1. So we arrived during less-than-average weather conditions, but still that didn't excuse the instant feeling of 'do we really have to sleep here?' Ok, so the 3 rooms we saw all seemed to have contained the original (badly) repainted furniture from the 1960's which could have been great in a shabby chic kind of way, had it not been for the smell, stains, and even holes in the soft furnishings.