Check in:
Our stay came off to a rocky start. I informed Amy in February that we would need an early check in for our stay in May. I was under the impression that this was arranged as I did not hear from her after sending the additional info she requested. It became inconvenient as we did not get instructions for check in until the morning of our stay (while on our flight to London) and our early check in had not been arranged yet. While trying to find our way around London and it being our first time there, it became a bit agitating trying to contact Amy through Airbnb to arrange this and was told I had to make a payment for early check in service before it could be done. Frustrating to say the least as this could have been done months before rather than the morning of.
Stay:
The apartment was as advertised except a few things. We had issues with the hot water while showering and seemed to get cold midway through. Also it was extremely warm and the thermostat didn’t appear to work properly.
Location:
Great location for walking distance to nearby sights. Absolutely horrible if you’re trying to get any kind of sleep. We were there on a Tuesday and Wednesdays and heard A LOT of drunker noise in the early morning hours. We gave it the benefit of the doubt however was the same if not worse the next night. I found out the apartment is next to a restaurant that closes at 4:00 am, a great place for all the drunks to go.
Check out:
Another final frustration. Check out time was at 11:00 and was instructed to leave no later. We in fact left earlier because we had a train to catch but the housekeeper was knocking on the door before 9:00am because she said she was told we were checking out already. Back in February I told Amy we would check out around 8am but all that changed when we had 2 sleepless nights so we tried to get an extra hour before traveling. Not quite sure why housekeeper showed up if check out was not until 11 anyway and no one bothered to check with us before just coming and knocking on the door.
Overall, not a good experience. Only reason we chose to do Airbnb because for similar price, hotel rooms were a lot smaller. We enjoyed London but next time would not do an Airbnb.