The apartment is as pictured, surprisingly sizeable all things considered and scrupulously clean. Definitely worth its money.
The area itself isn't much to write home about, sadly, so you'll be travelling if you're planning on eating out or doing anything, but this isn't too difficult as it's only a 10 minute walk to East Croydon station to catch trains further into London.
Hosts are lovely and even collected us and dropped us back off at the local train station at the beginning and end of our trip. Good place to stay.