Luiz is a great host. He let us check in way early that the stated time. The communication is smooth, he responds well in time.
Pros of the airbnb :
- Right in the city centre (closest metro : Tottenham metro station 1 minute walk)
- A lot of shops nearby - groceries, restaurants, book shops etc
- Close to the discos, bars etc
- You have an electric kettle and instant coffee in your room.
A small heads up, the room is small - around 6m² (ideal for no more than 2 people), so do not bring in a lot of luggage.
The airbnb is situated on the 2nd and the 3rd floor. There is a small café/bar with a lovable manager. There is a discotheque on the 1st floor. The 1st floor is separated from the airbnb using a small door which doesn't close very well though.
Cons of the airbnb :
- The airbnb has a disco/club right downstairs so extremely noisy during the night until 2-3 am in the night.
- Being close to the city centre means the street is noisy until very late with ambulance and police cars running down the street every half an hour.
- The door separating the disco (1st floor) and the airbnb (2nd and 3rd floor) is a thin one so people often climb up to the airbnb floors to use the toilets (it was broken later by the drunk guests in one of the the airbnb rooms)
- We had problems of people (in the disco and in other rooms of airbnb) being too drunk and getting violent that the police had to be called, it can get a bit unsafe.
It's a great airbnb if you want to stay right in the city centre with access to everything at a minute's walk, but it comes with its own cons especially with with the disco downstairs. I would however not recommend it to single female travelers as it might get unsafe with people getting drunk and/or violent in the disco downstairs with no cooperation of the disco owner/manager.