I have to admit that we had a lovely 8-night stay with Maral. It's definitely a property that we'd stay at again when we're in London.

The rooms were spotlessly clean. (There is a no-shoes-inside policy.) There were 2 full bathrooms (1 shower-over-bath, 1 shower) with bath mats, hand towels, two bath towels each. The kitchen had a good selection of pots, pans, plates. There was some coffee, salt, pepper, etc, but breakfast is not provided. The house heats up quickly in warm weather and there are no fans or air conditioners, but the windows provide good ventilation.

The loft bedroom was filled with light from the ceiling windows. From the lounge on the first floor, there was a lovely restful view of green treetops. The wi-fi was reasonably fast and we had no problems logging on.

The property is located close to both a Tesco Express and the big Tesco's at Surrey Quays shopping centre. There are numerous bus, Overground and Underground stations within a 10-15 minute walk, then a few minutes from the centre of London. It's a quiet area but there were enough people around that it always felt safe walking back at night.

That said, there were two things that didn't go so smoothly. First, we could really have used some directions. The property is located in a mews - a group of houses built around pedestrian walkways - and is not numbered. Even though we know the area (because we have relatives there), we had a great deal of trouble locating the house. We were also being met by Maral's sister and niece, but communicating through Maral, which didn't help.

Second, we consider that the description in the AirBnB listing needs to be clarified. The property is actually a 2 bedroom house which has been divided into two apartments. The upstairs apartment has two levels and the downstairs apartment is a studio on the ground floor. Maral has three separate listings - one for the ground floor studio, one for the upstairs apartment, and one for the whole house (both apartments together).

In the upstairs apartment, which is advertised as the "Cosy 1 bedroom house", there is a bedroom and en suite in the loft. The kitchen, lounge (with pull out sofa) and bathroom are on the first floor, up the stairs from the red door on the right hand side of the pictures. If you book this listing, the ground floor studio is rented separately and the door between the two apartments is locked. However, a fair amount of noise can be heard between the two apartments. I also assume that the internet connection is shared.

More importantly, we did not have exclusive access to the garden. When another guest arrived, we found out that we had both planned to use the BBQ/seating area to entertain. There were also quite a lot of renovation materials stored behind a big shed and in the car parking next to the house. We were disappointed by this.