Serviced Apartment are fully furnished apartments available for both short-term as well as long-term stays, providing all the hotel-like amenities. The difference between more ‘traditional’ accommodation, such as hotels and motels, is that serviced apartments provide more of a ‘home away from home’ feeling.
Are serviced apartments worth it?
Serviced apartments offer better value and more space than a hotel, but the longer your stay is, the better the value they offer. After 28 nights in a serviced apartment, the rate of VAT that guests need to pay will drop to just 4%.
Why do people stay in serviced apartments?
Many people choose serviced apartments because they have that ‘home away from home’ feeling. Instead, you’ll feel like you’re staying at your new (temporary) home, which is only going to give you more time to relax while on holiday. The added privacy of serviced apartments will give you comfort as you unwind.
What are the advantages of staying in serviced accommodation?
Flexibility. Serviced apartments give guests the flexibility to live the way they want to. You can cook for yourself, or you can dine out at a restaurant. You can entertain guests in the living space, or conduct meetings with clients.
What is included in a serviced apartment?
What you should expect from a serviced apartment:
- A fully equipped kitchen, usually with both dishwasher and washer/dryer.
- One or more separate bedrooms, or in studio apartments, a designated sleeping area.
- A living area.
- A bathroom.
- TV, Wi-Fi and the latest in-room technology.
- All utilities included i.e. water & electricity.
What does serviced accommodation include?
As a bare minimum, serviced apartments are fully furnished and equipped. All you need if your luggage. Towels, ben linen, Wi-Fi and TV subscriptions, Utility bills, regular house-keeping and an on call maintenance team are all taken care of and included in one simple nightly or monthly rate.
Are service apartments safe?
Most of the serviced apartments also have guarantee high safety and security with well-equipped security devices like videophone, CCTV cameras and discreet entrance areas to monitor all activities in commonplaces.
What are serviced apartments?
Serviced apartments are self contained apartments available to rent from as little as one night, or for over a year – literally what ever dates you need. They are 100% dedicated, professionally-operated apartments. Meaning they are not ‘home shares’ where landlords share their apartment when they are away on holiday.
What do serviced apartments provide?
Officially, ‘Serviced Apartment’ is the umbrella term for a type of furnished apartment available for short-term or long-term stays, which provides amenities, housekeeping and a range of services for guests and where most taxes and utilities are included within the rental price.
What use class are serviced apartments?
We refer to ‘serviced apartments’ as a catch-all term for purpose built apart-hotels (with C1 use class) and residential buildings re-purposed for short-term lets (with C3 use class).
