This was a very good experience. Jo and Jake's apartment building is right across the cycle path from a giant park called London Fields and a short walk to a very cosmopolitan market street. The Regents Canal and tow-path is close too, and is great for a stroll. Your room is part of the apartment, and shares their kitchen and breezy and eclectic living space. There's no separate bathroom, but that presented no problems for me. The bed is really comfortable, the wireless internet fast and reliable, the room has a great view over the park, and the London Fields train station (3 stops overground to connect you with the Tube at Liverpool Street station) is less than 100 metres away. 150 metres away is Mare Street, which has buses that run to Bethnel Green tube. Jo and Jake are really friendly and unassuming!