The host was easy to meet and allowed us to check-in our bags a couple of hours early. She was very friendly. The flat is a ten minute walk from the tube with plenty of amenities around.
Good first impressions…
It wasn’t particularly the cleanest I experienced on my trip, lots of dust, but was adequate. Honestly, it felt like she tidied up and gave us the place for the weekend to crash. Not a professional Airbnb’er. I thought the extra make-shift beds were converted couches, but nope. We had no couches after our friends left. (See below)
The place advertised as 4-6 people and we were 4. When the tube stopped running due to the strike, we had invited London guests for the day in London over to stay until the trains ran the next morning. We cleared it with the host, but she insisted on another £20 per head… I thought that was odd and greedy considering it sleeps 4-6, but whatever.
She didn’t warn us about construction going on just feet away from our window in which the noise started early. I thought that would have been virtuous. I’m a pretty easy going person, so I thought the flat did the job at best.
Finally, if you do decide on the flat, insist on a walkthrough before. She accused us of damaging her countertop which I didn’t notice and neither did my friends. It’s a “he said, she said” situation, but it was awkward. She asked for £1,100 for a small nick. Of the 10 Airbnb’s we stayed at on our vacation, it was an outlier on many levels, but again… does the job if your out all day and want to be in downtown London.