Globally a good stay with a few mishaps. This was my seventh visit to London but I had never stayed in this neighbourhood which was a nice discovery. The little “tiendas” next to the Elephant and Castle tube station are a great place to experience south American cuisine. However, they might disappear soon because they are under the threat of being demolished, so come and enjoy them while you still can! This neighbourhood is very lively and you feel really safe roaming these streets (and I travelled with a child). The flat is a ten minutes walk from the tube once you’ve found the shortcuts, a bit longer if you follow google maps. The building itself is really nice, modern and quiet. It’s well-equipped, with automatic gates and two elevators. Now Catherine’s flat is on the 1st floor, if you can help it, I would recommend NOT to use the elevator since my fiancé and I stayed trapped in it for an hour and a half the evening we arrived. We weren’t aware of the fact that there were two elevators, got in the wrong one (the one nobody uses and which is actually malfunctioning), and had to be rescued by the London fire brigade. They’re the best really, and we got to meet all of Catherine’s neighbours who were charming and super supportive (though wondering who were these foreigners stuck in the elevator nobody uses). Catherine was great throughout the whole unfortunate incident. She was our lifeline, she called everybody she could to get us out as soon as possible, even though she was not there the weekend we came. On the whole her absence was not a problem at all, she provides very precise instructions on how to retrieve her keys, (it is a bit like these escape games safes and you feel all proud getting the keys under two minutes) and she is quick to react when you contact her. We got in touch again after the lift incident because on our 2nd day we ran out of hot water. She got in touch with the building manager in the instant but the sad news were it was a problem encountered by the whole building that couldn’t get fixed before the end of our stay. Apart from the lack of hot showers (which is not a regular feature and should be sorted by now), the flat is nice, spacious and clean. In a heat wave such as we experienced it can get a bit hot in there (28-29°) since it’s well-exposed, but a ventilator is provided as well. Lastly I’ll just say a few words of the bedding: you should know that there is only one real bed (in the bedroom) and the two individual beds are sort of camp beds. The friends I travelled with didn’t mind, but it’s better to know these things in advance.