I didn't want to write this review. I didn't meet Paul but you can tell he is a cool guy. But I hated staying here. I had been staying in AirBnb's all week leading up to my stay (including another one in London) and Paul's place was the most expensive and by far the one I liked the least. First off, this is basically a professional hostel. This is not Paul renting out a couple spare bedrooms while he lives in another. The bed in my room ranks as one of the worst mattresses I have ever slept on. The linens and bedspread were probably clean but you couldn't tell because they looked 40 years old. I wouldn't have used the bath towel to dry off a 50 year old car because it was so rough and old looking. The bedroom didn't have a lock on the door so when I left for the evening I was left wondering whether my stuff was safe given the traffic in his place from other people staying there. The shower was awesome....for about two minutes. Then the water starting backing up and I had to turn the shower off every couple minutes to wait for the slow drain....otherwise the water would have overfilled and leaked out into the rest of the bathroom.
Bottom line, I hate that I have to leave this review. But I felt that the photos and other reviews sort of give off the wrong impression of this place for what I was looking for. This is a professional hostel essentially which is fine but I feel Paul should reinvest some of the income back into newer linens, towels, an outside bedroom door lock, and mattress.