Photos added & Mother's Day

We have added the photos in one of the posts below of the damage caused to some of our rooms.  As you can see, quite a lot and that isn't everything.


However we are continuing with our efforts to update some rooms and we have now finished room 216.  See the photos below and let us know what you think.

We have a coach group booked in this weekend from Blackpool Breaks for Mother's Day.  There is entertainment each evening and we still have a couple of rooms left if you want to make a last minute booking with them or direct with us.  We have also come up with a new Special Offer that has yet to be added to our online booking site but if you call or email us we can take your reservation either way.  It is for 7 nights Bed and Breakfast for £175 each person (valid until 31 August).


Finally our new brochures have been printed and delivered so get in touch if you would like one posted to you.  We are hoping to add it digitally to our website too as a PDF so will let you know when it happens.
EALT

Shenanigans!

It is quite annoying sometimes working in this industry when despite all your hard work, lots of money and years of ongoing maintenance, some people can ruin it all in one night!  We have had to eject a group booked in this weekend for damaging two of our rooms.  Both of which were recently redecorated (see posts below for evidence) and being our wheelchair accessible/family rooms are in constant demand.  However as the photos (to be added shortly - EDIT now done, see below) will show they will need a fair bit of work doing to get them back to normal.  One of rooms damaged was not even allocated to this group but they broke in, thereby ripping the door frame completely off! (see below)

This has now been repaired with a whole new frame needing to be sourced.

See further damage below (please note we have not shown everything!)

 Squashed metal bin

 The rest of the broken bin

 One of many scuffs/stains on the doors/wallpaper

 Burnt lamp shade

 Blinds ripped off the frame

 A sock covering the smoke detector - illegal and a fine-able offence!

 Thermostat broken off the radiator

 Border paper peeled off due to being soaked by discharged fire extinguishers

 The remains of the kettle thrown out of the window

The remains of the blinds also thrown out

As you can imagine we are quite disheartened, especially in such lean economic times when no one can ill afford to spend money they shouldn't have to.  Obviously we are pursuing the full repair/replacement costs from the group concerned and are considering instituting a damage deposit for groups who have not stayed with us before.


We'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this idea and what you consider to be a reasonable amount to ask for.  Obviously the deposit would be refunded when we have checked all is well with the rooms.


Let us know by leaving a comment.
EALT

Updates & Photos

As it is the off season we have started to redecorate some of our bedrooms.  The first one is on the third floor - room 305 which has had all new wallpaper, gloss and repainting ceilings and new carpets.  We have still to put the room back together but below are some photos of the new decor.

We are also working on another double on the second front - 216 which will be getting the same treatment.  A couple of photos are below showing the work in progress.  The first shows the old wallpaper and the second 2 have the new.  Still ongoing...

The last thing we are about to start on is fitting new carpets on the stairs and corridors.  Some areas are starting to get a bit worn, especially the stairs with all the traffic they see.  They should hopefully be done in the next week or two.  


We have updated our online prices to include the Illuminations.  They are only available as Special Offers due to the coach bookings we already have.  We have added another Special Offer as well so check out our website for more information and to check availability.  You can also call us direct to book on 01253 624888.  


We are open every weekend now for room only or bed and breakfast (certain dates) and Mothers Day weekend we also include evening meal.  From 2 April we are open pretty much every day until the end of the Illuminations.  If you would like to have transport included with your trip there are various coach companies booked in from all areas of the UK, so contact us to find out who will be travelling here from your neck of the woods.


Bring on Spring!
EALT  

Room Photos

We took some photos yesterday while it was still a bit grey and now that it is gloriously sunny when we go to take some more, the camera battery has died!  Ah well.  Hopefully you will still be able to see some of our new decor in the rooms.  

This is one of the smaller twins on the first floor back corridor.  Needs more light for the photo unfortunately.

 We are redecorating this single and moving around the bed - still a few bits and pieces to be done!

 These are two of our doubles located on the back corridor of the first floor.

 We are redecorating one of the triples on the first floor, so hopefully it will turn out like the other triple pictured further down! 

 This is one of the singles on the smoking corridor (second floor).

 This is one of the doubles on the smoking floor, recently redecorated and swapped from being a twin room.

 This is one of the larger twins on the smoking corridor (there are two rooms this size) and one slightly smaller.

 This is one half of the redecorated triple room on the second floor (Room 215).  

 And the other half of the room, now with bunk beds instead of a single bed with a pullout bed.

Let us know what you think by leaving a comment.  As soon as we have the other rooms finished we shall post some more photos.