Hefty Premier Inn hotel coming to central Brixton

[souljacker]

I have a business account with premier inn and stay with them pretty much weekly.

They sound proof their rooms really well especially on the newer hotels.

Where a hotel is in a town centre (such as Birmingham central or Bournemouth central) or by a really busy road they warn you of this on the website and that additional sound proofing is installed to help.

I'd be more worried about the wreck heads having after parties inside the hotel at weekends tbh [emoji1]

I stay at Premiers a lot too and agree about the noise thing. I've stayed in some that are right next to very busy roads and if the windows are shut, they are eerily quiet. You can hear other people if they are noisy in their room but outside noise is very low.

 

[editor]

Here's how it looks from Brixton Road:

 

[T & P]

I did a search on the Premier Inn website for rooms in the area in September, and it seems the Brixton branch is not available to book yet.

I was taken aback at the prices shown for other branches, even in Zone 3 areas like Wandsworth. London really does take the fucking piss when it comes to hotel prices. Far, far more than anywhere else in Europe and indeed the world. Fuck, the Tulse Hill Hotel suddenly seems affordable at £120 a night.

 

[editor]

I did a search on the Premier Inn website for rooms in the area in September, and it seems the Brixton branch is not available to book yet.

I was taken aback at the prices shown for other branches, even in Zone 3 areas like Wandsworth. London really does take the fucking piss when it comes to hotel prices. Far, far more than anywhere else in Europe and indeed the world. Fuck, the Tulse Hill Hotel suddenly seems affordable at £120 a night.

What kind of prices were you seeing?

 

[T & P]

What kind of prices were you seeing?

Over £120 per night. I know it's not that eye-watering, but IME there are plenty of budget or 3-star hotels in the Continent to be found for the equivalent of £60 or so, or even less if one is prepared to stay at the equivalent of a London Zone 3 area. In London, it just seems impossible to stay on a budget of less than £100 a night, on any recognised hotel at least.

 

[teuchter]

Over £120 per night. I know it's not that eye-watering, but IME there are plenty of budget or 3-star hotels in the Continent to be found for the equivalent of £60 or so, or even less if one is prepared to stay at the equivalent of a London Zone 3 area. In London, it just seems impossible to stay on a budget of less than £100 a night, on any recognised hotel at least.

airbnb

 

[T & P]

airbnb

True. It seems the way forward.

 

[EastEnder]

Over £120 per night. I know it's not that eye-watering, but IME there are plenty of budget or 3-star hotels in the Continent to be found for the equivalent of £60 or so, or even less if one is prepared to stay at the equivalent of a London Zone 3 area. In London, it just seems impossible to stay on a budget of less than £100 a night, on any recognised hotel at least.

Doesn't anyone stay in B&B's any more?

Loads of them are way less than £120/night.

 

[T & P]

Doesn't anyone stay in B&B's any more?

Loads of them are way less than £120/night.

There must be some in London but not that many, and I guess most people default to searching for 'hotels' when they're looking for a room in London. Especially non-Brits.

I guess Airbnb is the way forward.

 

[CH1]

"Hand-crafted rooms"! You forgot the "hand-crafted rooms."

Regarding the hand crafted rooms boutique hotel aspect, there was an exhibition last year about a proposed Z Hotel at the back of Superdrug, next to SW9 in Dorell Place. No application yet as far as I know.

 

[EastEnder]

View of the carbuncle from my bedroom window:

 

[editor]

Over £120 per night. I know it's not that eye-watering, but IME there are plenty of budget or 3-star hotels in the Continent to be found for the equivalent of £60 or so, or even less if one is prepared to stay at the equivalent of a London Zone 3 area. In London, it just seems impossible to stay on a budget of less than £100 a night, on any recognised hotel at least.

I always had them down as a relatively cheapo chain (like £70/night or something) but over £120 is well pricey.

As has been said, another reason to use AirBnB. There's a hotel guide on Buzz - if I get time I'll see what prices other hotels are asking in the area.

 

[teuchter]

Interesting doors on the white building on the left. It's good that they have some external lighting so that you can see what's happening as you plummet to the ground.

 

[Pickman's model]

View of the carbuncle from my bedroom window:

it's not as bad a carbuncle as this little horror in north finchley:

 

[Crispy]

Interesting doors on the white building on the left. It's good that they have some external lighting so that you can see what's happening as you plummet to the ground.

They'll have bars on the inside - Cheaper to build than the "Juliet Balcony" style with the bars on the outside.

 

[teuchter]

They'll have bars on the inside - Cheaper to build than the "Juliet Balcony" style with the bars on the outside.

Maybe, although it doesn't actually look like it in the photo.

Nonetheless it's good they have the external lighting and a handle on the outside just in case that guy with the rocket backpack calls by.

 

[twistedAM]

Over £120 per night. I know it's not that eye-watering, but IME there are plenty of budget or 3-star hotels in the Continent to be found for the equivalent of £60 or so, or even less if one is prepared to stay at the equivalent of a London Zone 3 area. In London, it just seems impossible to stay on a budget of less than £100 a night, on any recognised hotel at least.

There's a couple of 2 star hotels on Clapham Common that usually come in around £40-50 a night and are okay places to lay your head, and for two people it works out around the same price as dorm beds in a hostel!
They'll probably get developed at some stage though so we'll be left with chains - even the Travelodge in Penge is hard to get for under £70 and the Battersea one usually weighs in around £90.
If you do have a budget of £100-£120 it's worth taking a gamble (and Fridays are a big gamble) and booking on the day on a site like Lastminute or Bookings. I think the former has a mystery hotel which usually comes in around £100. They don't give the name but tell you the area and grading you can often get a good 4 star for that price. I know someone who does that all the time and has stayed at some great places especially on the continent.
But yeah, prices are eye-watering unless you shop around or gamble.

 

[urbanspaceman]

Very diverse mix of people at the architects behind the development.

practice

Given that Boyce Rees is based in Cardiff, what level of diversity should we demand ? Should Premier Inns hire different architects for each project, based on the ethnic mix of the architects matching as closely as possible that of the location of the planned hotel ?

 

[isvicthere?]

I always had them down as a relatively cheapo chain (like £70/night or something) but over £120 is well pricey.
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You know Brixton is changing when it costs over a long 'un to kip over the PoW.

 

[isvicthere?]

Given that Boyce Rees is based in Cardiff, what level of diversity should we demand ? Should Premier Inns hire different architects for each project, based on the ethnic mix of the architects matching as closely as possible that of the location of the planned hotel ?

Yes, that is EXACTLY what the editor is demanding!

 

[snowy_again]

You know Brixton is changing when it costs over a long 'un to kip over the PoW.

Dex was more than that when that strange music producer was involved in the boutique hotel.

 

[teuchter]

Yes, that is EXACTLY what the editor is demanding!

Maybe you can clarify the relevance of the photograph concerned.

 

[isvicthere?]

Maybe you can clarify the relevance of the photograph concerned.

I didn't post it, so why ask me?

My point was to take issue with urbanspaceman's less-than-scintillating reductio ad absurdum argument.

 

[bi0boy]

That's my favourite kind of argument.

 

[teuchter]

I didn't post it, so why ask me?

My point was to take issue with urbanspaceman's less-than-scintillating reductio ad absurdum argument.

I'm not allowed to ask the poster who posted it.

I did say "maybe" you could clarify.

But if you are as mystified as the rest of us, then fair enough.

 

[keybored]

I always had them down as a relatively cheapo chain (like £70/night or something) but over £120 is well pricey.

They are normally around £70 (much less if you catch one at the right time) but prices are ramped up for hotels in or near London. Every other chain does it too.

 

[dbs1fan]

As Keybored says, all the 'cheapo' hotel chains are not cheap at all in London

 

[isvicthere?]

I'm not allowed to ask the poster who posted it.

I did say "maybe" you could clarify.

But if you are as mystified as the rest of us, then fair enough.

I don't think either of us is remotely "mystified."

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Premier Inn isn't really a 'cheapo' chain tbh. They're reliable but characterless mid-range places, there are cheaper options wherever you are.

 

[teuchter]

I don't think either of us is remotely "mystified."

The fact that no-one can explain it is enough for me to classify it as a mystery.