Picture a 3 bedroom flat near Camden town (technically in Kentish town) that is above a small cafe where you can eat breakfast every morning. Picturesque and beautiful!
You do have to get the keys from the check in office and then walk about 10 minutes to the flat. With a lot of luggage this could be a bit more difficult. We arrived early in the morning and thankfully were able to drop our bags off at the check in office thinking the flat was in the same area. We had scheduled a tour for later in the day and upon dropping off our bags were told we’d have to be back by 6 or the office would be closed. The insinuation was that we wouldn’t be able to retrieve our bags after that. Totally understandable but I told them prior to arriving we’d probably be back about 5:30 and they didn’t let us know that they would be closing around the same time.
There were 5 of us so we took up all the space in this flat - 3 full size beds and the pull out couch. The flat had good space, and was in walking distance to bus stations and the tube and places to eat and shop! Really you don’t have to leave the area if you aren’t looking to see the attractions which is nice!
The downsides were that the blinds seemed a little bit broken and let in a lot of light in the front rooms making it hard to sleep, the bed in the front bedroom was pretty hard and you could feel the springs in it. There wasn’t any laundry detergent and there were only about 2 1/4 toilet paper rolls for all of us. I’d recommend stopping at a small store along the way and making sure you get: shampoo, conditioner, laundry detergent, and maybe some spare toilet paper and sponges to do dishes with.
All in all this is a great place to stay for a couple of nights, especially if you’re coming back from being out and about all day and just wanting to sleep.