Pros and Cons

Overall, we enjoyed our stay in London. The property managed by Ali had some pros and cons for consideration. I offer these comments simply as information that I would find useful when selecting a property to stay at.
Pros and Cons

Pros:
•	Very good location – many restaurants and shops nearby, as well as two underground tube stations within short walking distance for ease of getting around London.
•	Self-check-in was easy and convenient.

Cons:
•	We saw a large cockroach in the bathroom on our first morning in the unit. We certainly did not bring the insect with us and we are very clean (no food in the unit and we cleaned everything with Lysol wipes immediately upon arrival). We notified Ali of the issue, and he took steps to have someone come in to seal possible entry points with caulking and to place some pest control gel in the bathroom. He mentioned that this was the first time he had ever heard of cockroaches in the building as no other guests had notified him of the issue before. That said, we saw what appeared to be pest control gel previously placed along a baseboard in the bathroom.
•	The unit was mostly clean, although there was quite a bit of long hair on the floors and in the sink and shower in the bathroom (we both have very short hair, so it was clearly from previous guests).
•	There was a lot of noise, so it was difficult to sleep. From this ground floor unit, we heard a lot of noise from other visitors in the common areas of the building (people talking loudly, doors slamming, heavy walking on stairs and a faulty elevator that kept making automated announcements). There were also birds nesting immediately outside the window and they made a lot of noise very early in the morning. In a unit without air conditioning, leaving the window open was necessary on hot summer days/nights.