Abinger Guest House

Although we almost turned around upon walking down the block towards the guest house, I am glad we stayed there. Paul, the custodian, was charming and helpful, the facilities were adequate, and access to food make a simple breakfast was nice, but every room should have a fan. We appreciated the price, but will not stay there again.

The carpets smell a little bit .so needs to be cleaned throughly

On arrival, we were shown to the "penthouse", a twin room on the third floor. The large bedroom light worked, but none of the smaller, bedside lights worked, so not great at night - totally or all nothing. Floor-space in the room was significantly compromised by a dismantled wooden bed-frame cluttering up the room. The toilet adjacent to our room was ok but we were told that the shower room was not usable so we had to use one on the lower floor (which was for several other rooms). My partner and myself both needed a shower before heading out for the evening. She went first and returned to the room to tell me that the shower light turned off after 2 minutes!! I had the same experience....the light in the shower room just cuts out and i was left in pitch-black darkness, with the shower still on. Just flipping not acceptable! We were given a room key but didn't get any information about the code to re-access the property. When we came back from our evening out, we couldn't get in and were waiting around to get let in. We also were not told about the kitchen facilities being available to guests. When we were checking out, the next morning, it was only by chance that we noticed the property had a communal kitchen with shared facilities. Overall, the whole experience was very disappointing. Not being provided with a re-entry code, not being told about kitchen facilities, crap shower, unnecessary clutter in the bedroom! Very poor!!

The caretaker Paul didnt know we were coming and initially was more interested in his amazon parcels, told us the owner books people and dosent tell him (happens all the time) id booked one double and one single with 3 beds on the same floor - I got one double with single beds in the attic and my children the 3 bed a floor below us. The b&b had hostel vibes from the start. There were smashed windows, dirty bathrooms without locks, pubes on the toilet roll and bottles stashed behind the was hand basins. The linin was tired, mis matched and didnt smell clean (none of our bedding did) we went to bed dressed. There was mould in the fridges and the bins in the rooms hadnt been emptied. I was verbally abused by the caretaker infront of my children throwing wild accusations as to us leaving an unpleasant review (bringing to attention that we had been in dropped off our bags and been out all day, having come in after spending quality time with loved ones) about his services, I felt so threatened that I had to fetch my husband and I sent my children to their rooms - we didnt want to argue with him as we felt that the threat of being bedless of a large party in the middle of the night - Paul then only offering an apology (to my husband mind) upon check out after hiding and refusing to come out to take our keys - he only came out as I rang the camera doorbell twice. He then said all I can do is apologise. I TRULY DO NOT ADVISE STAYING HERE, SAVE YOUR MONEY. DISMAL, FILTHY, UNPLEASANT

I liked its layed back setup, closeness to the city centre and its cleanliness.