Hocks House — Hotel in Selangor

We happen to have seen this budget inn during one of our day trips to Tanjong Sepat and decided to book anight's stay on our next visit. As what the name suggests, it is a budget inn built up from a house. The owner who is usually there over the weekends, inherited this plot and decided to convert it into a budget inn.||||With less than 20 rooms in total, the capacity is limited. Parking inside the compound is very limited and only able to slot in 4 vehicles, however, you can park along the road in front of the property. We intentionally asked for a room either facing the back or the side of the property to avoid the noise coming from the main road. The room was decently sized, with basic amenities, an attached bathroom and air conditioned.||||The decor of the room was equally bland and basic. There wasn't a wardrobe but just a clothes hanger mounted on one of the walls. Complimentary drinking water and coffee sachets were provided but no disposable slippers, which was unfortunate considering that guest are mot allowed to wear their own footwear up to the guest floors. At the very least, the LCD TV had a couple of satellite channels. The bathroom was petite and quite a squeeze but it had a proper shower cabinet & water heater. Water pressure was ok and does enough when needed.||||The thing we liked the least about our room was the air conditioner which was only 1hp and insufficient for this room size especially when it gets the heat from the roof. One way to go about it was to ask for 2 room key cards so that one can be left in the power switch slot while we were out, leaving the air cond to work its magic. Another concern was the cleanliness which could have been improved with a little attention to detail. The bed sheets had balck stains on it, the wall had something disgusting on it (see my uploaded pictures) and the floor still had some debris on it.||||There are no facilities in this property but it does have a nice homely living space next to the reception which we spent most of our late evenings accompanied by our own drinks. Overall, it was a nice stay and without much conplaints except for the cleanliness, under capacity air cond& some noisy inconsiderate bunch that made a lot of noise, but this one was no fault of the...

Hocks House is conveniently located on (a slip road Gelama just off) the main Sepang-Morib Rd. There are 3 floors, with rooms on the upper two floors. I recommend the top floor for the larger rooms. However, it is a bit higher to climb. Note-there isn't a lift. The rooms are very clean. The receptionists are very friendly, and the entrance area is like a house study room. I love this area. The middle floor shows quite a few paintings, as Hocks House is also a gallery. ||||This little hotel, homestay, is about 0.5km from the place of interests, primarily Jalan Pasar with inter-sections with Lorong 3,4 & 7. Here you find the famous paus, bakuteh seafood, etc, sometimes in a humble food-court under a rusty tin roof. For our foreign friends, paus = steamed dumplings. On Sunday morning, this place was full. These very narrow inter-sections would the first places to go for all who love food esp. if you only have a short time. It took me a day to locate them and figure out the road plans. ||||There are two other places we also visited, i.e., seafood restaurants by the sea on Jalan Tepi Laut, ie. Seaside St, e.g., the Lovers bridge. This is 100-200 m from Jalan Pasar. Parking is easier here. However, our own favorite place is a great coffee - cum- pau shop, called Mr. Black, in a modern shop. It is located just across the Main Rd from Hocks House itself. We consider this the best in Tanjung Sepat, both the coffee + the varieties of Paus, and 40cts cheaper each compared w elsewhere. |||| We spent two nights, though a day trip from KL is possible, via Banting or Sepang/KLIA, about 1.3/4 hrs, 90+ km. Check out several blogs explaining what to do on a day trip. I personally find the sea front disappointing. There is no beach-sand; lots of rubbish. . The outer wooden part of the Lover's Bridge has collapsed. There doesn't appear to be any project to clean up. But I was fascinated though how the local villagers make a living in this small township. They work hard. For this, my wife bought 30x paus to take...

Got two rooms on the topmost floor over the weekend. Check in was annoying because the person checking in couldn't seem to do the math. ||||Facilities were adequate (in the broadest sense of the word). Was only there mostly to sleep and shower (there's a soap dispenser in the shower, so you'll need to bring your own toiletries). Towels were a little ratty. In-room Wi-Fi practically nonexistent. There was a preexisting tear in the bedsheet which I didn't know about until the next morning when I flipped the quilt cover over; I did not dare let management know because of the penalty (which was posted on the back of the door). Pillows were a little too flat for me. The AC took awhile to get going, so if you could get a second keycard, that would be great. Only thing the room had going was the cleanliness. ||||Check out was easier because there were a couple of mailboxes for you to drop the key cards in if no one was around to...