I stayed during July 2022 for a week. I’ll start with the positives. The place is well furnished and maintained with modern interiors and spacious areas. It is also very close to the Borough station which makes transport around the city very easy. The location also has great places for food and shopping around it.
However, I couldn’t wait for my week to end in this accommodation for a few reasons. The place does not have an air conditioner. During the summer London can get very hot especially in the afternoon. It’s gets more than 30 degrees indoors. Let alone the fact that the bedroom window had an issue and did not open, so it got very stuffy and hot at night that I swear I couldn’t sleep and I even removed my clothes and the blanket but It still felt very warm. I spoke to the host about this issue but he/she replied with “there’s not much we can do.” I sent a message about the window and asked for someone to come and check. The host ignored my message for 1.5 days and sent someone later without informing me. I was out and came back to find the bedroom window pulled up by a metal rod. It stayed like this for the rest of the week. It was very hot in the apartment all week.
Another big issue for me as a female traveler was the entrance to the place. You have to walk through a dark alley, turn to find an eerie passageway, then find the door to the apartments at the end of the passageway. I told Uber drivers wait for me until I got to the door at night because it got really creepy. Even delivery men found the place scary and confusing and often refused to bring the food all the way to the entrance. You also need to enter a pin to open the door so you have to stand there for a bit. I was actually followed by a creepy man all the way there once and I froze a little because it took me a few seconds to recall the password and get in to safety, this experience left me traumatized and I would not recommend this place for female travelers.