Poor cleanliness & locker rooms

“Poor cleanliness and locker rooms”

Written on: 18/01/2012

I joined about 1 month ago as the prices are fair I I liked the layout of the gym area.

After a few visits I have found that the place is extremely unclean. Areas such as the steam room and around the pool are especially bad where grime can clearly be seen and felt. I have been to a few different chains of gyms in the last few years and this is the only one where you NEVER see any members of staff doing general cleaning during opening hours... not even the toilets. All members of staff just seem to hang around behind the reception desk.

The changing rooms are quite poor. Many of the lockers are broken. On my last visit there were no lockers available, when I went to tell the staff behind the desk their response was 'well this is peak time and it is January' letting me know that I could store my clothes in my car or leave them behind reception. On a number of visits I have left the gym near to closing time and the gym has been close to empty, but still many of the lockers have padlocks on... I can only imagine that many of the regulars like to reserve their locker ready for their next visit. Haven't a clue why the management allow this.

On the whole, If the gym was cleaned more often (or cleaned at all) and perhaps a few more lockers were added I think it would have the making of a good gym, but at the moment I am certainly regretting my subscription.