Marcus and Amy are superb hosts. They communicated regularly before I arrived, and their welcome booklet was full of useful information, including diagrams for adjusting the water heater, using the washer and dryer, and so on. The flat is designed and furnished with a combination of style, comfort, and verve; the lines of the curving ceiling in the lounge are just lovely. Every time I came back into the front door, the place made me feel happy. The whole flat was impeccably clean and fresh-smelling. The kitchen is well outfitted--and by the way, the refrigerator-freezer is large. The hot water is abundant and the beds comfortable. I couldn't hear any noise from the neighbors, and the traffic didn't bother me at night, because I wear ear plugs, anyway. I was there during an August heat wave, during which I used the air-conditioning unit on wheels (vented through a window bracket) quite a bit. The weather cooled off every evening, however, at which point I opened several of the windows and enjoyed the good cross-ventilation. The nearby Tesco and Sainsbury's are on the small side but are fine for everyday shopping; I enjoyed walking twenty-five minutes to the much larger (and posher) Waitrose to the west. There's another Waitrose in the direction of Canary Wharf. The one to the west has a parking deck, so visitors with cars would find it quite easy to shop there. There may also be parking for the Waitrose in Canary Wharf; I didn't have the occasion to check. However, I walked the Thames Path toward Canary Wharf almost every evening, to enjoy the kids, dogs, waves, and boats. I didn't have a car, but getting everywhere was easy; I took the DLR a couple of stops to Bank and then used the Tube. (At night, I tended to use black cabs to return, out of an abundance of caution. By the way, the black cabs were better at finding the flat than were the minicabs or Uber drivers, and I always learned something by talking to the cabbies. We talked about theater, politics, sport, you name it.) I was happy to find that the reconstructed Shakespeare's Globe was just two stops away from the flat, followed by a seven-minute walk. One of Gordon Ramsay's pub restaurants, The Narrow, is less than a five-minute walk from the flat, with a restful view out over the water. I highly recommend Marcus and Amy as hosts and their flat as a holiday home.