Location, Location, Location. If that is mostly the only thing you care about, this is a place for you. You are in what is considered the city center, next to Trafalgar Sq. Also, the apartment is bigger and brighter than the photos show, and check in and out was as flexible as other bookings allowed. The ad doesn´t mention it, but you need to go up more than 40 steps to reach the apartment, after having crossed a totally messy building mezzanine.
But, and that is a big but, there is not a single shred of pride in the managing of this place. You don´t meet Anoma, you meet a cleaner that clearly doesn´t care about the place nor you. The upkeep is very deficient: some places have not been cleaned in ages, and only the bed had clean sheets, the rest had basically not been clean from previous guests, and bathroom floor mats had not been changed. You are not provided with hairdryer, shampoo, nor conditioner, and body gel is the hand soap, neither with salt (dirty empty shaker). Cooking utensils are ONE fork, two spoons, 3 knives, a skillet the size of a fried egg and no pot to cook a basic meal. Forget pizza, as the microwave has no grill (there is a toaster, though) . There is a boiler, but again, I don´t think it has ever been cleaned. Ah, and the kitchen light, and all its three bulbs, has burned loooong ago, even the switch was broken. You can try using your phone flashlight.
Somebody´s stuff fills all the closets, drawers, shelves and underbed, and very conspicuous, and ugly, brown tape all over let´s you know you are not welcome to use any of it, you are left with only one small drawer for all your clothes. The sofa ends up being the closet (sofa is comfy, though).
And finally, the mattress. It´s so old that it has two sunken areas (where bodies align when sleeping) and very dirty. My back had a hard time recovering every morning.
It is not a question of being a humble place for a good price in the center, it´s a question of offering a place one can be proud of with very little extra effort and a very small investment.