I booked 3 hotels and Airbnb during my stay in London, tbh this Airbnb is less value for money than the 2 others. I ordered accommodations with the same price range and all in perfect locations, even better.
The room and home is clean, very clean, actually! Everything is immaculate. The bathroom is clean and well-stocked—just some weird odor.
The flat is quiet so that you can sleep without any sound disturbance. The location is excellent, close to the bus stop, several underground stations, and just a walk away from the London eye. However, the bed is very uncomfortable (I am not making it up, you can check other guests' comments too). I really encourage the host to put a mattress topper, at least, so the next guest can rest comfortably.
We are allowed to use the washer but not the drier (fair enough cause there was no drier in the listing), but please bear in mind that there is no dedicated place to dry the clothes. They lent clothes airer, but you have to dry your clothes in the kitchen. We stayed for 4 nights here, and they lent us the clothes airer once, then the second time we asked to use it, they didn't respond.
Another thing, if you are traveling from overseas and plan to arrive in London before the afternoon, please bear in mind that this Airbnb only allows the guest to check in at 4 pm or after and check out max 10 am. This is my first-time check-in an Airbnb/hotel this late. They also didn’t allow us to drop in our baggage before check-in. So if you have some luggage, better to consider these things. For the host, I suggest you put the check-in time on the listing cause I only knew about it after I booked the room via your message.
For the host, I know the energy bills are rising but asking the guest always to switch off the inhouse corridor lamp is not a good idea, it's for safety reasons. You probably have lived in the house for years so that you can remember all the house maps easily, but for the guest who only (maybe) once in her lifetime in your home, it is probably uncomfortable, or for example for a nyctophobia guest. If you are really concerned about the bills, you can perhaps change the lamp to the automatic light as you have in the corridor outside the house.
The host was very nice in person but a lil bit chatty in the message. Too many do’s and don’ts that they didn't mention beforehand during the stay. Communication was just so-so; sometimes they responded, and sometimes they didn't.
Sorry, I can't give 5 ⭐s. I hope with this review, you learn and can improve the listing so you can get ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from the next guests. Good luck!