The positives:
Fantastic location....tubes, buses, eating places....local convenience store.
Secure flat in a good neighbourhood.
Fantastic views.
The negatives:
Shabby flat with broken (sofa bed extension, kitchen bin, laundry basket) and lacking equipment ( no plugs for kitchen and bathroom sinks or washing up bowl) in need of much care and attention (general fixtures and fittings broken or missing, patio door difficult to open and close, poorly fitted windows, no blind in kitchen so that light comes through doorway into living room ( not condusive for sleeping) to name but a few......although essentials were clean and tidy.
AUTOMATED standard reply straight away. Partial response to my initial question about the parking after 3 attempts as needed to ensure parking....booked Just Park 600 yards away in the end.....very good. The partial answer to my questions to the host came 11 days later!
It turns out (on looking for ourselves) that there are numbered bays....not sure who they belong to as more than one block of flats and many houses face onto it. Some cars had permits, others not. There is no permit available for the flat. So, if you are bringing a car it is at your own risk as in the owners words the spaces are 'only supposed to be used by the building residents'.
This should therefore not be a selling feature of this flat. The paid parking' tag which has now appeared on the details.....no info and could not see any in the parking around the flat.