We have mixed feelings about the flat. The location is perfect, central without being crazy, in a lovely area off the Kensington High Street, but...
To describe the apartment as “kick ass” is misleading. “Kick ass” connotes something impressive, strikingly effective, really cool/great, very exciting. This flat is adequate, though very well positioned, but there are several aspects of it that could use some attention. We worry that accessing the loft bed (comfortable with very clean linens) is simply not safe. There are no bedside lamps; you’d need to keep the bathroom light on through the night to see to get down the ladder - even then, we felt it was quite risky. If you actually sit on the sofa, which sags practically to the ground in the middle, you will find it difficult to get up. We understand it is meant to be an extra bed, though we didn’t use it as a bed. It doesn’t work as a couch. While the linens and towels were clean and white and perfect, the couch is tired, the gray carpet on the raised area under the table and chairs a bit past it, the glass doors which open out quite dirty, though we needed to open them to try and get air, as it was warm and the small fan didn’t quite cool the place down enough. There was quite a strong, toxic smell wafting up from the shaft below; looking down, there was detritus, looking out and down, cigarette butts and detritus. It would be helpful to have somewhere to put toiletries in the bathroom, and in the shower. When we looked for towels, we found some in the closet, which was fine, but the towels meant for our stay were actually on our loft bed. That was surprising, as we wouldn’t have found them until we went to sleep. And then, to have to climb the steep ladder t bring them down...impractical. We’re not engineers/architects, but we wonder if the ladder, its angle and the somewhat slippery treads would pass code. We understand space is a a premium in such a lovely area of London, but perhaps too many corners have been cut to create this unit. We wanted to love it, but it didn’t feel loved up.