This listing for a “breathtaking patio apartment” was misleading.
I will start with the good: the apartment is 6 mins from Paddington Station which is very convenient to the airport. The flat was also cleaned well.
That’s it for the positives of this apartment. There is nothing breathtaking about the apartment unless you count how out of breath you will be lifting suitcases up and down a very narrow set of stairs to the basement.
There is no “patio” but a square of space with no ceiling. You will hear EVERYTHING that is happening upstairs - arguments, babies screaming, people talking, walking back and forth etc.
The apartment has no air circulation so hopefully the weather in London is perfect while you’re there otherwise it will be unpleasant for you.
The apartment has minimal light as it’s below ground.
There is a chance you will have no hot water as was previously mentioned in another review, but when you try and contact host about it you will not get a reply for several, several hours. (In fact, the host will ask for all communication to be done outside of the Airbnb app when you can finally get ahold of them). Then you will be told that you don’t know how to operate the shower. After you follow their directions on how to operate the shower and still no hot water, the host will try and distract you talking about how much they dislike the design of the shower. I hope showering is not of consequence to you.