Jack’s place has a terrific location. Renting there for almost a month gave us a full experience of a friendly, lively, real English neighborhood with families, workers, students, all the food stores one could wish, reasonable local restaurants, a terrific neighborhood pub—everything safe and very quiet although sociable in the extreme.
The place is a two-minute walk from the Underground to go anywhere in London and only five minutes walk to the Thameslink line that takes you directly to Gatwick or St. Pancras. On the street right outside are buses if you prefer.
The house is quiet and Jack left a generous supply of breakfast items and house supplies. Although he was not on site during our stay, he provided immediate in-house friends to transfer keys and answer any questions we had. We found a bottle of champagne to welcome us and a very clean apartment. As the apartment is ground floor, guests have no stairs to climb with their bags.
We would note that prospective guests should be people who are careful by habit. Jack has an enormous collection of art objects, framed pictures, and ornaments of often fragile nature. If you are careless you can wreak havoc.
We enjoyed our stay and we thank our host for the chance to rent his place.