Locating Dover Town Rooms presents something of a challenge. Google maps does not acknowledge the existence of Eastbrook Place, which appears to be part of another road, Maison Dieu Road, and actually has Dover Town Rooms marked at no. 3, not no. 5.
It is quite easy, if coming by car, to sail past the property heading towards the end of a busy one-way street with 2 lanes, as one concentrates on negotiating the intersection ahead, wondering if you have simply missed it, or whether it lies further ahead beyond the traffic lights. Nor is it particularly easy to identify the number 5. Do not make the mistake, as I did, of imagining that there might be a helpful sign outside saying 'Dover Town Rooms'. There is merely a darkly painted door with a number 5 on it.
Check-in was something of an ordeal, and not an experience I would choose to repeat in a hurry, requiring photos of driving licence, uploads to a website, full address, email, phone number (no autofill), etc etc.
That completed, I arrived and was greeted by a rat scuttling along the pavement and into a vent hole - though admittedly it seemed to be resident at the adjoining property, no. 4. Armed with various codes, I was able to gain entry, at which point things began to improve. The hallway was brightly lit - almost too brightly - and appeared to have been the recipient of large amounts of white paint recently applied. Following a brief tussle with the key box outside my room, I found myself in what was quite a pleasant