This week, Alex meets fellow Italian and first-time hotelier Carmine, who runs the The Lamp Post Villa B&B in the centre of the historic spa city of Bath. With Bath a tourist mecca for the well-healed, Italian-born Carmine took on the lease of the eight-room B&B just three months ago, with the dream of creating a secure financial future for himself and his young son. But as Lamp Post Villa is currently rated the worst B&B in Bath on Tripadvisor, Alex discovers this single father may have bitten off more than he can chew. After Lamp Post Villa’s years of neglect, Carmine has taken on a business and a building in need of some serious TLC, with the kitchen and breakfast area so grim he’s unable to supply breakfast. With poor reviews affecting his occupancy, he’s now struggling to make any profit to pay for the repairs. He’s surviving on his savings and is completely overwhelmed balancing his life as a father and as a hotelier. To make matters worse, he has just three years to raise the money to buy the lease outright. If he can’t, all his hard work will be for nothing. Can Alex help turn the tide? Can the Hotel Inspector work her magic and help repair the damage to the business and the building before it’s too late to secure Carmine and his family’s future?
Episode : 5
Season : 17
Air Date : 2022-07-14 00:00:00
This week, Alex meets fellow Italian and first-time hotelier Carmine, who runs the The Lamp Post Villa B&B in the centre of the historic spa city of Bath. With Bath a tourist mecca for the well-healed, Italian-born Carmine took on the lease of the eight-room B&B just three months ago, with the dream of creating a secure financial future for himself and his young son. But as Lamp Post Villa is currently rated the worst B&B in Bath on Tripadvisor, Alex discovers this single father may have bitten off more than he can chew. After Lamp Post Villa’s years of neglect, Carmine has taken on a business and a building in need of some serious TLC, with the kitchen and breakfast area so grim he’s unable to supply breakfast. With poor reviews affecting his occupancy, he’s now struggling to make any profit to pay for the repairs. He’s surviving on his savings and is completely overwhelmed balancing his life as a father and as a hotelier. To make matters worse, he has just three years to raise the money to buy the lease outright. If he can’t, all his hard work will be for nothing. Can Alex help turn the tide? Can the Hotel Inspector work her magic and help repair the damage to the business and the building before it’s too late to secure Carmine and his family’s future?
