We absolutely loved it at Adelaide's!

Adelaide welcomed us to her house amazingly friendly and caring even though it was already past 11pm!
She offered us drinks immediately, showed us around, told us we could help ourselves with drinks and food from the kitchen, she put a tray of biscuits & fresh food in our room and was just lovely all around.

We felt very comfortable at her place. She even let us leave our luggage at her place after check-out so we could explore the city without having to worry about our suitcases and she even dried my towel that I put over my suitcase to air-dry!! So thoughtful. (She also offers you towels by the way)

She helped us reach our next AirBnB and let us call from her phone so we wouldn't have to use ours (cause it's very expensive calling someone in England from a German phone). She was thoughtful and caring the whole time and we would stay with her again any time! :)

We only had problems at our arrival since we made an arrangement that we'd call her when we arrive at East Croydon station so she could tell us how to get to the AirBnB but we couldn't reach her, which ended up in us walking around East Croydon for an hour at night, asking every person we could find to tell us the way until we met a lovely lady who helped us out with Google Maps on her phone. A couple minutes after we reached the street (we didn't know the house number) Adelaide called us back. We thought we'd have to stay on the street but luckily it all went well and I can tell you for sure that she'd never let anyone stay on the street! :D Then she welcomed us so so so so friendly even though it was already 11pm. In the end this was just a minor hiccup and she definitely made up for it with her personality and willingness to help.

East Croydon station is only 15 minute walk (if you know the way!!) away from Adelaide's house. From there you can take the train straight to Victoria Station (London) which takes about 20-25 minutes. It's very convenient. Just make sure you leave a little earlier to find the station the first time and have in mind that the trains are PACKED with people on peak-time & that you might not get in to the train & have to wait for the next one. You could also take the bus straight to London if you'd like but it takes a little longer.

We would immediately stay with her again and we were sad having to leave after one night because the other AirBnB we stayed in after that wasn't even close to welcoming and caring as Adelaide was. :)

Cheers
Maraike & Berenice