haze shot of person unpacking grocery items from bag at Second Nature Hometel's kitchen
man enjoying a comfortable stay at dog friendly Second Nature Hometel in Belfast, Chiswick, York and Southampton

Places to live, not just to stay. Designed to make life feel better, with care that moves at your schedule and a small footprint.

Second Nature couldn't care more.

 

Care shapes how our hometels operate, how our service and systems run, and how good your stay is.

 

Caring is a behaviour that goes against the world’s push for the quick and simple. It takes time and effort, but it’s what keeps us human. Feeling connected, considered, and genuinely at ease.

Care makes the difference. Not surface level or what’s expected, but care that runs so deep it changes the relationship you have with people, a place, and the world around you. .

That’s why Second Nature couldn’t care more.

Manhattan cocktail served in a ribbed glass next to a martini at Winnie's Bar & Cafe Southampton

The 24-hour stay

 

No 4pm wait or 11am scramble.

We give you a full day in your bedroom - 2pm to 2pm - so you can arrive and leave with more freedom and flexibility. This easier check-in and check-out is one of the ways we work to your schedule.

 

Make a positive impact

 

You don't have to think about your footprint because we already did.

We develop all of our own hometels. This gives us greater control over their efficiency and means we can fully account for all of our carbon emissions.

Low energy and waste reduction are our default settings, and all Second Nature hometels are operationally carbon neutral - we reduce what we can, then compensate for the rest through certified carbon offsetting. 

The hometel feeling

Second Nature is here for whatever you need.

You get all the comforts of a hotel, wrapped in the privacy of your own living space. Relax, cook, work, rest, and really settle in on your own terms.

From room2 to Second Nature

Some guests will know us as room2.

Does any of this look or sound familiar? It’s because you might know us as room2.

room2 began with a simple belief: hospitality should fit your life, not force you to fit into hotel routines. That belief remains our foundation, but it means so much more today than it did when we started in 2015. The way people live, travel, and work has changed. As has what it means to ‘be a sustainable hotel’. room2 no longer says enough about what we are building, or how we want to show up for people, places, and planet. Second Nature does.

Second Nature gives our vision of deep-caring hospitality the scope it needs.

What’s the same from room2: 
- The space to live fully. Rooms support short stopovers or longer stays, kitchens are designed to be used, and arrival and departure times still flex around your schedule.

What’s evolved from room2:
- How we care. Our Five Cares provide us with a framework that informs the long-term choices we make and the responsible impact we want to have. It gives us the ability to go deeper.

For example: sustainability is crucial, but it’s just the baseline for a more comprehensive commitment. Everything - materials, energy, waste - must be managed with precision from day one, ensuring comfort never comes at the planet’s expense. 

It’s why care is Second Nature. It’s what we practice in every day, detail, and decision, so that through the services, spaces, and practices we create, guests can go with their flow, feel completely themselves, and make an impact.

If you stayed with us as room2, the experience is the same. Second Nature simply gives it more clarity, more confidence, and the momentum to set a new standard.

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How We Care

 

Make a difference

Daily acts of difference: pay it forward at Winnie’s by gifting a coffee to a local charity or individual.

How We Care

 

Net zero by 2030

We’re on a science-backed path to build a lower-carbon way to stay - with smarter buildings, cleaner energy and more responsible choices behind the scenes. 

Every year we submit our data for independent review. Sustainability means little if it isn’t transparent and quantifiable.

How We Care

 

The double life of waste

Across our hometels, materials that would otherwise be discarded are repurposed into hard-working essentials. Like the tabletop (pictured here) constructed from old shampoo bottles and various furniture pieces crafted from sustainable circular materials.