Peter’s place in Lisson Grove is a nice home base from which to see London.
The apartment is in an ex-council building along a residential block with nothing that remarkable about the immediate surroundings. It was always peaceful and felt safe for sure. It wasn’t very noisy, but at times the birds chirping or the trash truck driving outside the window would wake me up, so keep this in mind if you’re a light sleeper. You’re a 10-minute walk away from Marylebone, and you can take the tube from nearby Baker Street Station wherever you want to go.
Peter and his wife live in the apartment on the top floor, and they rent out both bedrooms on the lower floor. This means you’ll share the bathroom with another guest—but that was rarely an issue for me, as I hardly saw him or her. Keep in mind you need to be ok with stairs to stay here, as there’s a flight of stairs inside the apartment for you to get to your room.
Peter and his wife were lovely, friendly, helpful, and appropriately communicative. I felt I had privacy and was given space and mostly left alone, but they were warm and gracious hosts. You really get a sense of being a guest in their home, rather than living in a commercialized hostel, so if you like that, this would be a great place for you.
Overall I felt comfortable and had no issues here. I’d recommend it if you need a place to sleep and a home base while in London.