The NICI New Forest

A lovely apartment with views of the Solent. Nice grounds and general facilities.

Pricy drinks at the bar

Facilities

Common area of apartments looking tired. Common area carpet needs hoovering.

Lovely tudor appearance- grand entrance. Allocated parking space. Room to lock bikes. Lovely heated pool and sauna. Beautiful views to water at end if lawn. Spacious self catering apartment.

Steam room out of order. Self catering property very dated in decor and smelled musty.

I stayed in a hotel room at Elmer's Court the previous week, and found it very comfortable, especially enjoying the excellent shower at the end of a long day, but I wanted to bring some of my own food and as the hotel room didn't have a fridge I tried a room with kitchenette instead. The comparison was really disappointing. However the good points were that there is lots of space and I was able to make my own food, and it was quiet.

The cold water mains pressure was too low although the hot water was ok, so to get a warm temperature, not scalding, the hot water tap had to be turned down, and the result was just a trickle. The fridge froze my food, so I had throw some of the salads. The block, Henry Tudor, is the most unattractive building on the site, and in comparison to the up to date furnishings and function of the hotel rooms, this was really disappointing. I would have asked to be transferred to a hotel room, except that I had brought food for the stay and didn't want it to all go to waste. The leisure centre facilities were good, but even more than the previous week the changing room floors were grubby by the evening and really needed more regular hosing down. (The apartment itself was perfectly clean though). The steam room, out of use the week before, was still not up and running. It was not a fun experience, and I would avoid the Henry Tudor rooms if I were to stay here again.