Boseong Greenville Pension

This is potentially one of the bleakest accommodations I've stayed in....and I stayed in a place where I was kept up all night by the rats in the walls I don't believe this is even a real building meant to be occupied by humans. It felt like a haunted house built for a movie set that was meant to be torn down after filming, but instead they were like, nah let's do the bare minimum and turn it into a VERY overpriced "pension". When I rocked up, the place seemed abandoned and dusty. I was literally thinking that I got completely bamboozled because there wasn't a soul around. Eventually, a lady who I assumed to be the host came out of the woodwork from SOMEWHERE, even after staying there I have no idea from where. I didn't see a lobby or office to check-in at anywhere. It was really hard to communicate with her, although to be fair, that's more on me for not knowing Korean. (Although I have stayed in other places in korea where it was not nearly as difficult....she didn't even seem to know that I was a guest there.) Eventually I managed to get across that I knew I was early for check-in, I just wanted to leave my big bags there, which she was kind enough to let me do. I went off to the tea fields & hoped that by the time I came back, the place wouldn't look as bad as my first impressions of it. Uhhhhhhhhh....not the case. When I arrived later, clutching my instant noodles to my chest as it was my only food source available to me (the place really is in the middle of nowhere), I was even more sorely disappointed. There was a lot of wear and tear on the room, to put it kindly. The bathroom looked like no one had used it since the 1950s...I'm still not sure what the spots were on the ceiling. There were random nicks, holes, and spots on the walls, counters and furniture, including what looked like a larvae of some sort. Cute! The bed was okay, but the pillows looked and smelled like they were stolen from a (real) hotel. There was only one very thin blanket (to match the walls!) The appliances included a rice cooker (???) and a microwave that DIDNT WORK when I plugged it into the outlet that was coming loose from the wall, much to my chagrin as I hadn't eaten DINNER. There was also no kettle...I don't think I've ever stayed in an accommodation in Asia that didn't have a kettle. There WAS a hot plate.....but there were no pots or pans to be seen. The lord only knows if it worked anyways. At this point I was a bit like, okay peanuts for dinner and then get to bed right away so I could get out as quickly as possible. WELL, to fit my theory that this isn't a building meant to actually be occupied, the walls are EXTREMELY thin, and all of the occupants were having a rager until about 1am. Every time something closed the door, it felt like the whole building was going to collapse. It was within walking distance to the tea fields, so that was a plus. Would I stay here again for that reason? Absolutely not. If you do stay here, but sure to bring food that doesn't need to be cooked in anyway, or have a car so you can drive into the city.