside walks. All the shops and places eat in city centre.
This property was very comfortable and great location. The stairs are very steep and could be a problem for some people. The instructions for access could be better as there is a wooden door to the courtyard that you have to go through first in order to get to the side kitchen door, which is the door to access. We buzzed a neighbor and she showed us. She said this happens repeatedly and it is not great to be bothering the neighbors.. It was never easy to contact the owner as we had to go through VRBO and that required a new code each time. Would have preferred direct access via text/phone. We ran into problems with the washing machine and our clothes got locked into the machine. Owner was unavailable to assist and this caused some stress as he said he wouldn't be able to help us for 24 hours. That was a problem Finally got them out by unplugging the machine but he could have been more helpful. I don't think he knew how to operate the washing machine himself. Otherwise, after that crisis, it was fine and we were happy with it.
We enjoyed our stay and the location midway between the rail station and the city center. Only issue was an occasional smell of sewer but we noticed there was street work so maybe that. Stairs are extremely steep, if you have any mobility issues this isn't for you. Pub at the corner was concerning, a rough crowd that I'd avoid day or night. Bedrooms need blinds.
Very charming and adorable. Itâs close enough to walk to pretty much everything and 2-3 mini marts very close to get food. We had 2 issues but nothing that could have been helped. 1-close to a bit of a party street and at night it got very loud til after 4am. 2-no a/c and it got pretty warm in the house⊠having to sleep with the windows partly open to get so air made the noises from street harder to sleep. I did finally ask for a fan and we got 1 but had 2 rooms. We should have asked for fan(s) sooner. We did very much enjoy our stay overall, we walked from train station to the flat, were able to cook, do laundry and having a view of cathedral from both bedrooms was great!
The house and decor is charming, we discovered walking back one evening the surrounding area to be a little uncomfortable. This was easily remedied by taking an alternative route via the Cathedral area. The house on the surface was very well presented but the floor in the kitchen, and part of the bottom of the cooker looked like it needed a deep clean.
Great spot if you are catching the train into Norwich.
That said we loved the house, itâs location and Norwich.
A nicely renovated terraced house, 2 rooms down and up, happily the bath is upstairs next to bedrooms. Very well taken care of, great shower and toasty warm when the temperatures dipped. The hosts were very responsive- would stay there again !!
Great little place almost in the grounds of Norwich Cathedral. We used it mainly as a base for days out in Norfolk and Suffolk but also had a lovely wander around Norwich with the kids on a rainy day, visiting the Cathedral, food market and and shops. The property itself is clean, nicely decorated and well equipped with everything a family would need, including a reliable, high speed internet connection, washer, dryer etc. It is a typical smaller Victorian house with a steep and fairly narrow central staircase, but it was perfectly fine for two adults and three under tens. Less mobile visitors might struggle with getting up and down the stairs though. Being city centre, parking is restricted directly outside of the property however there is a multi storey 2-3 mins walk which cost us about ÂŁ6 a day and always had plenty of spaces available. There's a Tesco Metro and Budgens just round the corner and a variety of other places to eat out. All in all, highly recommended either for a couple of days visiting Norwich or longer periods as a base for exploring further afield.
Great location - a couple of minutes walk to the area round the cathedral. The house is small but comfortable and makes the perfect base to explore Norwich. Parking at the nearby Rose Lane car park was convenient. Norwich itself is lovely and has a wide range of excellent restaurants.
We had a lovely stay in this property. It was very clean, well equipped and clear, helpful and good communication with the owners. It is perfectly located to explore Norwich and as a base to do day trips around Norfolk and Suffolk.
We had a great stay at Cathedral House. The property was perhaps slightly smaller than we were expecting but that wasn't a problem - the main thing was that it was very clean and suited our needs perfectly as two adults and a toddler. The owners made sure there was a highchair and stairgate available at the property which was helpful. The parking at the Rose Lane is nearby and very convenient. There's a lot of takeaway food places at the top of the street and a Tesco Express, with a Morrisons only a very short drive away too for getting supplies. Norwich city centre is only about a 10 minute walk up the hill and we spent the day at the coast which was only a 35 minute drive away. Thanks for a great stay!
Rebecca S.
8/10
Renting process good, no problems.
On arrival didn't see any parking/unloading permit for 4 hours as stated in the details.
Some of the crockery and cutlery we dirty.
But apart from these two minor issues, the stay was good. Location good for access to the city.
Property was good, clean and comfortable although a bit chilly at times.
All in all a good stay.
Steve N.
10/10
Accurately represented and absolutely value for money in well located part of Norwich
Graeme and Collette were great, and very helpful. The house was comfortable and we'll laid out. The location was good for us, but the area was very noisy on Friday and Saturday night, due to the close proximity to the club district. The bedrooms could do with blackout blinds
Ruth G.
10/10
Wir hielten uns zu zweit fĂŒr eine Woche hier auf und haben uns schnell daheim gefĂŒhlt. Die Lage ist super, die Kommunikation mit dem Vermieter ĂŒber mail unkompliziert.
Ich kann mir auch einen Aufenthalt mit bis zu vier Personen vorstellen, mit mehr Leuten wĂŒrde es mir zu eng, v.a. auch im Bad.
Alles hat gut funktioniert. Unsere Anregung wĂ€re, zwischendurch einen intensiven "FrĂŒhjahrsputz" bis in die Schubladen und Ecken einzuplanen, dann wĂ€re der Ort perfekt!
Lovely property in a lovely city. We were very pleased with our stay, great interior design I commend your taste.
Only two negatives. Mattress ready for renewing and needs a bigger couch in the living room, it would not be a cosy room if four adults were to stay. If it hadnât rained so much we would not have spent as much time in as we did and probably wouldnât have made the couch comment.
Michael S.
10/10
Had a great long weekend, clean, well equipped and with warm comfortable beds. Central to everything, plenty of restaurants and pubs/wine bars to choose from. Can highly recommend and hope to stay again
Lovely and well- equipped home in a great location with a short and pleasant walk into central Norwich . Graham and Collette were very helpful before and during our stay . Car parking was easy with a secure multi-storey car park nearby .
....but the week was a disaster: the house was not clean upon arrival, there was an attempt to unlock the door after I had settled in; the heating dident work, because the WIFI dident work and it took good Graham three days to organise the latter.
The little house is near the station and the neighbourhood favoured by students, thus maybe if that had been known in advance it would not have come as such a surprise, that as of 6pm the house next door seems to serve as a discotheque with endless booming hard disco sound, endless and always the same beat; and poor Graham tried to solve that one too.
In short, not an experience one would wish to repeat, despite an owner who tried to solve each and every one of the disasters.
The house was lovely, very stylishly decorated and had everything we required. It was also very handy for access to the town with a Tesco Express- just a few minutes away.