Nice place. Great eating area.
Things to keep in mind:
- default check-in process: different from other air-bnbs I have stayed in...the management company wanted someone from their company to meet me at the house...so I kept having to communicate that my plans were changing as it impacted the time I expected to arrive. They also required us to upload passport / photo ids for every guest...I’m just happy the 5 or 6 places we have stayed at throughout the UK didn’t require this because it was painful to have to fill out so much addition pre-check-in info.
- parking: make sure to check ahead with the management company that the home owner has parking permits available for your stay...if you plan to spend the day in London and keep your car parked at the house, you will need a parking permit 10:00am - 12:00pm or you will get a ticket. During my stay, the management company couldn’t find any of the parking permits for the house. When I pushed them to get this figured out, they paid for me to park my car at someone’s house about 0.25 miles away (bring an umbrella :-) ).
- washing / drying clothes: when I booked this Airbnb, the description said it included a dryer. It is my understanding this was an oversight on the management company’s part and they planned to update description following my stay. The management company reimbursed me for getting my clothes washed and dried (I had 3 women and 3 toddler girls with me on this trip) at a place down the street. Glad they paid for it but I would have preferred to not even have to write about this since it was a basic thing we were expecting.
Bottom line: the house was nice, however the problems that came up mattered a lot to us since we felt like the $1,200+ we spent should have been enough to not have to deal with the inconveniences / problems we encountered. The management company tried to help and took care of stuff the best they could.