Stephen made me feel very welcome.

The house is in a street of million-pound + homes with friendly neighbours and pretty front gardens, yet steps away from constant buses and trains to central London.

I felt very safe knowing that Stephen's family was next door. The house is lovely and characterful and much bigger than you can see in the pictures.

I was very comfortable and actually arrived to wine and flowers!

The internet was good and when Stephen found out I was studying he turned up with an office chair and a desk! Nothing was too much trouble.

The kitchen was fantastic, there was everything there equipment-wise that I needed to make my meals from scratch and I loved the stove.

Highlights of the neighbourhood include: two supermarkets at the end of the road; the Nur Grill just along from Forest Gate Station for yummy inexpensive chicken curry and naan made while you wait; the hyper-intense Stratford Westfield Shopping Centre - every shop you ever dreamed of, including an enormous and frantic Primark; if you like horse riding, there's a stables about a mile and a half away that does lessons and hacks (near Wanstead); also near the station there's a 'pound shop' selling homemade Indian food only!

Thanks, Stephen, and let me know if you ever need somewhere to stay in Ontario.