Carrington House Hotel

What was good

The buffet was easily accessible and the location was very convenient.

What was bad

The staircase was covered in gaffer tape to cover holes in the carpet, one of which I got my foot caught in and tripped up when trying to get back to my room. One of the ceilings near near our room was obviously water-damaged, mouldy and in dire need of fixing. The windows in our room were mouldy and filthy, the furniture was outdated, didn't match the rest and was damaged in places. The taps in the bathroom were from two different styles and didn't match. Trying to use the shower wasn't fun either. One of the most ridiculous things we encountered was our actual door card key: it had to be put in upside down to the way you would expect and the diagrams were actually showing you. My companion and I seriously thought we'd have to traipse down three flights of stairs to get it fixed until we decided to get creative. Parking was tricky. Though I was able to park easily when I arrived, getting back out onto the road was a nightmare. Finally, because it was a particularly hot day when we got there, I had expected to find some kind of air conditioning to help ventilate the room. Instead, the hotel staff had left all the windows open and I dug out a small, half-falling apart fan from the wardrobe. After fixing this, we then had to keep it on all night with the windows open, which naturally didn't allow us much sleep with all the noises from outside waking us up every few hours. This hotel doesn't deserve a 3 star rating, perhaps a 2 at most.