Paddington is a great location and a really nice neighbourhood. It felt safe and was quiet and no problems walking at night. Very close to Paddington station as well. We are walkers and found it to be fairly easy to walk to central London and all the sights. Hyde Park was about a 10 min's walk and there was a really cool kids park in Kensington gardens for children - Lady Diana Kids park. There was a waitrose about 5 min's away to get any groceries and some really great coffee shops and restaurants. The apartment is below ground level, however, there was lots of windows and you could look up to street level and it got a lot of light. This is only problematic if you have a lot of luggage and/or any disability with stairs. We had a stroller, but that was fairly easy to get up and down the stairs. The apt has a comfortable bed (and bedding), great size washroom with a nice shower and great water pressure (no bath; which was fine for us). The kitchen seemed newly reno'd and was perfect for what you need, fridge for fresh groceries, gas range for cooking and lots of pots and pans, utensils, everything you need to feel like home! The pullout is like a trundle bed, not an actual sofa bed, which worked out okay, cause the futon style made it comfortable for our young one. It was a good size apartment. We look forward to staying again the next time we are in London!