Very shabby furniture, some of it broken. Side tables look to have been made with odds and ends and a few panel pins. Carpet had not been vacuumed, bathroom floor filthy, toilet seat either not cleaned or permanently stained, small double bed very uncomfortable, very noisy guests, hole in floor just outside bathroom, no sockets by beds, one socket by desk but defective (cannot get the plug right in and if you try the lights flickered). It’s room 28 if you want to go and check. Also smoking seems encouraged in the entrance way meaning either walking through smoke to get in or finding a lingering smell in the lobby.
Reasons for not being one star: bed linen clean, room very warm, staff friendly, good dog walking areas, no road noise despite it not being far away.
I get that it’s a budget hotel but I’d be embarrassed to own and rent out a property that shabby. We moved on to a hotel in the middle of Winchester that was the same price but infinitely better and will never ever stay in a Days Inn again (this was the first and last time).
We chose it because of the positive reviews so maybe we just got the worst room in the entire hotel but somehow I doubt it.