I really enjoyed staying with Tony and Rui, so much so that I renewed my stay midway through. I felt lucky to have found their place.

Room and apartment: spacious room, the window looks out onto a courtyard and trees, comfortable bed and warm bed covers, enough storage space. The apartment is very clean, with modern bathroom and kitchen.

A few notes: the wifi reception within the room was fine for web surfing, not suitable for Skype calls or streaming Netflix. For the equivalent of 1500 USD a month this was not ideal. Tony put in a new router towards the latter end of my stay, which I appreciated but it didn’t make a huge difference. The kitchen was small, and there was no system for recycling, but you can do your own.

Location: close to two Tube stations, Stockwell (0.6 mile, 11-12 mins walk) and Vauxhall (0.7 mile, 12-13 mins walk). Stockwell station has access to both the Victoria and Northern Tube lines, which means easy access to majority of Central London. There are also various bus lines. There is a huge Sainsbury’s within a 5-min walk, also a smaller Sainsbury’s Local next to the Stockwell Tube station. There are also a few small Portuguese grocery stores within a 2-3 min walk. Finally, a great fish and chips place nearby, Ocean Blue, and an Indian takeaway, Hot Stuff.

Hosts: the hosts to me are a big part of an Airbnb experience, and I was thoroughly happy on this front. Tony and Rui are easy-going, well-informed about London, and fun to chat with. I really felt like I could trust them and this meant a lot to me.