Pros
- Bright apartment. Painted in bright colours since host is an artist. Feels a little bit like being in Turkey.
- Nice garden
- Clean and bright bedrooms. Decent size, with comfortable beds.
- The host Nilhan is extremely bubbly and friendly. She is a fun, nice person, and will constantly ask you about your day or how things are going. She mentioned multiple times that she doesn’t want people to be unhappy in her house.
- Nilhan is sweet enough to leave little snacks and share food with visitors.
- The host was attentive to any issues I had and welcomed feedback about the house.
Cons
- There were spiders and bugs in the house kitchen and bathroom. However, the host did say it was the spider season and that bugs came from the garden.
- There was no garbage bin, only a bag in which food waste was kept. The bathroom also did not have a shower curtain. The host said she would look into buying a bin and shower curtain soon.
- It isn’t the best place if you plan to cook. There was food left around the kitchen, and it would get cleaned but sometimes it could take up to a day. The oven and stove were old and rather and greasy.
- Smoking happens in the garden (not inside the house), but was not listed on the posting.
Noise is not great in the bedrooms, but earplugs help a lot. London can be quite noisy and the walls are thin in the house. The host did ask the neighbours to keep down the noise, but not much can be done about street noise.