Name: Hutt City Motel
Address: 250 Grounsell Cres, Belmont, Lower Hutt 5010, New Zealand, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt, 5010, New Zealand
Rating: 7

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Wellington International Airport

Paraparaumu Airport

Hutt City Motel

Lower Hutt

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We booked this motel as it was close to the ferry, when booking, several weeks in advance, we stated that 'we will be arriving from late picton ferry Guest ETA: 2300'. We called the morning of our stay to make sure they knew we would be arriving late, and were told they couldn't find the booking, could we confirm how many of us were staying (5 of us, 2 in each bedroom and 1 on the sofa bed) and they would try to locate the booking and call us back. We had to call them several more times before the booking was confirmed, and they asked us again how many people were staying. They told us they would leave the key in the apartment and the door unlocked. 

We arrived to find the room and the Motel reception completely locked. We knocked several times and had to call several times before anybody came to the door, granted it was late, but the woman simply said "oops I must have locked the door after I dropped the key off" and she gave us another key. 

We entered the room to find that no bedding had been left for the sofa-bed, even though this had been confirmed more then once that day. We had to go back to the reception and wait around for someone to come to the door and give us the extra bedding.

The room itself was average, the toaster didn't work and there was a leak from the shower that made the living room carpet drenched. I did report these things to the reception staff but they obviously already knew and didn't care.

There was another car parked in our designated spot, right outside the door, so we had to park in a visitor bay across the car park. The following morning the owner was out there washing the car as we carried our suitcases back across to our car, and he clearly didn't care. Obviously not directly manager fault, but just another nail in the coffin of this dreaded stay.

It is cheap and an ideal location for the ferry, other than our personal bad experience, the walls are thin and you can hear neighbours and a LOT of road noise. Definitely wouldn't recommend for light sleepers. I wouldn't stay again.

Cheap and convenient location are the only positives

I chose to stay at Lower Hutt because it's close to Wellington and it's cheaper to stay here. Hutt City was an average motel. We stayed in a 2-rooms apartment. Reception was friendly and no fuzz, they get ready our room earlier than check-in time, nice. But once we stepped into the apartment, we realized it's rather small in it, but it's okay for the price we paid. Then we noticed the tap at kitchen couldn't stop flowing, but since it's like dripping, no big deal - we guessed - but when we started preparing dinner, the water started leaking out from under the sink and it became quite messy. The microwave oven was not functioning too. Then we were only staying a short night and left early in the morning the next day, so we didn't bother telling the reception. But I doubt they could have solved the problem at 9pm though.

average budget motel

This is a budget place. Quite old and tired - but cheap. we found it very noisy with the motorway just outside the window. Laid awake for a long time hoping a car wasn't going to take a quick exit.
Didn't see much of the reception but she was friendly when we arrived.

Budget

This Motel is what it is a budget place to stay. We appeared to have been upgraded free of charge, which was a nice surprise even if we weren't told, and spent our stay wondering.The room was very clean with a well appointed kitchen however we had to ask for tea towels and dish cloth. The  full rubbish skip right outside the door was a little off putting, and there was a funky smell in the room. Which was explained to us as, the room having just been fumigated.  A compendium would also have been a nice touch.  My biggest gripe was the other guests. Who looked like a construction crew staying long term. These guys had no thought for others and woke us every morning at 6.30 loading their gear. While I appreciate the hosts have little say in guest conduct I would like to think they could have had a word about the early noise.

Budget friendly

We booked this for a 3 night stay in Wellington recently, and enjoyed a warm welcome, spotless and comfortable accomodation and real value for money.
It is increasingly difficult to find places that enable travellers to bring the family pooch, and Hutt City Motel were fab.
A warm and sincere welcome from Bev, approachable and helpful service all round. We were not bothered by road noise, and our 2 bedroom unit was a proper home from home to 4 adults and a small dog. No complaints here, will definitely stay again!

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