To say that I was disappointed with, the Station Hotel in Ipswich is the greatest understatement of the century, the ‘hotel’ is a disgrace and absolute hovel of a place which I would not make my worst enemy reside at.
When you climb the stairs to the accommodation this hovel of a place to stay reveals itself, the corridors and hallways are very rundown and have a desperate requirement for a clean let alone a coat of paint and some maintenance.
The room was awful, if I could have found another place to stay in the locality I would not have stayed it was astonishingly poor, in terms of décor, maintenance and upkeep.
This manifested itself when I noticed a hole in the wall, the ancient worn out furniture, the stained wall above the electric heater, the lack of any bedside lighting, the television did not have an aerial therefore it only had BBC channels to watch, even though the room benefited from wardrobe yet with no clothes hangers it was rendered it useless, the hot tap over the basin was not connected to the water supply therefore there was no hot water, the only window in the room had single glazing and with so many gaps in the frame the cold air from outside streamed in the room making it impossible for the small electric heater to heat the room, the old mattress on the bed made for an uncomfortable nights sleep not helped due to a thin duvet and worn out pillows… I could add more...