We spent a long weekend in Nick's apartment in Brick Lane and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The apartment is near London City Airport and has good transport links. There is car parking in the basement, if you need it. The apartment is clean, spacious, cosy and quiet (we did not hear a peep from the neighbours and virtually nothing from outside). There is a train track alongside, but the noise did not bother us - you might find it more intrusive at night in the summer, if you have to keep the bedroom windows open. The klevio app makes it easy to enter and exit the building. The furnishings are basic but adequate and there is a big TV with Netflix and the beds are comfy. The view out the back windows of the Gherkin etc is pretty fab. Cooking facilities etc again basic but adequate - we actually didn't do more than make a cup of tea or open a bottle of wine when we were there, because there is no shortage of eateries in the area. The apartment block is right in the East End and a few minutes' walk from the famous Brick Lane. The neighbourhood is fabulous - rubbish-strewn, raggedy around the edges, full of all kinds of people, vibrant, varied and great fun. There are vintage clothes shops, tattoo parlours, vegan cheese shops, candlemakers, artisan chocolatiers - and loads of Indian restaurants. We enjoyed Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium, the London Tea Company, City Spice Indian Restaurant and the old Truman Brewery indoor craft and food market. Within a 20 minute walk you have the vast Eataly complex and the 'new' Spitalfield indoor market. How can you go wrong with place names like Bacon Street, Quaker Street, Princelet Street and Grey Eagle Street? Walk from one end to the other and meet Charles Dickens, Jack the Ripper and EastEnders along the way ... we will be back!