We really wanted to love this place based on the reviews and feedback on Airbnb. I am still really confused by the strong positives. I do not consider myself too picky. We have rented lots of apartments before and this one was not as we expected.
The pros are the location is superb, right near Tower Bridge and the area around St. Katherines Docs is really fabulous. Grocery is near so that is great. The issue was with the apartment itself.
1. The bathroom was not clean, rotting baseboards and the toilet was very dirty (I have photos). The room with the toilet is very very tiny and you can't use the sink as the water will just pour all over the floor. (discovered the hard way). I am a small person and it was very hard to go in and out of the door without hitting the toilet.
2. No TV to watch, this is stated, but for the price of this stay, you should be able to turn on some news at night. Seems like a lack of investment on the owner to make this place more enjoyable.
3. No dining room area, despite the pictures, there was no table or chairs, later I figured out that the second bedroom (which is really a murphy bed) is the dining room in the pictures, but not possible when there are 4 people. Reason for renting an apt was so we could eat in, but there was nowhere to sit other than couches (this is hard for kids and we don't want to make a mess)
4. Windows didn't close properly in bedroom #2 and there was lots of bugs and cobwebs, which my daughter was unhappy about.
5. The building is tired and in need of upkeeping. The apartment hall lights are still not working, despite a review back in May stating the same. Again shows a lack of investment from the owner.
6. The building itself is questionable to me. When we were leaving, I really hate to even say this, but there were human feces and urine in the stairway (floor 2) and it was very difficult getting our luggage through with 2 kids. This experience alone confirms we wouldn't come back. That was just so disturbing.
7. As mentioned in other reviews, there are 5 flights of stairs (it is pretty difficult if you have heavy luggage but we could accept this if the place was great)

Again, I really am shocked by the high rating for this, because I think there are better places available for the money. I am really sorry we couldn't rave about it like everyone else.