Positives:
- Great location, Notting Hill area is vibrant and fun to explore.
- Its 5 minutes from tube, so easy access around London.
- Many nice restaurants in the area, there's a Tesco express etc;
- Once you know where the door is, its easy to get in and out of.
Negatives:
- The instructions for entry to the airbnb could be improved, they are unclear and if you arrive in the dark, you are going to have a challenge.
- As others have mentioned, we found moist towels that needed to be hung up and dried (the ones in the bathroom). The washing machine was full of wet laundry, which required us to hang dry it around the place and we folded it, so doing other laundry so we could use the washer for our needs.
- There is also scaffolding over the front door entrance, and this is both a tight fit for anyone larger than me and also during the week there are active men working 2m from where you are sleeping.
- There is a LOT of road noise, this is a ground apartment (below ground actually) and your head on the pillow is ~2-3m from the road where cars actively drive by. We did not sleep well due to all the noise, so if you are a light sleeper, this is not going to work for you.
Lastly, the internet here is just struggling, it speed tested 15 down/1mbit up and would drop out quite often when using something like Zoom for a conference call, a call-out if you are trying to get some work done or just stream something.
Overall:
Its primarily a great location, if you are not a light sleeper, requiring good internet or to use the washing machine, you should be fine. The road/construction noise was not great. I would likely go to a hotel next time for a similar price.