Review of Cherwell Guest House 3*

Pros: Front Desk staff were always very pleasant and helpful, clean sheets, TV, "Tea and coffee in room", relatively clean room. Very Cheap. Cons: Everything else. The walls here are PAPER THIN. Honestly the sound dampening from the walls was 3/10, but from the DOOR, it was 0/10. I could literally hear every single word of every person from the lobby to the other floors and hallways. It was like they were in our room. We asked to switch rooms but were told all other spaces were booked. Also, take note, most of the guests staying here are younger and come back to their rooms around 2am screaming and yowling about their great night. Every night we had to tell other guests to please be respectful of the hour. I stayed here in December, it's cold out. Yet the heat seems to be set for some kind of crazy schedule. We actually weren't the only guests to complain because I could hear the other units complaining about the heat and going to the front desk to complain. (through the walls…) From what I could tell the heat was set to turn on around 5pm, then turn off at 10pm. That's right, 10pm. I would go to bed absolutely freezing, forget getting up to use the loo, no heat at night in December? Still frozen in the morning too because I'm assuming the heat doesn't come on even early hours. Would be nicer if I could take a nice hot shower to warm up but the water was luke warm, and I waited and checked for a good 7 minutes before getting in (for reference, I took a shower at 11am, so there should be hot water, and we slept in till 11 because we couldn't get any sleep the night before). Bed was all springs, I actually woke up to my legs all pins and needles almost every night. The hot water kettle in our room was certainly new and clean, but the cord didn't reach the outlet from the table it was on. I had to put it on the floor near another outlet to use it. I also couldn't refill it because the sink is too small to fit the whole kettle. Honestly, this place is much better suited for the types of people coming home from a pub crawl to stay one night and then leave. If you're staying in Oxford (especially in the winter) to enjoy the architecture and history then I would stay somewhere else…