First of all James is truly a power host for Air BnB. He was there to greet us on arrival, had set the apartment up with things we needed for our arrival; answered all questions and was on call with minute turn around for any whatsApp inquiries.
What We loved about the flat. The location is amazing: right on top of everything. It is literally on Leicester Square just behind the Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square. The flat is large and all windows face the street. The kitchen is well appointed with everything you need and again, James ensured we had everything. He is a super nice host. The beds were comfortable and the linen great. Again the location is jaw dropping central. You can walk everywhere.
What we didn’t like about the flat. The bathroom situation is not great. The one proper private large bathroom has a shower that has pressure too weak to shower in. Otherwise the room itself is great. The second bathroom is not great. It has a functioning shower which works well but it is literally placed over a toilet. The room becomes wet meaning you cannot take clothes in and change: you can keep a towel dry in the corner of the room. It has an opaque glass door to the hallway so privacy is not great. We worked around it using the toilet shower as the only shower and the proper bathroom to change and as a toilet.
Other things we didn’t like which James was upfront with was the noise at street level of party goers heading home. We used the fans left in each bed room for white noise and the double windows helped a lot. Nightly around 2am loud 20 something’s would sing their favourite football songs as they wandered the area. The other aspect or challenge were the 3 flights or so of stairs to get up and down. After a days walking the stairs were a challenge.
I would use James’ place again just thanks to his helpful nature, the location and that everything does work once you get used to things. Thank you James.