Tara is a lovely person and her communication is top class...she responds to messages very quickly and has lots of advice re transport etc
The flat is very secure and we never once heard any noise from neighbors even though it is in a big complex ...the only thing we did hear alot of and did keep me awake a bit were constant sirens, we are not used to that as we live in a traffic free area at home...but it was solved by wearing ear plugs
The area was convenient for us as there was a bus stop a few mins walk from the apartment that took you to North Greenwich underground station where we got the underground to the places we wanted to visit
On a couple of occasions we got the urber water taxi back to North Greenwich which was fab...they have many boats so they run every 20 mins or so , they are quite fast as well...A bit on the expensive side that is why we only used it a few times but was a relaxing way to travel rather than on the tubes
Going back to gatwick was an absolute breeze...we got the overland train from Maze Hill station which is 5/10 min taxi ride from the apartment ( depending on traffic) ..then a train to London Bridge, we got off the train and on the very next platform ( which literally was a step from the platform we got off on ) we then got another overland train to Gatwick..was so easy and the trains run very frequently
The apartment had a balcony to sit on in the evenings however some days were very hot and the sun was right on the balcony with no shade so I found it too hot for me and the apartment was stuffy and hot due to the heat so I took myself down into the courtyard outside the apartment with a book and sat there in the shade
There is a small Salisbury's a few mins walk from the apartment but it is very basic, we found a Tesco Extra at North Greewich by the O2 ( which is where the underground is ) and managed to get much better things from there ..It is too far to walk from the apartment so we ended up going in there at the end of each day when we got off the tube to get what we needed
We had a MAJOR issue with the cleanliness of the apartment ( Tara had to take the issue up with the cleaners she used ) ...Tara was very , very apologetic and a part refund was arranged
All in all we had a great stay in London