This flat was very very very dirty. The photos are so bright and everything seems ok, but we had a very unpleasant surprise when we arrived there. Pff, with what should I start???
The walls were all dirty, but the cherry on top was the kitchen, there were grease stains everywhere on the walls and on the appliances. On top of the kitchen furniture was a thick layer of dirt that was so sticky. The fridge was not cleaned and had a bad smell, just gross.
The bathroom is in no condition to be used. I mean, I have never seen a bathroom that looks like that. Besides the fact that everything was old and extremely worn, the tap was broken and leaked from the wall when we showered. The sink had separate faucets for hot and cold water so for this reason one could never wash his hands with warm water, it was either extremely hot or extremely cold. Initially I thought the toilet was broken because it did not flush, but I discovered after you push the handler for a lot of times, it works.
The living room and bedroom had furniture in bad condition, a lot of defects. My back hurt after sleeping on the mattress. Besides all the dirt and the old and used condition that everything was in, the worst of the worst was the fact that the flat had a general moist problem. Our clothes smelled when we went out and in the flat you could smell the moist. The windows had mould in the corners. I think the walls were very moist and that was the reason for the smell and the fact that there was no ventilation in the bathroom and no window to air the room after a shower (can’t say bath because who would sit in that bathtub?!) couldn’t help neither with the condition of the walls. Also, there is no wi-fi, I know it is announced at the amenities section that there is no wi-fi, but because we live in the 21st century and it is London, I thought this was an error, but no, there is no wi-fi.
The whole building was in a bad condition, the hallways were dirty as well and the elevator too. I know is a better price than any other flats in the area on Airbnb, but if we would have known about the real condition of the flat, we would have picked another one. We stayed for 10 days and it was way too long for us there. I honestly do not understand how other reviews of this flat state that it was sparkling clean when we can not say that it was even clean... we were mislead by the other reviews and I thought this flat will be a nice option for us in London until we find a more permanent solution because we will live in London for a year, but little did we know...