A very good two day stay- THANKS to Alberto- he was very welcoming, attentive, flexible and open about his home offering and the flat 's wide facilities generally. The one bathroom is clearly a major disadvantage with larger groups. BUT the street location is excellent, safe and easy parking very helpful; and the surrounding places (Blackheath, park, restaurants -Bianco and The Ivy- Woolwich etc;) were lovely and even better than we had expected. Local restaurant advice was very helpful too. The apartment itself is very big and elegant in the Georgian style - high ceilings and generous, spacious rooms. The kitchen and supporting facilities were exceptional and we loved Albertos' clear relaxed nature over sharing the real life role of the apartment he/his family lives in. That 'sharing home' is a true Air bnb feature I think. The room layouts, rather odd choice of furnishings and clear owners' personal materials and equipment were all a bit strange! We think the owner is perhaps missing an amazing 'smarter arrangement and better furnishings' opportunity to make this apartment really fabulous & classic......but (such changes would not necessarily allow the bnb price to increase)... nothing was specifically wrong or overly difficult. The beds however were really not of good enough quality, non-supporting and (we felt) uncomfortable to sleep in ... we all found problems with those. One bedroom is clearly a child's room -with a large bunk bed.
Overall our group (of 6 older folk) felt the place matched or exceeded what we wanted and the location and elegance of the house made the trip very successful and enjoyable. We agreed we would come back...but better beds would be sort of essential?