Ground floor place. There is a barber shop across the place that is a little loud at times, even into the evening. A 14 minute walk to Aldgate East Station which connected everywhere. We used the subway and bus a lot to everywhere! It was a little further than we hoped, especially when it was raining, but still reasonable. The place had a washer/dryer in the unit which was nice, close to shops, pubs and restraurants. Internet seemed slow and could be faster and had TV antenna (no cable for TV), but we didn't watch much. Had fans in the bedrooms upstairs to help keep cool, especially at night. We did a night walk to the Tower Bridge, 20 minute walk over to the end of the bridge. Walk over to the other side of the bridge to the right and get some nice night pictures which came out great.