We had a lovely stay here, lots of toys and books for the children which was great. We were out most of the day exploring London and found this ideal for a short stay in London.
The place was clean, homely and welcoming. We did self check in and check out which was perfect, the host communication is excellent.
There are no TVs on the property but there is a projector, we didn’t need to use this though and found the lack of tv great for the kids as we were out most of the day and in the morning/evening they could play with toys and read books which was ideal.
There is a nice entrance hall inside the front door for leaving shoes and hanging coats. The living room, dining room, kitchen is up a flight of stairs on the first floor and there is a door to close so small children can’t access the stairs. This room is open plan and the cupboards are well stocked with tea, coffee, crockery and miscellaneous items such as sandwich bags. There is an armchair and two-seater sofa plus a dining table that can easily seat six. The highchair doesn’t have straps and is designed for a older toddler, this wasn’t a problem for us as we ate out a lot and sat the baby on our knee when feeding her.
The next floor up has the main bathroom (the toilet in here blocks easily), good sized double bedroom and a beautiful childrens bedroom with bunk beds and toys.
The top floor is a loft conversion which has a small wc and a double bedroom, it looks new with fresh plaster on the walls and has windows where you can see the cityscape. There is a corner on this room which is the cleaning cupboard but it doesn’t have a door on it, I expect because the room looks pretty new it’s just not been put in yet. There is also a desk in here but no bedside table. All of the steps are the kind of wood which can be slippy, however this wasn’t an issue for us as the older children just took socks off and the younger children only went up and down them with an adult.
The nearest tube is Westbourne park which is ten minutes away but there are also busy stops on portobello road which is about ten minutes walk. We got a bus from there direct to Buckingham Palace and it was a nice way to see some of the city and a refreshing change from the tube.
The only shame was the local playground en route to Westbourne Park had the gates locked up the entire time we were there, it didn’t matter too much as we visited other parks and playgrounds (Holland park is not too far to travel to and has playgrounds, nearby cafes, beautiful gardens and is on tube& bus routes), however every time we walked past the little playground on the way from/to the tube station the kids did look to see if it was open to play on and were a tad disappointed it wasn’t.
Highly recommend the nearby Cafe O’Porto for breakfast (breakfast pastries, coffees, babycinno etc), delicious food and very cheap for London (£12 for five pastries and five drinks).