We were in London for a week to visit our daughter, who is studying there. Our son was with us and has gotten to an age where one hotel room for the three or four of us won't cut it. This flat was a great alternative. For the price of one hotel room, we got an extra room and some living space and a kitchen.
The flat is really, really well located around the corner from the South Kensington tube station, which is within a five minute walk. We found South Kensington was ideal. That Tube station has the Piccadilly line, which got us to most of the tourist type things we wanted to do, within four or five Tube stops. The South Kensington station also has the yellow and orange lines. Heathrow is a direct trip as well. We could go virtually everywhere without changing trains.
Harrods is an easy walk of 10 or 15 minutes and we also took the 1.9 mile walk to Hyde Park. There are plenty of services and restaurants near the tube station, including Bens cookies, which being American, we hadn't had. Now we have had them six times! There is also a Starbucks, a pub, a great breakfast place, Farm Girl and great Thai Food as well.
The flat itself is in a nice, residential and well-heeled neighborhood, maybe one of the nicest in London. There are beautiful white row houses across Fulham Street that have the names of famous people that lived in them posted on blue badges.
The building itself has a secure front door. The apartment is basic, but it is immaculate and was clearly updated recently. There is a washer and a dryer, which was a huge help as we could only bring carry-ons due to a baggage strike.
The kitchen was updated and all we needed. There are two beds. Neither is larger than a double, but like in NYC, we adapted.
All in all, the perfect package of features and having two bathrooms was HUGE.
It seems to be a management company that runs this and as a result, when I had questions, three different people responded, meaning our questions were quickly answered.