Alex was a very responsive host. I had no problem communicating with him and arranging the check-in. I'd like to thank him for his flexibility and for helping me to bring my heavy suitcase up to his 4th floor. Everything was clear and straight forward in terms of check in/out, I had no issues with that. The room looked pretty much as described and the location is great without a doubt.
But my stay was overshadowed by two things. First, Alex forgot to leave me any towels, and late in the evening when I was home and he wasn't I failed to find them in my room or in the bathroom. It was too late to call him to ask for them and I literary could not take a shower and had to use my T-shirt to dry my face because I still had to at least wash my face and remove makeup. I assume this simply slipped from his mind as he was going to leave me some towels when he was arranging the room.
Second thing that completely turned me off the apartment was a mouse that I saw running in the kitchen when I was making a tea for myself. I feel bad sharing this because Alex does seem to be a great host and many reviews here prove that, but I thought that I still have to be honest with Airbnb community, so we all have a clear fair picture of what places we are choosing to stay while travelling. Maybe that was a one time thing and there are no mice in the apartment, but I recommend Alex to do something about that because even for such a low price for London no one deserves to stay in the place with mice.