Alexander House

Very Good
Traveller Type: Business Traveler

Very Good
Traveller Type: Business Traveler

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Excellent location, everything you need on the doorstep, independent shops, bars, takeaways, pubs, historical buildings, lovely walks. The flat is nice and spacious ,well equipped and peaceful, highly recommend.
  : Nothing to dislike.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Fantastic location and comfortable. Host more than willing to help with requests.
  : As a family we could use a washer & dryer for a longer stay but otherwise quite suitable. Could do with some minor aesthetic repairs but they were of no issue to us.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : location
  : bed was very uncomfortable, poor hot water

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : location very central
  : could have had a light on bathroom mirror for shaving.

Very Poor
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Unfortunately, nothing went well.
  : Grotty plus misrepresentation. Unusually grotty and unusually severe misrepresentation. Thats a powerful combination, and we cut short our 4-night booking as soon as we could. There was a kitchen, and almost everything in it had crumbs or smears from previous visitors on it. We didnt even want to boil water in the place. The bathroom had perhaps never been cleaned, so far as we could tell. There was a smear of a previous visitors undetermined body fluids on the wall beside the toilet. The toilet bowl showed months or years of buildup since it was last cleaned; ditto for the walls of the shower. In the living room, toenail clippings from a previous guest adorned the couch. We should have taken pictures of these things, but alas, we were in too much of a hurry to leave. But usually grottiness isnt enough to turn us away from a bad place. At Alexander House, it was their misrepresentation. Its clear that Alex has more than one unit to offer, and the nice pictures and good reviews from that place are prominent on this site. They do not resemble Unit 4 where we were assigned. We had been attracted by the sites promise of a large double bed. According to furniture shops we consulted, Unit 4's bed was the smallest possible that could still be described as a double bed. And the mattress on it was a few inches smaller than the bed frame. Our booking confirmation came back enhanced with Garden View, Desk and Free wifi. Nope, nope and nope. Why even add these things which didnt much matter to us into the communication? It displayed a fierce determination to tell us things that simply were not true. We have a long history of traveling and booking independent places. We only once before complained and left a booking early.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The apartment was very comfortable and fully equipped for all our needs. It was centrally located, easily acessible and given that we were staying over Christmas Day and Boxing Day, it was warm and homely.
  : Unfortunately, the shower in the bathroom did not work after the first day. The host did give advice on how we might fix it, but we were unable to. As we arrived on Christmas Eve, it was I guess impossible for the host to fix it, but this did make things not as comfortable or as perfect as might have been. The old bath shower connection made washing possible, but not ideal as it cut off once held above waist height.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Great location. Historic building.Good value.
  : Wi-fi wasn't working.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple