The location of this apartment is extremely convenient for exploring central London by foot or by tube. There are tons of great food options all within walking distance, such as the Little Portland Cafe which quickly became one of my favorite places to go in the morning. If you need a quick snack there is a Tesco Express right around the corner and there are many different underground locations to use to explore different parts of London. The location alone makes the airbnb a great option if you plan on doing a lot of exploring within the vicinity by foot, or love parks and want to enjoy Reagents Park or Primrose Hill (assuming the weather holds up).
With all the convenience, there are definitely cons here. The main one being that there is a LOT of noise in the mornings during the weekdays. This might even be on the weekends, but I noticed is most during the week. Beginning at 9am you will hear cars outside of the windows and people talking outside. On top of that there is a TON of light, which is great if you are a natural morning person and wake up at 9am on your own volition. If you don't fit this profile I'd highly suggest bringing earplugs as well as a sleeping eye mask. I alternated between wearing earplugs and using my airpods to play white noise. It is definitely doable if you aren't a morning person to sleep in here, but it will be very difficult if you are not a heavy sleeper. I can't say I got amazing sleep this whole stay, but on the flip side it got me to experience some beautiful London mornings outside before the rain.
To the host's credit based on the other reviews, the bed IS in fact a queen size bed. It is just oriented weirdly to make you think you should lay on it the wrong way. Basically if your feet dangle off the end of the bed you should just lay on it the other direction (ie lay across it).
The check in process is very very clunky and not really benefitting the person trying to get into their room after traveling for hours on end. Hopefully this gets fixed, but basically if you don't remember to message on Whatsapp two days prior then you will have to figure out a way to get into the building and hope your keys are available to pick up from the doormans desk. This is really such a buzzkill given how responsive the host actually is on whatsapp once you're in the apartment.
Other issues with the unit is there isn't a place to hang your clothes, which I found pretty odd. I'm not sure if its intentional to keep people from staying too long but it definitely makes it hard to keep your clothing wrinkle free. There is a hook on the back of the apartment door which works but is not ideal. I had to lay some nice shirts out on a desk which wasn't ideal but not the end of the world.
Overall I think this place is definitely worth the money for how affordable it is in comparison to other places in the area. It's especially ideal if you fit that archetype I described above but it is survivable if you don't. I would NOT recommend staying here if you actually want to stay inside the unit all day given all the noise outside. Maria seems like a really nice person regardless so hopefully she works on some of these issues to make this place a 5 star stay.