Full-sized fridge, microwave, oven, dishwasher

Reviews of College Street Abode - Guest House

2 out of 5
College Street Abode - Guest House
70 College Street (Flat), Portsea, Portsmouth, England

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 10 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 10 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 10 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 10 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 10 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Jolanthe

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice guesthouse, located very convenient near Historic Docks, train station, shopping centre.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

King Shing Simon Thomas

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Hard to find - and no one heard of it
Arrived after sunset. Searched for almost 2 hours to find the place. Map provided pointed to what was a park with no buildings on it. Asked passersby, that said they lived in the area for over 20 year, never heard of the place or the address. I went into a convenience store and asked for directions - the employee never heard of the place - which was surprising, since when I finally 'stumbled' across the door when a car's headlights briefly illuminated the door, the convenience store was in the same building! No on-site service, no obvious signage, emailed directions and map was useless. did not feel secure in room. Shared bathroom (sign over the toilet said roof leaked) in a second floor flat with several 'private bedrooms' with common area living room and kitchen. Not at all what was expected. But the internet connection was very good.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Vee on 2 Oct 2022
Dear SirI am very sorry you had a bit of a bad experience finding us, but this is the first kind of review like this we have had. I cannot comment on your GPS app that you used to find us, and that it might be defective, but we have a large brass sign on the front door, and provide a description in all our welcome emails. We will review this now to see if we can do better.We always send out various contact numbers and emails that we respond to straight away, however we did not receive any communication from you on the day. We also have an external camera bell that connects with us directly.In our welcome email we describe exactly the service that we offer, also stating clearly that it does not have en-suite bathrooms and that we offer shared accomodation.We do have a small leak at present in our flat roof which we are having some difficulty in locating. We hope to have this rectifiied as soon as possible.Best regards

10/10 Excellent

Caron

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I would have preferred an en suite bathroom and only booked this because there were few options available
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Rory

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely clean apartment with all the facilities will needed to look after themselves.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Vee on 12 Jun 2022
Thanks for you commnents Rory. We appreciate it!

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Vee on 10 May 2022
Thank you Michael for your great feedback. It means a lot to our little team. A great onward journey to you.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
College Street Abode
Exceptionally clean inside. Cleaner was very helpful when we arrived. I was on a trip with my son. Downside: bed was extremely uncomfortable with the springs giving us bad backs. Some nights we were kept awake by other people until at least 1.30 in the morning. Loud noises continuously throughout the night but what I presume was a large outdoor fan
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022
Response from VN on 6 Apr 2022
Dear Ms. We are very sorry about the bad points. Our team are continually trying our best so we take your points very seriously. This is the first time I have heard about the bad bed, but I will take a good look at the situation here. On the other guests making noises in the early hours, this is largely out of our control. If you had mentioned this earlier and given us a chance, we would have gladly moved you to our larger room on the other side of the building free of charge and had a word or sent a message to the other guests. As regards the noise from the AirCon unit on the external wall, then this is once again not owned by us and largley out of our control, however we are working on a solution with the owner to have it re-positioned. More guests than not have not found the noise loud, which makes me think that the vent might have been left open in the window. Thank you for you comments in helpng us improve our service.

8/10 Good

King, London

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I liked cleaness most. But room tv doesn't work it had no channel.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Vee on 1 Mar 2020
Thank your for your response. We try to keep our standards very high and the place in top condition throughout. Thank you for stating that you liked the cleanliness. We appreciate that. Since the TVs are all Google Andriod, there is no need for a traditional ariel TV wire, since everything is over the Wifi, it does not work like a normal TV. UK TV and Radio could have been downloaded to watch regular TV. We are here to improve things going forward and we will be letting all our future guests know exactly how to download their preferred TV App from the Google Android store in order to watch TV, Netflix or otherwise. Best regards

10/10 Excellent

Rushdi Khalid

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ein sehr toller Service. Sehr nettes Personal. Alles ist mit sehr viel Liebe gestaltet besonders die Putzfrauen sind sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit,
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022