Laura's place was really beautiful inside and she had stocked things for breakfast and toiletry items that one might have need of. It really is next door to the train so there is some noise but with the windows shut it was no problem at all. Since we did not have mobile phone service turned on, it was a little more difficult to communicate in real time than it might have been but we were able to chat via email and Laura kept in touch very well. Twickenham is a nice area and we were able to walk to restaurants, shopping, and several interesting venues (York gardens, Strawberry Hill House). We took Laura's advice on places to eat and were very happy we did.