Where to stay?

anotherparent
Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:42:52 +0000

I just got back from my 5 night stay at the I-House, and thought I would give a review.

Positives:
Our room was $80 a night, and there was no tax on that. We got a $3 voucher for each day for the snack bar.
Great location if you want to hang out in Hyde Park (which we did).
Amazing building - fun to explore.
Clean
Quiet (that might be because most of the students had not yet arrived - but the walls are thick)
Linens were of good quality - including the towels.

Negatives:
Bed was uncomfortable. Pillows so-so.
Room was very small. These are converted dorm rooms. It has a queen sized bed, so there is no room for a chair. Plenty of closet/drawer space, though.
No A/C - which was not a problem last week.
Bathrooms down the hall.
This place would be difficult if you cannot handle a few steps. There are elevators, but in some places, you will need to go down/up steps to get to them. There are ways around this, but it is complicated enough.

Random comments -

The floor has a larger mens bathroom, and a small woman’s bathroom (one toilet, one shower). Next to the women’s bathroom is an elevator. This is the 8th floor. You can go up to the 9th floor where there are two women’s bathrooms, one big, one small. The smaller one has a big shower, and lots of windows for good ventilation. There is a second, hidden woman’s bathroom on the 8th floor. When you get into the elevator, press 8R, and the back door will open, step out. You are now in another, smaller wing. There is a bathroom (with a bathtub/shower) on this floor. This amused me.

On the 9th floor the emergency staircase says “access to 11th/12th floors.” We had fun speculating what happened to the 10th floor.

Many of the door knobs are old brass knobs specially made for the I-House with their insignia.