This is definitely an affordable, livable, apartment, but a few things were just off.
Pros: located super close to a station for the underground, as well as close by a few pubs that were a lot of fun! Easy walk to get something to eat or visit a shop. Pretty, spacious kitchen and living room. Host responds quickly to messages and was very accommodating for an early check in. Adorable patio.
Cons: as I said, some things were just a little off or not quite to standard. The toilet is “sensitive” because “people keep breaking it”, so it was tricky to flush right. The electronic locks “don’t always work”, don’t close the bedroom door completely because it sticks.... the quotes are straight from communication with the host. We also couldn’t get the showerhead to come out at any temperature other than scaldingly hot. Chil did mention maybe sending over someone to look at it, but we were there only a couple days so it wasn’t fixed during our stay and the water remained scalding. Out of all these things, I probably wouldn’t be unhappy if it was just one, but all of them happening makes me think the apartment needs some work. Still, if you don’t mind working around these things, it’s still a decent place to stay. I did not find the bed particularly comfortable, and there’s a weird painting that glows in the dark showing a naked woman, but perhaps that’s up to individual taste.
Oh, and we were supposed to take out the trash, but we were supposed to put it in a place that signs around London indicate is an illegal place to dump trash. We didn’t hear that any special arrangements had been made, so we didn’t do it.
There will be some traffic noise, but he bedroom is at least set back so it’s not a big deal.
Altogether, it was a decent place to spend the night, but I’m glad we were only there three nights.