I stayed at Tiziana's place for over three months, mostly to work as an external research student at one of London's great universities.

The neighborhood is nice and relatively calm, especially considering the quite central location (it took me e.g., only 15-20 minutes to get to my office near Waterloo every day).

Tiziana and her small family are very accommodating. They allowed me my privacy. Because it's quite a small place, we had to make our schedule of daily routines (cooking, use of bathroom etc.) compatible. However, that evolved quite naturally, and over the three months of my stay the amount of times that we had to 'queue up' to make use of facilities was really negligible.

As I'm a bit taller than average (about 6'5), I had some initial issues getting comfortable in the single bed, but after the first few days I was used to that and slept very well. So, if you're 6'3 or taller and used to sleeping in larger beds, that might be a point for consideration, but I guess for the great majority of people there should be no such issues.

All in all, I had a great time in London, and that was definitely facilitated by feeling at home at Tiziana's. I'd definitely recommend staying at her place for anyone wanting to enjoy everything London has to offer, but not willing to pay the extortionate rates mainstream hotels would charge in similar locations.