John wasn't around while we visited his appartment during Notting Hill Carnival, but he was still a very thoughtful host. He left a letter with serveral tipps for shopping, restaurants - we loved the Syrian restaurant around the corner - and how to get around, which helped us a lot, and he even answered our emails even though he was on vacation. Thanks to his neighbour we had an easy check-in and check-out and a contact person next door.
We liked the multicultural, diversified and quiet neighbourhood where we could find everything we needed. We can recommend the Jamaican take-away "Ochi" which was very delicious. :-)
The appartment was exactly as described with a well equipped kitchen including salt, sugar, spices and other stuff your normaly need to buy when renting a holiday appartment, fast internet and a lot of space for our belongings including a closet. The bathroom was modern and new, not what I'm used to in London. :-)
Overall I can definitely recommend this appartment as it is very difficult to find something nice and affordable in London.