The location is a bit strange. It's a 15 minute walk to the nearest Tube station which is reasonable. 10 mins walk to a Tesco Express which is useful.
The check in process involved going into a laundry room and taking a key that was hung on a tap.
You enter the property down a shared hallway, into a FIRE EXIT and then the room is a door inside there. The room has no windows to the outside, only to an internal hallway shared by around 8 other properties. Whenever anyone walks past they make a lot of noise that you can hear, and it turns an automatic light on which shines through into the bedroom.
The rooms aren't in great shape - the bathroom is fine, but the hallway flooring squishes down when you walk over it quite severely! Various damage and bits of trims missing, the bedroom door doesnt latch etc.
The bed is not very comfortable and dips down towards the centre. The whole apartment is very hot, and there's no way to cool it down. On a night I was uncomfortable, hot and sweaty, there was a fan provided but not really enough.
Main problem for me was the nearby residents. The first night there was loud bassy music playing from 11pm - 3am. There was also a big party going on nearby and I could hear everything. If anyone walks down the shared hallway, it is basically right behind your head through the wall, and the light illuminates the whole bedroom.
The second night, the bassy music started again and i'd had enough, I complained to the Host and she came and got the nearby residents to stop the music, which they did.
Overall, I would say it's not worth the money I paid. It's in a slightly rough area, the apartment isn't being maintained properly, and your nights sleep relies on the local residents staying in their rooms and being quiet.
The host was very good with communication and made check in/out very easy.