The pros: fantastic location, 8 minute walk to Notting Hill Gate tube and 5 minute walk to Werbourne Grove, on a quiet cobbled Mews. Home has nice living space, adequate kitchen (that is cosmetically clean and nice), and 3 small bedrooms that are sufficient for a brief stay in London. Nearby Westbourne Grove is home to many posh shops and nice restaurants like Granger & Co, Daylesford, and others. Just a couple of blocks from Portobello Road famous for its Saturday markets. Just a short 12 minute walk to Hyde Park, including (in this nearby corner of the park), the wonderful Dianna Memorial Playground, one of the best playgrounds for kids we have ever seen. A longer but quite pleasant walk to the museums in South Kensington. Just a terrific location in London, wonderful neighborhood.
The cons: During our 4 week stay, week 1 the dishwasher didn’t work, the kitchen sink leaked, and the master bathroom leaked into the living room ceiling below. These issues were resolved during our stay. The kitchen has a brand new garbage disposal (insinkerator) that, if used, causes sink to clog—we were told to never use it after the kitchen sink failed twice. The 2 showers use pressure boost pumps, without the pump pressure is too low to shower, but with the pump on, the shower is almost painful to use. There are no exhaust fans in the 2 bathrooms, though one has a heater. The home has a combination washer/dryer single appliance that is unable to properly dry more than 2 or 3 articles of clothing at a time - perhaps not a concern if you are here for just a very short stay, but a proper tumble dryer would be a good upgrade.
We stayed here with 3 children and the separate study adjacent to the master bedroom was perfect for a baby crib. While it has a sofa bed, I would not recommend it as 4th bedroom for an adult.
We contributed some basic items to the home to make it better for future guests including knives, a French press, a Sonos speaker, tea towels, and so on. Hopefully future guests will have a smoother experience. It’s a fantastic home, it would list for sale in London for nearly 2 million pounds, it just needs a tiny fraction of that amount invested to improve its bathrooms and appliances and will be a perfect Notting Hill home. The negatives described above would be easy to fix and surely make this a 5 star small 3-bedroom home in Notting Hill.