Living spaces
If you’re looking to catch a match or make merry with a movie, there aren’t many better places to do it than in the cinema room at South Parade House. Sprawl on the squishy U-shaped sofa that needs its own postcode, plonk your popcorn on the table, top up your glasses, and be mesmerised by the 105-inch wall screen.
If that’s just too much, escape to the living room, where your movies will be brought to life on a mere 60-inch screen. Do the TVs come with satellite or cable? Try subscriptions for Sky Sports, Sky Movies, Apple TV, Now TV, Netflix, and BT Sports.
You won’t miss a moment of a match or a movie here.
The entertainment doesn’t stop there. You’ll stream your broadband on BT Superfast and a games room sits at your disposal, complete with jukebox to rock your socks off whenever you fancy it, plus family games. Or make it a late one, top up your glasses and play a little eight-ball pool into the early hours.
Like a large screen for your gaming? Bring your Playstation 4 games alive on the giant screen in the cinema room. Black Ops zombies never seemed so real. That’s South Parade House: a place where everything’s a little larger than life and built on a far-grander, more-elegant scale. Settle back, pour another cocktail and drink it all in.
Cooking and dining
Book a boutique hotel and you’ll be bound by their mealtimes, their rules, and their menus. Stay at South Parade House and not only will you pick your own guests, but you’ll eat when you want, and what you want. And all prepared on the vast range cooker with electric and induction hobs.
It’s an island kitchen in cool whites and greys with marble countertop. So you can chat as you chop and dish up the goodies. If you’d rather be catered for, call us up and we’ll bring in the experts from Southsea Deli while you put your feet up with a Prosecco. They’ll even deal with the dishes afterwards.
Deliveries? Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat have it all in hand, and you’re in the foodie firing line for the Tesco, Waitrose and Asda vans. For fresh, local fare, pop out to the Hampshire Farmers’ Market every third Sunday. Gunwharf Quays is your destination for top chain meals from Five Guys and Frankie and Benny’s.
Just about every nationality of nosh is covered around here. You can’t beat British at The Florence Arms Gastro Pub or The Garden Southsea – just minutes away from the house. Go Turkish at Agora, enjoy Chinese at Noble House, and try Seafood at The Briny.
Bedrooms
Bedrooms here are a byword for luxury. What will it be? Freestanding bath in the bedroom? Spa bath? Either way, you get to watch TV in the tub. And the beds? Sink deep and dream well.
The master bedroom offers a kingsize bed with delicious spa bath, while bedroom two is also a king with luxury en-suite shower and the option of an additional child bed. Bedroom three is also a king with en-suite shower, while bedroom four offers a kingsize with in-room bath.
On the third floor, bedroom five is a kingsize with en-suite shower and bedroom six provides a kingsize bed that converts to twins through the miracle of zip and link. There’s an en-suite bath and the chance of adding a child bed.
Children welcome
Kids love the seaside, so get them out among the shingle, the sand and the skinfuls of vitamin D. But if the entertainment has to be in-house, South Parade House won’t be found wanting.
British holidays never grow old, and the thrill of bagging the best bed and playing endless hide-and-seek endure – at least until the terrible teens. And with bedrooms on three floors, those games might never end.
If they do, direct them to the cinema room. Who needs Vue? With a 105-inch screen and acres of squishy sofa, it’s a case of getting the popcorn in and choosing between match and movie. Lost that battle? There’s a 60-inch screen in the living room.
You can add to that toys, books and games and eight-ball pool in the games room, content streaming on BT Superfast broadband and Playstation 4 in the cinema room. Bring your Black Ops and let your eyes boggle.
What people say
Towers, castles and aquariums
Everyone will love the Emirates Spinnaker Tower, if you dare look down through the glass Sky Walk. Stay in Portsmouth for the Historic Dockyard, with ships that changed the world. Lay siege to Carisbrooke Castle, find Nemo at the Blue Reef Aquarium, or have a rummage down the quirky shops and pubs of Albert Road.
