The best part about this flat is the location. There are buses running direct into the center of the city and to Gatwick, etc... it’s cheaper to take the bus than the tube. There is also a Tesco supermarket next door (the apartment is adequately equipped for cooking.) The Brixton neighborhood is bustling, but the Brixton Pop Up Market is seriously expensive.
I appreciate the host’s responsiveness and professionalism in taking care of issues I brought up. However, future guests should note:
1) the entire place is cramped (the size of a child’s room in the US) and only suitable for 1 guest. When you flip the bed down, the space from the edge of the bed to the wall is the width of the table in the picture. You literally don’t have much space to put your luggages, or to sit anywhere once that bed is down.
2) seriously thin walls inside the building. You can hear other guests laughing and playing music late at night that it’s hard to sleep. I sent the host video clips as proof. It’s so loud and clear enough that I understood the gist of the other guests’ conversations (both upstair and next door) and my Shazam app was able to identify their songs! (The construction noise was actually acceptable b/c the double glazed windows were good quality.)
3) cleanliness. The host’s guide explicitly states that guests should clean up, take the trash out, and put everything back the way it was. During check-in, I found the place not cleaned and the sheets full of dusts. I had to clean the place during check-in and before check-out. Why charge a cleaning fee then?