Innit Joy

It is basic, but it's super cheap. I stayed for two nights as a solo trip I took myself on just to relax. I used my room to sleep and shower. Is it run down? Yes it is. But its cleaner than some expensive places I've stayed in over the years. It's quiet. I had the basement room which I thought might feel claustrophobic. But it was fine. As a solo female guest I felt safe and everything was easy from check in to check out. Also it is slap bang in the middle of everything. Short walk to the beach and short walk to the shops and restaurants. Tea and coffee in your room. A TV if like me you don't drink, so was in the room by 8pm watching movies. Fresh towels and a comfy-ish bed. It is what it is. If you pay cheap, don't expect pure luxury.

The room was not spacious. We stayed in room no.8. The building is 199 years old and that's older than floors can stay level. The tilt in room 8 is from East to West (I guess) and it made for a nice sleeping situation, as our feet were slightly higher than our heads. There was no chairs in the room (there wasn't any space for chairs). However, the slope of the floor made it somewhat comfy to just sit on the carpet, leaning against the wall. There was no possibility to get any sound on the TV, so there wasn't any sound of any other TVs coming through the walls or floor either. The bed was super clean and we did sleep very well.

This little place is quirky! Sloping floors and ceilings, but that just adds to its character. We stayed in room 9 which is on the third floor. The stairs are quite steep and narrow, so you have to be careful when lugging a suitcase up! Our room was lovely, a great size, cosy warm, clean with a comfy bed and overlooks a lovely garden square. What more do you need?! Very quiet location when we stayed. It’s certainly not a luxurious room though but we didn’t pay the Earth for it so that’s totally fine, we were more than happy! No breakfast but again, that was ok with us. You get tea/coffee, kettle, iron, ironing board and hairdryer in your room. I suppose the only niggles in our room was the shower which had a sign on saying to wait 15 minutes between showers as it was slow to drain and the toilet seat, which had the coating coming off. Neither bothered us that much though, definitely no biggie! The location is amazing, a short walk down the road and you’re at the seafront, you’re near to The Lanes and the Pier is about a 15 minute walk I suppose. Parking in Brighton is not good at the best of times so having a couple of multi-storey car parks just down the road was a bonus. Expensive though (£28 for the day) but never mind! We met Robert, the owner, when we left and he seemed a really lovely man. We did feel it lacked the personal touch a little, however, as there was nobody to greet us when we arrived, only a door code and make your own way up, but we definitely appreciate nobody can be there 24/7 in a little guest house like this!! We would definitely stay again and would like to thank Robert and his team for all their hard work.