I booked Michael's place for a month and unfortunately, I had to leave the stay after 3 days. My honest review is:
The good:
- Michael has fantastic communication. Is very attentive and polite. Any issues I had, he did try to resolve. He was very reasonable.
- The location is great for transport/westfield/supermarkets etc...
- The place had a fan and double french doors to open out onto an open space.
- The family leave you alone and you have easy access in and out.
The bad:
- The place was NOT clean. I understand the bedroom had probably had not been used in a while but it was dusty and grimey. The shower looked like it had not been cleaned from the last person and equally bad condition for the room. The furniture was battered. The microwave had not been cleaned and had food hanging off the plate and grill attachment. I had to ask the fridge to be cleaned as it was in such a disgusting state. Which Micheal did do to be fair. I had to move out in the end and stay in a hotel.
- ALL of the linen was stained. Towels and bedding. I asked for different linen and while Michael did provide more it was still stained and all the threads coming out of it.
- Toilet roll was not provided.
- The place was SO loud. You can hear every conversation and bang from upstairs, for me it was unbareable. I understand they have a young family but I could hear the baby crying for four hours. Bring headphones if you want to stay here.
Overall, staying in this place did ruin my trip to London and I had to return to Manchester and stay at a hotel at my own expense. I think is passable if you just want somewhere to put your head down and don't care for cleanliness. I wouldn't recommend it for any other reason. I don't think it is worth what I paid when the Ibis outside was cheaper. Micheal was an attentive and responsive host and remained reasonable with me. Wish them all the best.