Fengjia Story House

The hostel has no lift and cars are not allowed to turn into the streets at night when we arrived. We had to lug our luggages up the stairs to our room. Thanks goodness our room is on the second floor. Once we entered the room, we are in for shocked. As we 'explored' the small room, we find it to be dirty. A dead cockroach was found near the toilet and on the staircase leading to our rooms. We stayed there for two nights, the cockroach is still on the staircase when we checked out. Hairs were found in the basin and on the bed sheets. I wonder if the bed sheets were changed before we checked in! Ants too were seen crawling on the floor. Throughout my nine days stayed in Taiwan, this is the worst accommodation. On the plus side, the hostel is near the Fengjia night market and shops. The hostel also provide drinking water. The hostel need password to enter the main door and to the hostel room. Not sure if this is a good idea, if password is not change regularly, this can pose as a hazard. Anyone who knows the password can enter the building.

I'm not sure if Fengjia Story House is the same as Fengjia Story Hostel. We stayed at one claiming to be called Fengjia Story House which was real crap. What everyone else say here is true, and yes, absolutely no WiFi - just an SSID broadcasting but no Internet connection whatsoever. If you google and find lovely pictures of Story House and wonder if it's the same as Story Hostel, well, don't waste your time figuring it out. The pictures are probably a scam. Bottomline: Forget about it. Find another accommodation.

We were here in Feb / March 2014. We wanted to be close to our son on a scholarship to Feng Chia University and living in this area, We were a family group so needed two rooms as a base while we visited other areas of Taiwan and spent time with our son afternoons and evenings after University. So it seemed fine - we knew it wouldn't be posh at all, but thought it would be okay as a base for our stay, and it was only over the road from our son's apartment so would not get lost! We had two rooms on the top floor with no lift, stone stairs - a lot of them, and rooms that were very small with very basic facilities. It was okay - we managed, but wouldn't choose to stay there again. We bought cleaning products from the 7-11 to make the bathroom a better place to be in. We lived out of our suitcases, but there was hardly any room to put them on the floor as the room was so small. Our fault perhaps, - you get what you pay for and this was very cheap. On the plus side - we felt safe there, there was a laundry near by and the lady in there was lovely as were the staff in the 7-11. This area of Taichung has few English speaking people, but we found people to be very friendly and helpful none the less. We are visiting again this year but will stay in local hotels.