wonderful home and hostess. the room is large even with a sofa and TV so you have a place to relax at night. great location, with bus on street and train within 5 minutes walk (u.s. time, not English which is much faster). bathroom is lovely with rainshower head, if wanted. lots of light and next to bedroom. entire maisonette was recently completely remodelled and has lots of great features. breakfast is wonderful, I had the smoothies, but lots of other things available. highly recommend it, but you need to be able to do stairs.

1 stop from kings cross on overground line. Dalston is in zone 2 = great location. has lots of good restaurants and cafes. lots of different ethnicities which makes it interesting. I felt totally safe walking in the area, as I could see school kids in uniforms walking to school and most residents have been there for years.

shared bathroom, even for an American, was great. you only share with it with the host and she has it clean and ready for you.