Old Town Apartments

Good value for money

Up the many stairs. Not good with kids or luggage. On top of the club, so quite noisy on weekends

Good stay

Location is good and you don’t need to worry about collecting keys as it’s all codes. The beds were comfy and very clean! Unfortunately, there was no toilet rolls and it could do with a little bit of repair in places but it doesn’t impact the stay.

The kettle seemed to turn the water cloudy and there were a few holes in the wall that have been filled but not repainted. Oh and there was no toilet paper on arrival.

Apartment bigger than expected, everything that we needed was supplied and bedding and towels looked brand new

It was a bit cold in the day but as soon as we got in touch with the property they were very responsive and sorted the heating for us straight away

The hosts were responsive via WhatsApp. They addressed the central heating problem for us. The apartment is large.

The entrance door had shattered glass. The lobby and staircase were dirty with stained carpets. The apartment is large but sparsely decorated. The television in the lounge would not connect to any stations and was displaying a language I couldn’t understand after a frustrating hour or more I requested the hosts to rectify this. They did not so I resorted to watching tv on my iPad. The blinds were broken and won’t close. The kitchen cabinet doors under the sink area were cracked and swollen with peeling coating. The cups were stained. There was only one teaspoon. Crockery was mismatched - it felt like it had been pieced together from several different sets. Only 1 wine glass and two other glasses. The freezer needed defrosting badly. Broken floor tiles. Bedrooms - in the larger bedroom there were no bedside lamps. En-suite bathroom shower cabinet doors extremely difficult to open. Water from the shower trickled and was warm only. Master bathroom - cracked broken tiles on the floor which felt dangerous. No toilet roll holder so rolls were balanced on the cistern. The over bath shower barely worked and was not usable. Luke warm water. Bath tub was fine. Free parking was available but very poorly lit area at the rear. The apartment was cold and the heating could not be adjusted however the hosts did respond to my request to turn up the thermostat. All in all this felt like a very low budget accommodation and reminded me of student accommodation.

Flat is on a code and the code we were given didn’t work. This was sorted with an email and phone call The flat is basic but clean although there is a strange smell in the downstairs hallway. There was no hot water on the Saturday which was poor and not sorted that day so had to have a cold shower. The water was working on Sunday thankfully.

Decent value, but in a noisy part of town. Front door to the central apartment area was not locked upon arrival, and I had received the wrong code for the lock box that contained the actual apartment key - requiring a call to them to get the right number. They did answer the phone right away and forwarded the correct code. The parking was also off-site several minutes away, not sure that was clear in the description. Apartment had lots of space and some nice updates in kitchen and bath, but carpet in pretty poor stained condition in other areas, and smelled musty walking in.

Very comfortable and very spacious.

The general condition of the apartment isn’t great, the carpets are badly stained, the furniture is old and needs replacing and the kitchen wasn’t clean. The freezer had a half opened bottle of whiskey in it, the cupboard had half a loaf mouldy bread in it and the fridge was dirty. The main into the building wouldn’t unlock about 50% of the time and the public areas of the building are terrible and filthy. It wasn’t the most expensive apartment in Swindon but much better are available.