The location is not exactly hackney but on fish Island.
Finding the exact location was a bit tricky, but really easy to find with Alaa‘s great description.
Alaa‘s atelier/apartment was not exactly how it showed on the photos. Unfortunately it was also a bit messy in the living room - but well, she lives there which is fine to us.
The thing that bothered us the most was that when arriving at 4pm there were no towels ready for us. Alaa had to wash them first so we got them a day later. Also the rooms are not heated. She stated that we have a heater in the room but there wasn‘t one. So it was freezing cold the first night. The day after she gave us a heather which we were thankful for.
Also the Communication was pretty slow. We did not receive an answer to our questions until many hours later.
Alaa herself is a really nice host for sure but the place and the price wasn‘t worth it for us.