We found the location of this flat ideal, being less than a half-hour's Tube ride from Baker Street Station and five minutes' walk from the Harrow-on-the-Hill stop on the Metropolitan line. Local pubs and restaurants, as well as places to shop for groceries, abound. Tea bags and chocolate were provided -- a nice touch. And the place itself is spacious, airy, and bright.
But virtually every piece of furniture in the apartment was bunged-up in one way or another, from a side table in the living room that we were warned not to lean on, to the nightstands in the larger bedroom, the glass tops of both of which were shattered. The central button on the TV remote was missing, making it extremely difficult to use.
In a flat advertised as no-smoking, a water pipe was prominently displayed in the living room. The balcony was essentially an outdoor ashtray. The bath towels provided were so old and dirty as to be unusable; thankfully, when this was brought to caretaker Maher's attention he immediately replaced them with brand-new towels. The bottom sheet on the bed in the smaller bedroom was so worn that it literally disintegrated over the week during which it was slept on.
Overall, a mixed bag.