Laurels

A nice welcome to this wonderful B & B/guest house set in beautiful surroundings. The accommodation was very clean & a lot of attention to detail. A very comfortable bed with excellent quality mattress! Stan & Trish put on & cooked us a delicious breakfast all sourced locally that set us up for the day! Nothing was too much trouble! Good arrangements for guests wanting to come home a little later in the evening (we visited a friend locally & got chatting away!) Would definitely recommend & would stay here again, Thank you both! 🙏😊

Hi,I have just spent 3 wonderful nights at Laurels.This B&B is perfect and spotlessly clean,nothing was to much trouble for the owners Stan and Patricia,the breakfast was wonderful and the rooms comfortable and clean.They are so hardworking and the B&B is a credit to them.Ignore any negative comments as this is a beautiful relaxing place to be.I will miss our little chats over breakfast,are the cats missing me?.Once again thankyou to both of you.I highly recommend,tell Stan to keep chasing the starlings off.

One word superb, wonderful hosts , very well appointed room, super breakfast. From the moment you walk in you are aware you are going to have a quality stay. Thinking of staying anywhere else ?? Well don't it's that good.

Our home from home stay We booked the laurels via my work employee benefits portal but had a look at a few reviews prior to visiting. Let me tell you how relaxing and quiet this stay was. The owner Stan met us at the door when we arrived, was friendly and sociable. The house was immaculate and extremely well presented. Guests have the ability to use the main lounge and a tasty breakfast is served in the morning in the dining room. There was a great selection of food and it was fresh and tasty and cooked to our preference. Our room was the luxury deluxe double and was very comfortable and clean with some little luxury additions of body wash and lotion ( and essentials for the ladies ) The queen bed and pillows enable a lovely deep sleep. The en-suite was a wet room and hot water on tap with some super soft bath towels. I had three showers and hot water available at each time. The brilliant furnishings and home comforts of the room added to the relaxing stay. However I must comment on the host’s Stan and Tricia. They made our stay all the more enjoyable their obvious high standards and pride of their BnB is extremely evident and is the main reason we will be back again in the future. They are extremely communicative and I felt they were available during our stay for anything we needed. We had struggled to get a taxi due to the village location and Stan advised us he would have fetched us. ( next time we will arrange this, Thanks Stan ) The little added touch of the purified water in the decanter in the fridge and the tray of biscuits and selections of tea and coffee in our room felt like a luxury. The Dyson fan was a great addition during a warm evening. The Laurels is a lovely beautifully decorated and well situated place to stay . If you are looking for a home from home break then look no further than the Laurels because it has all you need. I would highly recommend it. See you again soon Tricia and Stan. Ari and James

Following all the reviews we read, we thought this would be a perfect stay for our wedding accommodation, as we were getting married at Braintree Town Hall. Upon arrival, following a three-hour journey, we were shunned for turning up late, which couldn’t be avoided due to traffic on the M25. We checked in, and we expected to be able to relax a little while, unpack etc, but the main host was adamant in detailing about the accommodation. We of course, could see that the hosts were very proud of their beautiful home, but we felt that this was not the time, especially before out wedding night!! They were very accommodating with a bottle of prosecco, in the fridge, but due to the long journey we were also hungry, so my partner (now husband!) wanted to go out locally and pick some food up and another bottle of wine. We were instantly told there was no shops locally, even though there was, and we were made to feel uncomfortable for doing this. Following return from the shop, I had to ask twice for the hot water to be put on for the shower, as needed to have my hair washed/dried prior to my stylist coming the next day. Consequently, using the hairdryer, led to the hosts knocking on the door and telling us to keep the noise down, as there was a family leaving very early the next day. We was very apologetic, but what we couldn’t understand was that we were told, that there could be not any families staying, which meant I couldn’t even have my step daughter staying overnight with us!! On the morning of our wedding, I went downstairs to let in the stylist, immediately both hosts told her not to make any mess, and make sure she had a mat as otherwise would be £100 to pay. I felt extremely uncomfortable as did my stylist and this ruined part of my morning. Furthermore, my now husband had asked them kindly if they could bring up a croissant and coffee later on in the morning for me to have, during my hair/makeup. I got a knock on the door after 9am, and one of the hosts just walked in and demanded to know why I hadn’t come down for breakfast!! Finally, when we had finished getting ready, I came out to one of the other hosts in the neigbouring bedroom, just wearing his boxers and wanted to know when my step son was arriving, so he could be checked in, despite being told all this information the night before. Following my mother-in-law and father in law arriving, to collect my step son and daughter and his partner, there was no welcoming and the hosts were very hostile. They were asked within a couple of minutes of their arrival, ‘what were they doing there!?’ Thankfully following this my husband and I had a lovely day. The following morning, my husband and his family went down for breakfast, I chose not to, as to be fair I was feeling quite hungover as to be expected!! Immediately I was criticised by the hosts for not coming down for breakfast. Prior to us leaving, we again were criticised for coming back very late from our wedding (11pm) and that I was r

Unfortunately the owners of this average property are rude pretentious snobs without the faintest idea of how the hospitality industry works. I cannot tell you how many times these two ridiculous ignorant people offended myself or people in my party... The house is average and the owners don't want you there.. Do NOT fall for Stans lies about being much cheaper than the local taxis.. These people are unhygienic rude arrogant liars and they ruined my wedding weekend