The neighborhood was beautiful and just like the pictures he posts. It is about 40-60 minutes from Central London via public transport. You would take a 5 minute bus to the station and from there the tube into the city. When my husband and I arrived there was no one there to greet us however Marion gave us a call with instructions of how to get into the house. The room itself is very quiet and you cannot hear any noise from the other rooms. The only common area is the hallways. When we were staying there was work being done to the house which made it impossible to stay at during the day because of the noise. Other than that we enjoyed our trip to London.