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Brilliant programme ch 4 last night under hotel inspector,lots of involvement with mfc,wish newish owners best of luck

scalehallshrimp wrote:Brilliant programme ch 4 last night under hotel inspector,lots of involvement with mfc,wish newish owners best of luck

Yes, was good, I caught up with it on Ch5

Wish the new owners all the best BUT have a lot of work to do in my opinion to smarten the place up and give it a new lease of life.

As it stands it is a throw back to the late 50's early 60's when decor concentrated on browns and other dismal colours.

Let's hope that what the TV company did to refurbish 2 of the 4 bedrooms can be carried through the rest of the establishment.

There will be a need hopefully next year when the Eden Project comes to town for reasonably priced rooms for some of the contractors on extended stay terms.

I thought that it had been taken over by a chain and they gave it a bit of a revamp a few years back or have they now pulled out.

Some of the rooms were looking in a sad state I remember Sgt Major putting a lot of time and money into the upstairs so was sad to see them looking a bit run down.

It was interesting to hear that the football club charge the pub £2500 to be the designated away pub makes me wonder if it's really worth it as most go to the Hurley Flyer anyway.

Thought the designated away pub was now the Royal on the prom? Didn’t know it used to be the York since we moved!

She just went to enquire about it and Martin said to her that other pubs were interested so the York either didn't follow it up or the Royal made a better offer.

P/T Indie wrote:I thought that it had been taken over by a chain and they gave it a bit of a revamp a few years back or have they now pulled out.

Some of the rooms were looking in a sad state I remember Sgt Major putting a lot of time and money into the upstairs so was sad to see them looking a bit run down.

It was interesting to hear that the football club charge the pub £2500 to be the designated away pub makes me wonder if it's really worth it as most go to the Hurley Flyer anyway.

Plus VAT don’t forget which at 20% is another £500 so basically it’s £3000 because I doubt they can claim it back IMO that’s a hefty charge to be an away supporters pub. I notice he quoted last seasons away support (don’t blame him because it’s true) but this will drop significantly this season so I guess the York have opted against it as not viable especially as Alex’s eyes popped out when he quoted that lol Showed us in a good light tho so well done all but the York was in a very sorry state although marked improvements at the end and with further work could make a very good but budget establishment

nobbyshrimp wrote:

P/T Indie wrote:I thought that it had been taken over by a chain and they gave it a bit of a revamp a few years back or have they now pulled out.

Some of the rooms were looking in a sad state I remember Sgt Major putting a lot of time and money into the upstairs so was sad to see them looking a bit run down.

It was interesting to hear that the football club charge the pub £2500 to be the designated away pub makes me wonder if it's really worth it as most go to the Hurley Flyer anyway.

Plus VAT don’t forget which at 20% is another £500 so basically it’s £3000 because I doubt they can claim it back IMO that’s a hefty charge to be an away supporters pub. I notice he quoted last seasons away support (don’t blame him because it’s true) but this will drop significantly this season so I guess the York have opted against it as not viable especially as Alex’s eyes popped out when he quoted that lol Showed us in a good light tho so well done all but the York was in a very sorry state although marked improvements at the end and with further work could make a very good but budget establishment

They will be V.A.T. registered so will be able to claim the £500 as a V.A.T. input and deduct it when they make their V.A.T. payment to HMRC.

Gone_Shrimping wrote:

nobbyshrimp wrote:

P/T Indie wrote:I thought that it had been taken over by a chain and they gave it a bit of a revamp a few years back or have they now pulled out.

Some of the rooms were looking in a sad state I remember Sgt Major putting a lot of time and money into the upstairs so was sad to see them looking a bit run down.

It was interesting to hear that the football club charge the pub £2500 to be the designated away pub makes me wonder if it's really worth it as most go to the Hurley Flyer anyway.

Plus VAT don’t forget which at 20% is another £500 so basically it’s £3000 because I doubt they can claim it back IMO that’s a hefty charge to be an away supporters pub. I notice he quoted last seasons away support (don’t blame him because it’s true) but this will drop significantly this season so I guess the York have opted against it as not viable especially as Alex’s eyes popped out when he quoted that lol Showed us in a good light tho so well done all but the York was in a very sorry state although marked improvements at the end and with further work could make a very good but budget establishment

They will be V.A.T. registered so will be able to claim the £500 as a V.A.T. input and deduct it when they make their V.A.T. payment to HMRC.

Okey dokey
To an establishment with little funds available tho this is a no no imo far better to just post on the opponents supporters websites a week or 2 before the game. Good luck to them tho

P/T Indie wrote:I thought that it had been taken over by a chain and they gave it a bit of a revamp a few years back or have they now pulled out.

Some of the rooms were looking in a sad state I remember Sgt Major putting a lot of time and money into the upstairs so was sad to see them looking a bit run down.

Yes mate, Bravo Inns sold it during the pandemic.

Bit rich of the incumbents to say it was a dive before they took over... I disagree. If anything, it seemed to become a bit of a dive after they took over... as the state of the rooms showed!

If they are decorating it ready for Eden north itll need redoing by the time it opens in say ...5 years at best.

mrpotatohead wrote:If they are decorating it ready for Eden north itll need redoing by the time it opens in say ...5 years at best.

If the bigger coach party type hotels between The Clocktower and The Strathmore Hotel haven't been returned to General Public use before then, then I doubt that the Eden North project will have a future.

And as Lancashire County Council and Lancaster City Council have an interest in the Eden North Project, how about replacing that ripped-up rag of a Union Jack from the flag staff on Morecambe Town Hall and replacing it with a new plastic coated Union Jack that will fly proudly.

Scouseport_Shrimp wrote:

mrpotatohead wrote:If they are decorating it ready for Eden north itll need redoing by the time it opens in say ...5 years at best.

If the bigger coach party type hotels between The Clocktower and The Strathmore Hotel haven't been returned to General Public use before then, then I doubt that the Eden North project will have a future.

And as Lancashire County Council and Lancaster City Council have an interest in the Eden North Project, how about replacing that ripped-up rag of a Union Jack from the flag staff on Morecambe Town Hall and replacing it with a new plastic coated Union Jack that will fly proudly.

The Home Office have given notice to The Strathmore that their contract ends on 31 January 2024 so it will be returned to general public use after that date. I would think it will need a deep clean as soon as vacated.

I don't know if the Home Office are still using that dreadful Ibis/Travel Lodge Hotel in Lancaster.

Gone_Shrimping wrote:

Scouseport_Shrimp wrote:

mrpotatohead wrote:If they are decorating it ready for Eden north itll need redoing by the time it opens in say ...5 years at best.

If the bigger coach party type hotels between The Clocktower and The Strathmore Hotel haven't been returned to General Public use before then, then I doubt that the Eden North project will have a future.

And as Lancashire County Council and Lancaster City Council have an interest in the Eden North Project, how about replacing that ripped-up rag of a Union Jack from the flag staff on Morecambe Town Hall and replacing it with a new plastic coated Union Jack that will fly proudly.

The Home Office have given notice to The Strathmore that their contract ends on 31 January 2024 so it will be returned to general public use after that date. I would think it will need a deep clean as soon as vacated.

I don't know if the Home Office are still using that dreadful Ibis/Travel Lodge Hotel in Lancaster.

I imagine they still are using the Ibis since I've not seen it pop up on booking.com or elsewhere in quite a while. Shame really since it was a decent budget hotel in a great location.