Three weeks ago, colleague of the Manchester Evening News Will Hayward - WalesOnline's welsh affairs editor - needed to move out of his house for a week.
He had builders in fixing a series of issues and needed to temporarily re-located. He had mates who would have happily put him up, but he couldn't take up their offers - as they all have dogs...
and he has a severe allergy. Will's family lives miles away, so that wasn't an option work-wise. Given that he needed somewhere to sleep, it made sense for him to try a cheap option, WalesOnline reports. READ MORE: 'I want a job...
please give me a f*****g job' So after perusing a few price comparison sites, Will discovered the cheapest option in Cardiff was the Zip hotel on Ipswich Road, hidden behind the David Lloyd Club on a patch of land between Newport Road and the A48.
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