The loft is spacious. Not only the space of the place but also the calmness of the street just round the corner of a tube station. All sorts of stores and restaurants are within a 5 or 10 minute walk. Or one may also enjoy a 15 minute relaxing walk through the Common to the downtown in Ealing Broadway where you would see a much busier world. The lack of a microwave is the only downside I could think of but certainly the oven serves as a good substitute for that.