Our room was clean and of good size. We were next to the main road so suffered a little from noisy people outside and passing traffic on our first night, but better the second. It's a period property with sash windows so as you would expect no sound proofing, If you're very sensitive to noise maybe take ear plugs. If you are going to a gig in Hyde park as we were it's a long walk 45 mins, but it is close to shops , pubs etc. There is no body at check in but the process is straightforward. Make sure you load the airbnb app you will need it for the code to your key box.