Stay here if you don´t want the hustle and bustle of London. Isleworth is quiet, Kate´s place is even quieter. Only sound is Django giving a bark when you come in the door. If you´re on vacation and you will be missing your pets, Django will fill in for them, treats, tricks, pats, the works!!
The morning sun comes into the room, tea is provided, a personal fridge and bathroom, the ability to wash and dry your travel clothes.

Kate´s house is on the corner, remember this when you walk to and from the train station. Train takes 1/2 hour from Isleworth to Waterloo, the central train station in London. From there, if you are a tourist, you can choose from all four hop on/hop off buses, I chose Golden Tours because it was the only tour company with BLUE buses. The other three were red, blue was easy to spot. It cost 25 lbs for one day and 29 lbs for two days, no brainer. There were also 2 free walking tours included and a free Thames boat ride for the 29 lbs. There are also FIVE colored routes, more than the others.

My favorite part of England was the walk from Kate´s house to the train thru her neighborhood, which felt very safe for this solo, elder traveler. You can walk along and admire each English garden in front of everyone´s house.

It was easy talking and visiting with Kate and Nigel and Jack, her son. You can choose to remain in the privacy of the sequestered away private room or venture out to chat a bit, it´s your call.

I loved Chellie´s, a coffee shop and juice bar on St. John´s Rd, the main street near Kate´s, they make 5 different fresh juices and smoothies each day. I loved the peach/sweet potato/coconut one.

Taxi ride from Hounslow East tube station to Kate´s was 6 lbs, the tube fare from the airport to Hounslow East was 7.5 lbs. I managed to get a 15 lb. fare from Kate´s back to the airport on my last day there. I had a really funny and friendly cab driver. It was a good deal to me to not have to push and lug my suitcase all around and to let the cab driver help me with it.