We had a lovely time at Stephens flat. We discovered the cronuts at Rinkoffs bakery;they also had great sandwiches for lunch. The flat is close (10 min walk) to two tube different Tube stops. The neighborhood felt very safe.
We later discovered that flying into London city may have been easier since you could take the tube from the airport into Whitechapel. We flew into London heathrow and took The heathrow express to paddington.
All in all we had a wonderful stay