Astor Court Hotel

I booked this hotel on the basis that it was the most reasonably priced venue central to the places I intended to visit. On checking in I was asked for payment but was under the impression that the room had been paid for on booking; it apparently hadn't, though this had not been clear to our very thorough admin lady. I had to contact my colleague AND get them to forward an email before payment could be taken which took 45 minutes of calls (I couldn't get a reception on my iphone unless hanging out of the door or my window). I had been given room 26 which was furnished with a variety of mismatching bits and pieces. The room was a double to sleep a single and had the often popular 'two singles pushed together' bed, however this didn't function very well given that one bed was 3 inches higher than the other. The toilet was separate from the bathroom, had a pull chain which made a racket and had no handbasin nor a blind, so when using the toilet in the evening I had to keep the light switched off (glass, however frosted, is see through when it's dark out and light inside!). The bedroom window wouldn't fully close so I got the full benefit of the cold air and work going on outside. I also ended up sleeping in my clothes and using all the towels and my coat on the bed because rather than a duvet the bed had only a few sheets and a musty looking blanket which were insufficient to keep me warm. At 4.15am the person in the room above me decided to have a walk around their room for 30 minutes. How did I know this? Because their floor boards creaked so loudly that it woke me up. At 6.15am the same happened again and I gave in and got up. I have never been so glad to leave a hotel and wish I'd gone to complain. It's certainly a lesson in booking budget on the basis of a, quite frankly fabricated, website.