2/10 Terrible
Stuart
Business traveller, Travelled with partner
30 Sep 2023
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Good:
- The room was a good size with simple furnishing, true to pictures
- Showers are a good size but see below.
- There is a phone which directly connects to the main building reception.
Bad
- The rooms and the stairs are not soundproof at all. Noise resonates a lot.
- The doors are all heavy but the closing mechanism is very hard, and thus when they close they always bang loudly. The main house seemed to have dampened mechanisms.
- You wouldn't expect to need a notice to remind guests, yet other guests feel it is acceptable to make a lot of noise after 11pm, ignoring that other guests might be trying to sleep.
- Room 1 is right next to the external door, which is where we were, so the lack of soundproofing, selfish guests, poor door mechanisms, and noisy stairs, meant we got very little sleep.
- We complained at 1:30am and there was some respite, but the noise continued through the night.
- There is no internal door lock - it has been removed.
- Despite room amenities listing a shower/toilet, it is in fact shared. There were 3 showers and 2 toilets on our floor and the one below.
The problem with older buildings is you have to make the effort for them to be hospitable for sleeping. Astor hasn't, and thus the experience is terrible. Sorry.
Stuart
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023