The host asked me to give a five star review but I can really only give four out of five stars regarding my stay. TLDR: The dryer does not work so be prepared to air dry your clothes or hand them off to someone else to get them dried.
I had booked this location for May 16 - 20 and May 28 - 31. I had booked this location based on it having wifi, the area, and it having both a washer and a dryer. When I arrived after a week long tour with a tour group of Southern England, I had a large amount of laundry that needed to be done. Again, this place having a washer and dryer showing in its listing was one of the main reasons Ichose this place because I knew I would need to get my laundry done after the tour.
After doing a load of laundry, I discovered that the dryer was not working. It was a washer and dryer combo and the dryer portion would only run for about 15 minutes and then stop and not do anything further. This happened no matter what dryer setting I put it on and it didn't seem like the dryer was heating up anyway. I contacted Peter about this issue and after a while he said he would have his cleaning lady come in the next day to have a look at it and also if I needed anything washed or dried I could give it to her.
Now, as I'm here for five weeks visiting from the U.S. I only packed about a weeks worth of clothing because I booked places with washers and dryers so I could do my own laundry. Having someone take my clothing to another location increases the chances of an item of clothing getting lost or left behind so I was not too keen on this idea. However, I now have an airbnb full of wet clothes everywhere as I'm trying to get them air dried. The next day the cleaning lady comes in to look at the machine and just sort of stares at it and says it doesn't work. After a few minutes of listening to her go on a tangent about how using technology is leading to the earth's destruction she takes the clothes that needed drying to her laundry room next door. She ends up losing a sock. It takes about another hour for the missing sock to be found and returned. So I have been dealing with laundry issues for almost 24 hours now.
End of the week comes and I check out and head to Scotland. Peter messages me and says he will have his engineer take a look at the machine the following week. When I return to Peter's place on the 28th, I ask if the dryer issue was resolved. He said it was. I washed a couple of items that were dirty from the previous day but once again the dryer was not working. No problem this time as the previous airbnb had a working washer and dryer and I had already washed and dried everything except those few items.
Other than that issue, the place was fine for what I needed. It was close to the British Museum and other areas I was interested in seeing.