My boyfriend and I stayed at Lori's beautiful place in Notting Hill during our first visit to London. Lori's place was perfect for the two of us and I would definitely stay there again!
It was in a lovely location, surrounded by tons of local shops, restaurants, coffee shops and bars. We loved being so close to Portobello Market on the weekend where we were able to get tons of local produce. We felt very safe in the neighborhood and loved walking around the charming streets of Notting Hill. It was about a 20 minute walk to Hyde Park / Kensington Palace and was very convenient to everything we needed to get to. I will say if you are looking for pubs that are open late night, this area wasn't the best for that. It's definitely a quieter neighborhood (which we loved) and couldn't find much open past 11pm / midnight, but again it wasn't a far tube or taxi ride away to the areas with more late night activities.