I’m an experienced Airbnb traveler, and I rented this flat for a business trip.
The good part. I found this flat exactly as described - clean, charming, well equipped, central to all major attractions, and close to many great restaurants in Soho and Covent Garden areas. The owner was also very responsive to my questions. He stocked the flat with so many fresh fruits, a few type of snacks, milk, juice, etc, that I had to confirm that these were all meant for us to consume :)
Now the annoying part. It is not really the owner’s fault, but we found two noise issues. First, the second bedroom has a very thin wall from the central water pipe (and a pump device as well?). So when any one uses the faucet in the master bedroom, or toilet/shower in the hall way, or the neighbor above using shower, there is considerable water noise in this bedroom.
The second noise comes from the street but unfortunately it happened three times in late night / early morning. First night I was woken up by loud singing and clapping at 1:30am, it lasted for about two hours. Seemed a street crowd were having a good time Saturday night. The second night I was waken by a crazy and drunk guy yelling and cursing, again around 1:30am. And this lasted for about an hour.
So be aware of the noises, and bring your favorite ear plugs!