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A LUXURY BUDGET Client: Lifehouse Supplier: Safe Space Lockers
a spa, a gym, beauty and hairdressing salons and relaxation areas, all set in 130 acres of landscaped gardens. It opened in December 2010 (see HCM Feb 11, p32) and aims to offer a unique experience tailored to each and every guest. Its changing rooms therefore needed
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to be equally bespoke. “Our brief was to produce changing areas that were aesthetically appealing, but that also met every aspect of what the spa is trying to do,” says Dominic Hyett, director of Lifehouse’s locker supplier Safe Space Lockers. “There are three main groups of members, each requiring different locker access systems – members, members who pay extra for a private locker in a private changing room, and day and hotel guests. We had to bear in mind that all these guests could be using any of the facilities, including the gym.” In addition, Safe Space was presented
with a particularly interesting challenge as part of its brief. “One of the spa experiences is undertaken naked, so we had to think how the guest would carry their key card! We designed a bespoke bracelet with a small petal-shaped fob as the key to overcome this problem.” “We chose large, 400mm wide, oak
lockers with a high gloss pink insert,” continues Hyett. “The client selected oak as a theme but also wanted a splash of colour – they chose pink – and the high gloss delivered the top-end look they required. The lockers are large enough to hang a dressing gown, with shelves for the spa’s slippers and the guest’s clothes, plus a gym bag. “The spa has fi ve changing rooms. One
is specifi cally for the private members who pay extra for a personal locker. We fi tted these lockers with an electronic system, allowing them to have access to
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Lifehouse has five different changing rooms, providing flexibility for its guests’ needs
one particular locker at any time. The other changing rooms are for the rest of the members, hotel and day guests. The reason for so many changing areas is that the spa wanted fl exibility of use; a party of day guests could, for example, be allocated their own personal changing room. Members receive a card that can be used for any locker in these rooms, but once locked the card can only open that same locker. The day/hotel guests’ cards also have a time delay, so the card expires after they leave for the day.”
healthclub@leisuremedia.com jo talbot
ifehouse is a new, £30m luxury health spa in Essex. A ‘day and stay’ spa, it has 89 guestrooms,
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Safe Space Lockers Ltd Unit 6, Chancerygate Business
Centre, 214 Red Lion Rd, Surbiton, Surrey. KT6 7RA T: 0870 990 7989 F: 0871 431 0452 M: 07974 154811
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dominic@safespacelockers.co.uk Please call
0870 990 7989 for more details
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