We had a very pleasant stay at Jacqueline Casey's house. After a very friendly welcome Jacky showed us around by car where we could find the useful places in Carshalton, like the backery, italian restaurant (very good!), train station, and park (with playground). Carshalton is a lovely and quiet little town.
The house is really a very characteristic English house. Our two rooms were clean and spacious and it was no problem at all for Jacky to use her kitchen for breakfast or dinner. The children could use the garden to play in and for the evening we had our own living room with TV.
The house is very well situated for a daytrip to London. It is a short walk to the station and from there it is about 45 minutes to Victoria station. As a family we bought 4 "Day Travelcards" for 25 pound together which we could use on all trains and underground transport.