The flat is in a student housing complex but there weren’t many students around this summer. The room is clean and the windows do an amazing job of blocking out the noise from the streets. There is a great little coffee shop with organic food across the street called “Clean Hearts” and Whitechapel Gallery is right around the corner. The Aldgate East tube station is a 2-minute walk that can get you anywhere you want to go in London so I liked the location. It also has a laundry room with great dryers (not always a given) which was a plus since I was traveling for 5 weeks. Overall, I had a great stay.