Lesley has a lovely home in the perfect location, close to trains and buses and only about 1klm from Bethnal Green tube station. The bedrooms are spacious and the beds are comfortable with a lovely little garden out the back. Hackney Village is just around the corner and has a great variety of pubs, shops including a deli, 2 bakeries and an organic butcher. We were met by Lesley who gave us a lot of information and left a really good little information book that was very handy. Communications were really good and the fire place was an added bonus. The only issue we had was with the kitchen as we chose this house because we love to cook and were staying for 2 weeks. The kitchen doesn't have a microwave which was not really a big deal but it was impossible to cook anything on the cooktop as the fire alarm went off every single time we used the cooktop, and I do mean every single time. After 4 days we gave up cooking and had a meat and cheese platter for dinner or ate out which wasn't in our plan. We couldn't even make bacon for breakfast. I'm pretty sure most people don't come here to cook as the pots and pans were really quite dirty and we had to really scrub them to be able to use them which was made difficult by the kitchen sink not having a plug. We really did love the house though, I just find not every traveller is honest in their review and I think it's important that people know what to expect. There was no room whatsoever for us in the wardrobes and no spare hangers which from our experience with AirBNB was very unusual indeed. Lesley was already aware of the fire alarm situation when we arrived so I am sure she is already getting it sorted out. We would stay here again once the kitchen issues were sorted out as it really is a lovely house in a great location.