Peter's flat in Hackney broken down by pros & cons:
Pros:
1. Very close to the Clapton train station, which can take you just about anywhere else in London. Trips to Camden, Stradford & Soho took on average 20-25mins one way.
2. Lots of grocery stores & restaurants all within walking distance; if you like Indian food, there's a place called Spice N' Rice right below that is great.
3. The Airbnb's description and photos were pretty accurate. Two big bedrooms and a living room/kitchen that can also be turned into a private bedroom (there's a door).
4. Communication was on spot. Peter was quick to reply with emails and he gave a great spreadsheet of the surrounding local places to check out. Check in was very easy.
5. Price.
Con:
1. The cleaner, for whatever reason (I think it was because she forgot her keys), was not able to turn around the Airbnb from the previous residents that left the same day that we checked in. We checked in early (1-2pm) before she was suppose to come clean (4-6:30pm ish) and when we came back from exploring the city that night, it was unfortunately not a great thing to come back to. It's understandable that things like this happen but it's definitely not an ideal situation when the bedroom stunk of body odor. There were luckily clean linens and towels already in a closet that we were able to swap out and put all the dirty linens/towels used by the previous guest in the the laundry. Peter was very quick to communicate during this small situation and apologized with a complete refund of the cleaning fee charged. The cleaner was able to come the day after and everything was great going forward.
Regardless of the con, I'd probably recommend the place (although not the strongest recommendation) because it seems like it was most likely a one-off situation that is not likely to repeat itself. Skimming the other reviews, it didn't seem like this has happened before? Anyways, the flat is also where Peter lives and you can tell he takes great care of it when he's home.