Why breakfast stops at 9:30 on weekdays
Two people, one oven and six rooms to make: how the morning works in a small guesthouse (sample).
Six rooms in a tall house on Quay Street
Quayside House (sample) is a guesthouse in an 1880s terrace, two minutes from the harbour. Six rooms on four floors, a breakfast cooked by the two of us, and a garden at the back. Tell us your dates and we tell you which rooms are free.
Check-in 15:00 to 20:00, then by key safe. Check-out by 10:30. Breakfast is in every price.
52
steps
Attic room
King + sofa bed
34
steps
Ochre room
Queen, shower
Slate room
Two singles
17
steps
Bay room
King, bath
Linen room
Double, shower
0
front door
Breakfast room
Tables for twelve
Garden room
King, wet room
Steps
Quay Street sideGarden side
The house cut open, top floor first. Steps are counted from the front door; the ringed Garden room is level from the side gate. Nobody sleeps in the hatched breakfast room.
Six rooms, one staircase
Every room has its own bathroom, a bed made with cotton sheets and a window that opens. What changes is the bed, the bathroom and how far up you climb.
Garden room
Ground floor, garden side, level from the side gate
King bed, 180 cm
Wet room with a level shower
From $135
Bay room
First floor, street side, 17 steps up
King bed, 180 cm, a seat in the bay window
Bathroom with a bath and shower
From $150
Linen room
First floor, garden side, 17 steps up
Double bed, 140 cm
Shower room
From $115
Ochre room
Second floor, street side, 34 steps up
Queen bed, 160 cm
Shower room
From $125
Slate room
Second floor, garden side, 34 steps up
Two single beds, 90 cm
Own shower room across the landing
From $105
Attic room
Third floor, under the roof, 52 steps up
King bed and a single sofa bed
Shower room under the skylight
From $160
The Bay room, first floor
The Attic room, under the roof
The Garden room, level with the garden
Example prices per room per night, breakfast for two included.
Breakfast at the big table
Owen bakes the bread, the eggs come from a farm on the Springfield road and the jam is whatever was ripe last summer. Cooked breakfasts are made to order; tell us the night before if you need to leave early.
Weekdays
8:00–9:30
Saturday and Sunday
8:30–10:00
Early start
A tray with coffee, bread and fruit, ask the night before
From 7:00
Times (sample).
A family house that takes in guests
We live on the ground floor and the guests live above us. That is how a B&B works: you have a key to the front door and your own room, and there is always someone downstairs until 21:00.
Front door key
On a wooden tag with the room’s name
Yours for the stay
After 20:00
The code comes by text on the day you arrive
Key safe
Quiet hours
Old floors carry sound
22:00–7:30
Lift
The Garden room is the one without stairs
None
House facts (sample).
How booking works here
No booking engine and no payment online: a person reads your request and answers it.
1
Send a room request
Use the form or call the house. Tell us your dates, how many of you, and the room you like, or that any room will do.
2
We reply the same day
Ines or Owen writes back with the rooms free on your dates and the price for the whole stay. Requests after 21:00 are answered the next morning.
3
You confirm by phone
Call us to confirm and give a card for the first night. That night is charged only if you cancel within 7 days of arrival (sample terms).
Prices by season
One price per room per night, breakfast for two included. Two nights at least on Fridays and Saturdays in July and August.
Room
Weeknights
Sunday to Thursday
Weekends
Friday and Saturday
Summer
July and August
Garden room
$135
$155
$175
Bay room
$150
$170
$195
Linen room
$115
$130
$150
Ochre room
$125
$140
$165
Slate room
$105
$120
$140
Attic room
$160
$180
$210
Example prices. The Attic room’s sofa bed is $25 a night for a third guest.
From the guest book in the hall
“We booked the Attic room for the view over the roofs and forgot to count the stairs. Worth every one of them.”
Sample guest, Attic room
“My mother can’t manage stairs, so we took the Garden room. Breakfast was brought to the garden table when it was warm.”
Sample guest, Garden room
Journal
Fifty-two steps with a suitcase
What the stairs in an 1880s house are like, and how we make them easier (sample).
The Saturday market, five minutes from the door
Fish, bread, cheese and the jam we cannot make enough of: a short guide to the market (sample).
Find us on Quay Street
Quayside House, 14 Quay Street, Springfield (sample). The petrol-blue door with geraniums in the window, between the bakery and the rope walk.
From the station
Down Station Road, left at the harbour
9 minutes on foot
By car
We give you a visitor’s permit, $8 a day
Street parking
The harbour
Boats, the fish market and the Saturday stalls
2 minutes
Directions (sample). (555) 018-2240, [email protected]
Ask for a room on your dates
Send a room request or call the house. We reply the same day with the rooms free on your dates and the price; nothing is booked until you confirm (sample).