My wife and I recently spent a week here and couldn’t have been happier with the flat, its location within London, and our host, Rachel. The flat itself was clean, airy and comfortable with eclectic and unique art throughout. Its location in the heart of vibrant Soho was perfect, and both the Piccadilly Circus & Tottenham Court Road tube stations were both just a little over a five minute walk from the flat, which meant that we could explore the entire city easily via the tube.
At the end of each long day taking in the city’s sites, we would retreat to the couch in front of the fireplace with drinks, reading material and some light music (there was a small speaker system in the front room that our iPod worked perfectly with). While not as pronounced when the frontroom window was shut, when it was opened there was some varying noise from revelers at night in the street below (as mentioned in the original Air B&B listing), but we actually found this gave a vibrant energy to our late evenings. This, of course, wouldn’t be the case for all, but for us it was fun. In retrospect, these cozy evenings in the flat could have been our favorite part of the trip.
While shower space and bathroom were quite small (again, mentioned in the original listing, so no surprise) the comfort of the bed more than made up for it, even if it did make it more difficult to get up from and get our day started : )
Our host, Rachel, was also a gem - checking in with us via email (and the Air B&B site) to make sure everything was alright with our stay and to see if we needed anything. In fact, we were there when the recent Parliament terrorist attack took place, and Rachel sent us a message to make sure we were out of harm’s way (good luck getting this type of personal touch and concern from any four star hotel).
Charm, comfort, history and heart. We’re just hoping the next time we visit London that Rachel and this lovely flat will be a part of our stay.