My husband and I stayed for 1 week in Gary's place and overall had a great stay. The place is exactly how the pictures show. It is about a 15 minute walk to East Croydon Station and you can easily access London city centre from there. Another option is the bus 197 just across the street from the apartment which will take you to the train station. It was a bit challenging to get a hold of Gary initially but everything was sorted out in the end. This apartment is on the ground floor and is not air conditioned but a fan is provided, we stayed in late August and the week we were there was quite warm. There are windows that you can open but it can get noisy due to the street in front of the apartment. It was convenient to have a laundry facility located behind the apartment. It was a bit frustrating that it took a bit of tries for the machines to accept the coins. Overall I would recommend the apartment!