Dakota Farms Inn — Hotel in Beulah

From the beginning I want to mention that this is not a high-class motel of any sort. If you're paying less than $50 a night you get what you pay for. Anybody visiting should understand that. The motel is clean and the staff are the friendliest people. Very caring and accommodating. They enjoy their jobs and the guest that come by. With that in mind, here is how this business can improve.

Better Lighting; there are countless burnt-out bulbs and hallway light fixtures with mismatched bulb colors (some cool white, some soft white). Purchasing bulbs of the same color temperature will bring consistent lighting throughout premises. You can buy bulk bulbs online for dirt cheap and have them delivered. Light fixtures need to be dusted and ceiling fixtures need to be debugged and wiped down. Stained and broken ceiling tiles need to be replaced. Odor; upon entering the motel I encountered the distinct smell of cat urine. The carpets absorb the smell and it lingers throughout the property. Also, I'm pretty sure people are smoking in the rooms because my room distinctly smelled of residual cigarette smoke. Even after opening the window for several hours the smell still lingered. Replacing the carpets, laundering the curtains, and spraying deodorizer on the ceiling tiles will fix this issue. Security; The front desk is closed at night and anyone can walk into the motel unnoticed. The east entrance is unlocked 24/7 with no key card lock so anyone can enter at any time. Also, some rooms have doors that can be opened to adjoining rooms. There's nothing wrong with this many motels have this feature. The problem however, is there are two doors that both open to adjourn the rooms and neither of them have deadbolts. The handles have a latch, however it is not flush with the strike plate and can easily be kicked open with little effort. I stacked the furniture against the doors.

Noise levels, because of the doors mentioned above, I can hear almost everything in the room next to me. During the day it's not that bad but at night it seems like everyone is awake and wants to make noise. Replacing the room to room doors with drywall and thicker doors with deadbolts will fix this problem and the security issue.

Dated Fixtures; The lamps, headboard, cabinets and nightstand, sink hand shower are all dated. Clean, and functional, but dated. The easiest fix is new calking around the sink and tub, and new lamp shades. Consider painting the furniture and rooms more modern colors. The wall art is bland low saturated motel art, but doesn't add or take away from the quality of the room. The one fixture I couldn't stand, however, was the toilet seat. It was stained yellow, scratched up and dirty. Also, there was no seat cover, just a seat, leaving the toilet open while it was flushed. I went to the hardware store and bought a new, commercial use one, and replaced it myself. I don't think they will mind.

Better Outside Appearance: they need a paint job or a slate rock facade around the building, it looks unappealing in it's current state. Also it would be best to invest in a new parking lot or at least new gravel rocks, it is very muddy. Plant some low maintenance perennial plants alongside the perimeter of the building. And invest in some new outside lighting, a well lit property deters crime.

Overall, there's quite a bit of improvement to be made, a lot of it however, is easy and cost effective. Even if they aren't in a financial situation to undergo any huge projects, they can still tackle some little ones until they get more business. Then save up for major renovations. This is a very well-placed property and has a lot of potential, it's worth an investment. In its current state however, I cannot recommend staying here. The issues ended up being too much and I had to cut my stay short. If you want cheap, and aren't bothered by the issues I pointed out, this might be right for you, but for most people, I don't think they will enjoy staying here. I really hope they take my suggestions to heart and make this...

yes if your looking to stay here DON'T the rates are way to high #2 the water presser sucks you get in the it drops to a dribble and the hot water good luck with that to as soon as more the 2 - 4 ppl start a show your hot water go's out the window only 4 of the rooms get WIFI and it is first 2 rooms on the first floor and second floor #3 is there is no microwaves in some of the rooms but yet you still pay the same rate as all the other rooms , the biggest thing is the Bar down below if your working nights then you'll be fine but if you work days and sleep at night there will be nights where you ether wont beable to get to sleep or stay asleep do to the racket comeing from the bar.||the parking lot is a mud pit if it rains and the doors to the rooms don't have bottom door seals and the noise from ppl yelling down the halls comes right into the room thourgh the door so dont stay there unless you have no...

It's a cut rate accommodation. Unfortunately it stinks, and is unsanitary. I was awakened at 3am by bed bugs biting me. The HVAC filter was absolutely disgusting as if it hadn't been cleaned in years. Always check filters. Wash the dust out of them in the tub. It is to protect your health.The front door has a sign hanging on it that use other door. The closer is disconnected because the screws fell out the door, and no one has enough sense to make a very...