Gail takes pride in being a host. She does her best to keep me comfortable, including accommodating for my changing check-in time. I had everything I need - towels, toiletries, hot/filtered water, fruits, cereals and real coffee. Room is true to picture and it's homely and cosy, with good wifi. Tootsie is such a lovely boy too - he'll just hang out around you.
Her place is indeed around 12 mins walk from the tube station, and about 5 mins walk from Caravan (an awesome cafe). The best part of that tube station is that there are no stairs unlike other stations, so you'll be comfortable lugging big luggages around.