It was great staying in James´ place. The surrounding seems quite and calm but only a few steps away you get to sip your morning coffee in a very hip neighborhood. We didn´t meet James personally but he went out of his way to leave the keys and prepare everything so that we would feel as at home. What we did!
Fortunally the weather wasn´t to good otherwise we would have stayed in James´ sweet little garden all of our time in London.
I would highly recommend staying with James when you want to have a real homestay-feeling in one of the best `new´ places in London. Could only be that the place is already rented out to me ;-)