The appartment is modern, well situated, and clean. An important minus, the bed linen and the towels are smelly of mould, probably because of insufficient drying after washing.
My one star sadly comes from the bad experience I had with the owner, that destroyed my vacation: I kindly asked him beforehand, in written, for an early check-in, and he gladly informed me that on the day of my arrival the previous guest would leave at 9, plus the time he would need to clean up. I wholeheartedly thanked him, again and again, as I would arrive very late the previous night to Stansted Airport, after the departure of the last train (00:30), and I would stay there overnight, waiting for the morning trains to Liverpool Street.
Although he said I would be welcome even earlier, not willing to be in the way, I arrived after ten that morning, only to find that not only the previous guest had no intention of leaving early, but claimed the whole appartment for herself, at least up to her scheduled 11 o' checkout, sending me back to the freezing street for another two hours. When I returned at noon she was still there packing up, so I stayed freezing on the couch. When she finally left around 12.30 Gabriel said he would work, and I asumed me meant that he wuld prepare the room. An hour later he had shown no intention of cleaning the room or the wc, although he knew that I had been exhausted and freezing. I finally knocked on his door around 13.30, and kindly asked him to make up at least the bed, which he did in a matter of minutes, but when I mentioned his former commitment to an early check in, and asked him to continue cleaning the room for me, he denied rather abruptly, and when I showed him the screenshot proof of his promise, he threatened to call airbnb and throw me out in the street, on the ground that I was yelling at him, which I certainly didn't, but of course I was speaking intensely, with all the weariness of a sleepless night and a morning in the street and begging for a bed. Even so, I sincerely apologised for even unintentionally making him feel uncomfortable, but he never apologized to me for not keeping up with his word, not even admitting it, and not even remotely trying to make up for it.
Furthermore, on the final morning of my stay, as I was trying to get some extra sleep before my departure, he arranged a visitor to the apartment at around 9 o clock, who inspected everything apart my room and stayed for over half an hour talking loudly with him. And then as soon as the visitor left he "kindly" reminded me that I had to go before 11, which I did.
All of that had an impact both in my psychology and my body health, as I needed very badly to rest on the first morning, instead of strolling around or siting on a frozen sofa, and as a result I have caught a cold, thankfully not a covid one. Even so I wouldn't bother to leave this report that makes me sad, if only he had admitted his mistake and if he had expressed the minor apologies for being inconsistent.