Richard made us feel really welcome and we felt really at home in his flat for a fortnight. We never felt that we were in the way, or that doing things like laundry or cooking would bother him. And he was particularly generous about letting us leave some of our stuff in the corner of the living room (we had rather a lot of bags). The towels, umbrella and adaptor in the room were really nice touches and much appreciated.
The flat is lovely. Quiet and very tastefully furnished. And the location is great: a 5-minute walk from the train station and there's a bus stop right outside with tonnes of buses going towards the centre of London.
Stoke Newington's one of my favourite places in the city - great shops, cafés and pubs.