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03.01.2023 - 21:23 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The Scottish hotel where three people lost their lives yesterday was branded the "worst hotel ever" and compared to a horror film and Fawlty Towers just days before the tragedy.
Perth's New County Hotel was blasted by a number of guests in scathing reviews left on Tripadvisor. Eight guests gave the establishment one out of five on the site - known as a "Terrible" review - between November and December.
Two claimed it was the "worst hotel ever" and two compared it to the cursed guest house in John Cleese's hit 1970s comedy Fawlty Towers. One, titled 'Nope! Stay away! Turn back and don't even bother!', read: "Myself and my partner had booked a room for 1 night at the start of December.
"We were fully aware that is was a budget hotel, but going on the so called recent pics it would do us for a night. Later discovered some of the pictures were from 2016. there was a lovely aroma, cabbage is what it smelt like.
"The stair carpet is thread bear, not sure when that poor excuse of a carpet took it last breath, but I'm more than sure it was circa 1970s if not earlier. On the way to our room we passed some sort of office, cupboard which had an open bag of rubbish just sitting at the entrance.
"Continued to our room along the dark corridor, swear we were in some type of Hammer Horror film, we have made it to our bedroom, safely thankfully. On crossing the threshold of our room we both just stood there, taking in sight before us.
"I honestly have never walked into a room in such a dire state than this one, it was freezing cold. The shower was moulding, the flooring was mouldy, sinking from the years and years of neglect, the thought of showering in that sent a shudder down my spine, the overall smell was damp and despair.
"I knew we
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