Overall a good stay.
The place:
- The apartment is spacious and tastefully designed, good for two people. While it is below street level, there is enough light coming through and all rooms have windows. At the back of the house, there is a small outdoor courtyard you can sit in, though the neighbours above can see you.
- The kitchen is lovely and bed comfortable. There are also cupboards to us to put our clothes in. The front door lock is quite hard to open in beginning but with practice we managed.
- One thing to note is that the upstairs neighbor can be noisy (hammering, playing music and dragging furnitures around in early and late hours) and there is street construction at the moment, which can be noisy in the morning.
Location: Located a slight distance away from central London but the transport options are good. Most tourist sites are north of Thames and are connected by underground. The apartment is south of the Thames and there is no underground in the area, but you can either take national rails, overground or bus for about 15 minutes to a main interchange such as Victoria Station or Elephant & Caslte Station (the national rails comes at about 30 min intervals). On average takes about 30 minutes to Tower Bridge, 40-50 minutes to British Museum/Kings Cross/west end theatres. As the apartment is still in zone 2, daily public transport cost in zone 1&2 is capped at 7.7 pounds if you use a contactless card.
Overall we find it an enjoyable stay. Tess is also extremely helpful and patient. It is also good to get out of busy London into the more tranquil suburbs at the end of the day. Though the public transportation takes a bit of time, the rail and overground segment is clean and not crowded, we always got seats and it is a much more enjoyable than taking London Underground. The other plus point is the proximity of a small supermarket, opening from 6am-11pm so always good to grab milk/snacks/eggs any time.