Mr & Mrs Smith

Hector's Apartments

Kent, United Kingdom

Retro Seventies’ leather chairs, cool lighting, statement wallpapers and sleek fittings breathe contemporary life into this traditional Victorian seafront villa but a stroll from the pebbled beach. This chic self-catering stay can sleep two in either of the two one-bedroom apartments and four in the one multi-level two-bed maisonette, making it a hip holiday home for couples, friends and special-occasion group getaways. Book the apartments individually or for a bigger group getaway, the entire property as a whole.

Need to know

• Rates information Garden flat and ground floor apartments: long weekend or four-day mid-week stays are £250–£490; a week’s stay is £350–£540. Upper apartment: long weekend or four-day mid-week stays are £460–£700; a week’s stay is £570–£940 (a 10% discount applies if just two people rent the apartment).
• Ideal for Couples, grown-up family escapes.
• Sleeps 2-6. Two one-bedroom apartments and one two-bed three-storey maisonette with private roof terrace and garden.
• Property style Victorian seafront villa with a modern-meets-retro interior.
• Grounds You have Deal's pebbly beach on your lap, otherwise two of the apartments have access to the gravelled garden. There are steps down from the garden flat and the three-bed apartment to the garden where there are chairs, a table and cushions.
• Minimum hire Three-night weekends, four-night midweek. Seven-night minimum stay in July and August (last minute short stays are available during peak season).
• Children These adult-geared apartments aren't suitable for small children; if you're holidaying with grown-up kids aged 12 and up then the two-bedroom upper-storey apartment could be suitable though. More...
• Booking process Smith deposit taken when you book.
• Also The garden flat is not really suited to anyone who is disabled or elderly due to the steps.

Floor plan

• Plush carpets run throughout these apartments, so remember to pack your slippers. Beds with memory foam big enough for two are standard as are alarm clocks – although you may find you want a lie-in thanks to the black-out shutter blinds and comfy mattresses.

• Bedrooms

  One-bed lower-ground garden flat: this has a simple, white bedroom with a black-block feature wall. There's a TV with a DVD player for watching movies. Oh, and fashion slaves will appreciate that there is plenty of wardrobe space. With regards the bathroom, the travertine flooring runs from the front door through. The bath is the original cast-iron tub with a shower, REN products, robes and fully towels.

  One-bed ground-floor flat: there's a TV with DVD player in the bedroom, and a view out over the flat's garden. The bathroom is more focussed on function than form, but gets a dose of luxury thanks to the REN products and fluffy towels.

  Two-bedroom upper-storey apartment:
  
  Bedroom 1: Mod-cons wise, there’s a flatscreen TV with DVD player, but you might need to prise your eyes from the view over Deal Castle, the signature white cliffs, and that coastline. Victorian radiators are a nice touch.

  Bedroom 2: This bed is 5ft-wide rather than the usual 6ft-wide, but you’re hardly slumming it thanks to a flat screen and DVD again – no terrestrial telly in here though.

  The shared walnut-and-travertine-trimmed bathroom has twin sinks, a massive walk-in shower, REN products and of course robes and fluffy towels for all.

• Kitchen

  Lower-ground garden flat: this oak-worktopped kitchen includes hob, oven, dishwasher, coffeemaker, microwave, fridge with icebox. One-bed flat: walnut flooring in kitchen area and plush carpet in the lounge area. There’s an electric oven, gas hob, dishwasher and microwave plus a fridge with icebox, and then loads of crockery, blenders and mixers and a coffeemaker. Two-bedroom upper-storey apartment: As well as posh versions of all the basics (double oven, dishwasher, five-burner gas hob, Dualit toaster) there are a fair few fancy extras (built-in coffee machine, American fridge/freezer with water and ice, blenders and mixers). Three stools mean you can prepare meals and also eat at the stunning cooking island.

• Living room

  Style meets slobbery in these sitting rooms that beg you to tune in, turn off and chill out. In the one-bed apartments they're open-plan areas, whereas in the two-bed apartment there is a huge sitting room upstairs. Hi-tech hijinks in all apartments comes from a plasma TV with surroundsound, a DVD library, iPod dock and also a Roberts Radio, and wifi throughout. Luddites staying in the big apartment will take more notice of the marvellous bay window with views of castle – especially amazing at night.

• Dining room

  There isn't a dining room as such in the one-bed flats, just tables and chairs in the lounge, although in the bigger upper apartment you've also got three stools at the huge cooking island and this room spills over into a huge day room with a huge dining table, which can seat up to six.

• Poolside

  You are but a walk from Deal's pebbly beach and a short drive to lots of other spots suited to swimming.

• Gardens

  Two of the apartments have access to the gravelled garden. There are steps down from the garden flat to a small courtyward. The two-bed apartment has a roof terrace and also access to the garden where there are chairs, a table and cushions for the chairs.

• Private parking

  There is on-street parking on Marine Road or the road adjacent to that.

• Other

  The two-bed apartment has a roof terrace perfect for a drink in the evening.