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News.com.au
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Squid Game-style hostel in Spain slammed for wild price
A Squid Game-style hostel in Spain has been slammed for charging football fans more than $4000 for the Europa League final. Disgruntled supporters from Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspurs are up in arms over the price. For a three-night stay, four adults would need to fork out a whopping £2,338 – $A4840 to stay at the Bilbao Metropolitan Hostel by BosshHotels, in Spain. It's just a nine-minute drive from the Estadio de San Mamés – the stadium hosting the final on Wednesday, May 21, which sees the two English clubs battle it out. The price for the hostel stay is from Tuesday (May 20) to Friday (May 23), according to UK media site Need to Know. Fans have likened the bedroom set up to the hit Netflix show Squid Game where contestants are forced to sleep in a warehouse full of bunk beds. 'Sleeping in Squid Game for £2,000 ($4000),' one fan commented. 'You could win 45 billion Korean Won,' another added, while a third demanded the cost was 'sickening'. Others said it 'should be illegal' to take advantage of guests. 'Surely no one's paying £2,000 for a hostel. I wouldn't even pay £200. Would rather sleep in the airport or just cope off coffee and red bull,' one person said. Need to Know has contacted Bossh Hotels for comment.
Irish Times
14-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Dublin city centre investment with full planning for 198-bed hostel seeks €3.5m
US-headquartered real estate investor and private lending firm Grand Coast Capital (GCC) is seeking €3.5 million through agent Cushman & Wakefield for number 13 Trinity Street, a ready-to-go hostel development site in the heart of Dublin 2. Located at the junction of Andrew's Lane and Trinity Street, the property comprises a part-two-storey, part-four-storey building extending to 776sq m (8,353sq ft) over basement level. While the outdoor-clothing brand Trespass currently occupies part of the ground floor under the terms of a licence agreement generating €36,000 per annum plus 10 per cent of annual turnover, vacant possession is available at short notice. Planning permission was granted by Dublin City Council in November 2023 for the development of a 30-bedroom hostel comprising 198 bed spaces. The permission allows for a refurbishment of the existing four-storey building with the addition of a new eight-storey over basement building to the rear of the site. The hostel's bedroom sizes range between 10sq m and 50sq m (108sq ft and 540sq ft), with typical hostel facilities located at ground and basement level. The permission also provides for a standalone bar and restaurant area with seating for 63 customers. This element of the scheme could be operated by the hostel owner themselves or leased to a third party. [ What will €210,000 buy in France, Spain, Montenegro, Morocco or Co Tipperary? Opens in new window ] [ Substantial period home with modern extension on sought-after stretch in Malahide for €3m Opens in new window ] While the property was originally offered to the market early last year at a higher guide price of €4 million, it was withdrawn from sale pending the resolution of a fire-compliance issue with the planning grant. An application to amend the current grant was lodged and full consent has now been granted for this amendment to the planning permission, with all compliance issues resolved. READ MORE Aerial view showing the location of 13 Trinity Street in Dublin 2 Number 13 Trinity Street occupies a prime location in Dublin's south city centre. The subject property is situated within a short walk of several of the city's most popular areas and visitor attractions including Grafton Street, Temple Bar, Trinity College and the Guinness Storehouse.
BBC News
13-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Hudswell church conversion to hostel for walkers completed
A community group has completed work to tranform a redundant church in the Yorkshire Dales into a hostel for walkers and Community Charity acquired the redundant St Michael's Church in the village near Richmond from the Church Commissioners in then, the charity has raised almost £900,000 in grant aid to pay for the conversion lodge will be officially opened on 24 May by Julian Norton, the star of The Yorkshire Vet television series, with the first guests booked in for the following evening. Hudswell Community Charity owns and runs a number of venues in the village including the pub, shop and hall, as well as allotments and an the present church dates from the 19th Century, there has been a church on the site for more than 1,000 years, according to Martin Booth.A trustee with the charity, he said they had wanted to preserve the Grade II listed place of worship, which closed in 2017, and keep it accessible."To achieve this, we needed to give it a new use that would generate an income so that we could maintain the building and we also wanted it to be an asset to the village that would support our other community-owned businesses."We are sure that St Michael's Lodge will fulfil this dream." The charity said historic features of the building had been retained, while six en-suite rooms were created, as well as a residents' lounge and dining area in the former chancel and a kitchen in the old Booth said they had restored a valuable building and also "created a warm, comfortable, and energy efficient building, with power provided by solar slates on the roof, and stored in batteries housed in the undercroft".Annie Sumner, another trustee, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: "We were very keen that when guests entered the building from the porch, they would be able to see right through to large east window and up to the wooden ceiling, so the open design and the use of a lot of glass has enabled us to achieve this."All the beautiful stained-glass windows have been retained, restored and given secondary internal glazing."The former pews have been re-used in the construction of the bunk beds and dining table and the former pulpit is reused as the reception desk." Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Yahoo
I visited a bedbug-infested hostel and couldn't stay because of what I found
A central Cardiff hostel has been forced to close after guests complained of frequent power cuts, a lack of running water and reports of bedbugs. Mrs Potts Hostel in St Mary Street described itself as a 'hostel in the heart of Cardiff which is designed for backpackers who want that warm and fuzzy feeling they get at home." But numerous guests complained and left negative reviews with reviews on describing the hostel as the 'most uncomfortable night I have ever spent' and saying it was 'rundown, dirty, and felt unsafe." Last week South Wales Fire and Rescue Service issued a prohibition notice forcing a shutdown of the building due to electricity supply issues. According to its Google listing the business is "permanently closed." READ MORE: There's a tiny Italian village hidden away in Welsh woodland, and it's not what you think READ MORE: You can get helicopter rides around Cardiff and the Welsh coast this summer for less than £50 has removed the hostel from its site pending further investigation and it is currently unavailable for guests to book. Mrs Potts Hostel is a separate business to Mrs Potts Chocolate House, also in St Mary Street. I visited the hostel just days before it closed and after spending a few hours inside found that running water and electricity were not working in most of the building and a box of food was being stored under one of the beds. Never miss a Cardiff story by signing up to our daily newsletter here. Others I spoke to also reported similar issues during recent stays at the hostel, which has not responded to requests for comment. Jordan Malthouse stayed a night at the hostel and said having visited number of hostels before he had never had a worse experience than at Mrs Potts Hostel. 'I knew it wasn't going to be luxury – I'm paying for a hostel – but I've been to all these hostels around the world and it was the worst I've ever been to," he said. The 25-year-old from Newcastle booked to stay on April 18 while on the way to a camping trip and after arriving claims he realised there was no power in most of the building. 'I checked in about 9pm. I went up, tried to plug my phone in, and there was emergency lighting only. At 10pm I went back down to say: 'I can't charge my phone'.' He claims he was able to charge his phone at reception – one of the few areas of the hostel with electricity – but had to use his phone flashlight to get around the building. Alongside electricity issues Jordan also claims there was no running water in the building for part of his stay which further added to his negative experience. 'It was just absolutely horrendous to be honest with you. The bag of rotting food left under my bed was just vile,' he said. Magda Koperska, who stayed at the hostel on April 25, claims issues with running water continued throughout her stay and was one of the reasons she ultimately cut her two-day visit short after just a day. Arriving at the hostel the 41-year-old claims the electricity was not working and that there was no running water in either her bathroom or any of the other bathrooms that she tried using. Upon arriving at 8pm she said she was unable to get inside the hostel as the access code she was given did not work when she entered it into the intercom at the front door. 'Luckily there was another guest leaving the hostel so I managed to get in through the door but the reception area was all dark. As it turned out, there was no electricity and there was nobody in reception," she said. Having hoped to shower before attending an event that evening she said she was later told by the hostel that the water was working. 'Having seen that text that everything should be working I went into the bathroom to shower but there was no water. So this is the middle of the night – 3.30am. I hadn't showered before the event – now I came back after an almost all night of dancing and I couldn't do anything either.' Raising this issue again in the morning she claims the receptionist she spoke to was 'completely uninterested." Magda added: 'I said there is no water and he sort of shrugged it off.' Magda eventually resorted to upgrading her gym membership so she was able to shower elsewhere before eventually deciding to not stay a second night – a choice she said was also driven by a lack of heating inside. 'Even though it was April for some reason it was very cold at night so there was also no heating at all,' she claims. For Magda the overall experience 'felt a bit like I was squatting somewhere' and she claims she saw 'signs of mould and rotten bits on the wall' while there. Having read a number of reviews of reported bedbugs at the hostel which had left some guests covered in bites, she said she has since felt 'paranoid' that she has brought bedbugs home with her. 'I've cleaned my house top to toe several times and I'm scared bedbugs will appear from my luggage,' she said. Both Magda and Jordan stayed at the hostel in April but issues with running water predate that. Isabella Lane, 19, stayed at the hostel for three nights between February 15 and 18 and while she didn't experience any issues with the electricity she claims the hostel had running water for only one and a half days while she was there. 'Before I went back to the hostel each night I would use the facilities wherever I was and then as soon as I woke up I would have to quickly get changed and then go out and find a café and do the same thing," she said. Having chosen the place for its good location she said that based on the images available online the hostel 'looked pretty nice' but had some idea of what to expect once inside based on online reviews. 'There was nothing else available and those that were were proper hotels that were quite expensive," she said. A spokesperson for South Wales fire service said it attended the hostel on April 29 accompanied by environmental health officers. "During the visit it was identified that there was no electricity supply provided to the fire safety equipment within the premises, such as fire alarm, emergency lighting, etc," they added. "A temporary electricity supply in the form of a portable generator had been in use. However, the fire service was informed that the power supply to the building would cease for several hours due to the generator running out of fuel. We were also informed by the environmental officer that the use of the generator would be prohibited by them due to noise pollution affecting the surrounding buildings. As a result of these findings, the fire service served a prohibition notice under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order on the premises." A spokesman for said: "At all of our accommodation partners are responsible for the information and photos that they upload to our platform as part of their listing. 'In the rare instance that we are alerted to any misrepresentations or issues with a property we immediately investigate and in this case we have suspended the property pending further investigation.' WalesOnline approached Mrs Potts Hostel for comment on several occasions and made efforts to speak with the business' director, Dr Issac Mitias, but we have yet to receive a response.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Yahoo
Major city road shuts due to serious fire
A major route into a city was partly shut as crews tackled a fire at a hostel. The fire prompted the closure of the A456 Hagley Road in Harborne, Birmingham, causing traffic to back up from B4182 Sandon Road to Meadow Road. The fire started just before 04:30 BST with at least six fire crews going to the hostel and motorists were advised to avoid the area. The road has since reopened. West Midlands Police said the fire had been put out, but officers remained at the scene. "We are working with West Midlands Fire Service to establish the cause," it added. West Midlands Fire Service and West Midlands Ambulance Service have been contacted for comment. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. West Midlands Police
