Cleanliness
Place was extremely clean. Huda actually has it professionally cleaned right before every new guest.
Communication
Main communication was through WhatsApp and Huda was very responsive. She was also very helpful in providing directions and helping to navigate London or help with anything you may need.
Check in
Huda personally met with us to hand over the key. We had a little issue where our phones died or were close to dying because of the long flight to the UK (over 15 hours) yet Huda was very accommodating and didn’t mind that communication on our side was a bit unreliable as a result.
In fact, she even agreed to meet with us earlier than we had agreed because of the fact that we were stranded with luggage and no phones, family or friends in a strange country. This was honestly very appreciated on our part and shows that she genuinely wants her visitors to have a good experience.
Transport
The apartment is located near to 3 train stations.
Deptford Bridge station is literally right outside the apartment complex (though you don’t hear the trains passing) and uses the DLR line (never too busy or crowded, even in peak hours).
Deptford train station was about 6 minutes walk away and was also a quiet station, and New Cross Station was about 10 minutes walk away and had links to central London same as the others.
You can even walk to Greenwich Train Station and to Greenwich park and Cutty Shank as well as the numerous museums in the area.
There are also frequent buses right outside and one street away (a one or two minute walk) which carry you to major hubs. Buses and trains both run frequently with usually only a 5 or 10 minute wait from the last bus or train.
Location and Proximity
The main hub of Lewisham is mere minutes away and so is New Cross and Greenwich.
There are also dozens of groceries, fruit stores and restaurants within 4 to 8 minutes and they all literally surrounded the property. There was an Asda 4 minutes away, a Co op grocery 3 minutes away and many others whose names I am unfamiliar with.
Final Word
Overall, it was a great place to stay and was easy to access for someone like me who has never been to the UK before and needed an easy and accessible place to explore this new country. Also, don’t forget to buy a plug converter for all of us who come from the US, the Americas, Canada and the Caribbean. You can get it at any Boots location or order it from Amazon (just type in US visitor to UK converter) before your stay. I would absolutely book this place again on my next visit to London once available. It’s a great price for all the place has to offer (Wi-Fi, heating, fully functioning stove, proximity to everything you need during your stay, communication with host, helpfulness of host, cleanliness, train stations and bus stops, Netflix, etc etc)