This place was hit or miss for me. Anyone viewing this property should know the following before booking:
1) the bed is small. My husband is over six feet and 220 pounds and I’m 5’6” and average sized and we slept poorly, though it was a comfortable enough mattress.
2) after a long day of sight seeing, you are four flights of stairs (seventy steps!) between the street and your bed. If you aren’t in pretty good shape, this is not the spot for you.
3) the shower simply doesn’t get hot. It gets warm, and the warm water lasts long enough for a quick hair wash, body wash, and maybe one shaved leg. If you have a moderate to involved grooming regimen, I wouldn’t stay here.
4) Notting Hill is kind of dodgy. Lots of trash on the streets, and the last night we were there, someone was hurt and screaming for help for upwards of twenty minutes while we attempted to dial the police. Eventually they came, but it was unnerving.
5) one of the two windows in the flat faces another window, which is also a rental property. Since it was warm during our stay, we had the windows open and were suddenly listening to a family with a crying baby, who were so close they sounded as though they were in the room with us.
While the property was convenient to a tube station, and some very good restaurants, I wouldn’t stay there again. I think if you were a relatively young, very healthy, very low maintenance, very single person visiting the city, this place would be perfect. It was much too small for two people with enough luggage for an 18 day trip through the UK. Bad on me for not doing more research before booking.