We (My husband and I, mother, and brother) stayed for 10 days in this lovely apartment everything was as advertised and more. Communications with the host were wonderful and they were more than accommodating with all of our requests. they were even able to get us into the apartment early which was a godsend after our long flight. The apartment was very clean and they were gracious enough to leave us with some breakfast foods(coffee, muesli, biscuits...) that we did eat. The apartment is within a 5 min walk to Bayswater(Circle, District lines) which makes it easily accessible to get around the whole city. Grocery stores, pubs, shops are all within walking distance. The area felt safe and Notting Hill is beautiful.

Please be weary of stepping to loudly later into the evening the floors do creak and there is a very nice family that lives below. Also there is a lot of noise in the mornings with all the kids heading to classes.

Being that this is a city if the window is open you may here some TV sets, late night revelers, and the occasional cat meowing. Again this is a city and there are noised while windows are open.

All in all I would highly recommend this apartment(location, cleanliness)