Communication with Peter before we arrived was exemplary: He initiated dialog, told us everything we needed to know, and was very helpful and responsive.

For us, the location was perfect: A few blocks from the British Museum, with bookshops and antiquities and restaurants and pubs all less than a block away, three different tube stations within a five-minute walk. Leicester Square and theatres were easily accessible via tube or pleasant 20-minute walk.

Our first impression was marred by finding things not quite ready for us -- the key wasn't in the lockbox and the flat hadn't been made up. We had so been looking forward to just arriving "home" and getting showered and refreshed and settled, that it was quite a minus. But we came to learn that this was due to special circumstances unlikely to be repeated, and everything was sorted out within 45 minutes.

The bed is very large (a must for us) and quite firm. The street is mostly quiet at night even with the windows open. Appointments and amenities are as advertised and pictured, with a spacious kitchen, lots of shelf and wardrobe space, and large windows affording plenty of light and air.

We found the cramped bathroom a bit of a surprise -- the shower is cheek-by-jowl with the toilet, separated by a shower curtain, with a squeegee helpfully provided to clear the bathroom floor of water after a shower -- but we are probably somewhat spoiled by the acreage of American bathrooms.

All in all, we were looking for basic accommodations in a superb location and found what we wanted.