The Village Inn Motel

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 31 Jan 2012 rated 1 out of 10.

After arriving to the village inn motel in lively ontario. It didn't take my wife and I long to realise how bad this room was. No proper heat. No phone in are room.bathroom very dirty.Hole in the floor in the bathroom,in front of the toiled.This is the first time We have stayed at this motel,and it certainly will be the last time.

Positives: This could be a good motel,with proper management,proper cleaning and repairs done.

Negatives: Was told by management that the reason their was no phone in any of the room was becauce they were up grading the rooms and the phone,and that was why ???????

Reviewer: Not provided on Fri 18 Feb 2011 rated 2 out of 10.

The room is dingy and everything in it is worn and well used. We rented the room for a week, my husband was the first to arrive after a 13 hr shift, he showered and went to bed. Had I been the first we would have relocated to another motel. It was a kitchenet, however there were very few items in the kitchen....2 plates, forks, knives, spoons and 1 pot, no cups, no frying pan, nothing to cook in the oven with, etc, etc.....We have stayed in many kitchenettes, the accesories for the kitchen are usually limited but there is generally enough to get by. The oven was dirty, it had been lined with tin foil, the tin foil hadnt been changed since the last tenant It had crumbs and mouse droppings on it. When I decided to have a bath before bed, there was no bath plug. I went to the office to get one on friday , they immediately provided me with a mold-stained bath tub plug ( which I did not use)
We had our puppy with us...saturday I left him to go shopping ( he is generally well-behaved)...he pulled all the blankets off the bed and destroyed one and piddled on the others.....my problem, my responsability,I called a laudromat ...they came and picked up the soiled laundry and washed them for me, I had her wash it all, just to be certain, sheets,pillows, comforter everything that had been on the bed( she said she had to wash them twice to get them whitish) I left all the fresh clean linen in the bags they were delivered to the room in. Only mentionning in case they rebuttle this by saying the puppy destroyed property. It was an ancient blanket, which they were well paid for(30$)
By the way I definitely recommend the laundromat, sweet lady and she did a great job.(forgot the name, found them in the yellow pages, located in lively)
My husbands job got cut short,he was at the room early that evening, I sent him to the office to let them know we'd pay for the blanket and we'd be leaving that evening, they refused to refund any of the 350.00 we paid for the week, after a bit of a debate the manager refunded us a mere 50.00 OH yeah, I almost forgot he charged us an extra 10$ a nite for the puppy.We arrived thurs evening and left sat nite.....hardly worth it.....I wouldnt return if it was free!!!

Positives: Owners are pleasant and friendly!!!!

Negatives: These rooms need updating and someone who knows how to clean a room thoroughly after each tenant. The pillows were all stained, the ceiling had fingerprint marks on it...like from someone swiping it to check cleanliness....it failed!!!!!