I’m going to be very honest with this review, and I’ll say the good things first. Jonathan is a nice guy - we had a brief interaction. Largely, the house is good value; it’s very affordable by London standards. It is also very clean - the rooms, kitchen and toilets are sparkling. The distance from Limehouse DLR station is as advertised - probably less than 3 minutes of walking. There’s another station - Stepney Green - thats about 10-15 minutes walk away. The neighborhood is also very safe, even at night, albeit quiet and dark.
However, the room is certainly far from “big and astonishing” as what Jonathan has described. There are four rooms in the house; I have not seen the others, but room #4 which we lived in is really only comfortable for 2, tight for 3, and probably unlivable for 4. Closet space is large, but in between the beds there is almost no room to walk, made even worse if we have merely medium-sized luggages. When all four rooms are occupied, the toilet situation becomes quite a terror - always being used in the mornings and at night, which are quite the hindrance to your daily schedule. Also fair warning - Limehouse is near to major attractions/neighborhoods such as Tower Bridge and Shoreditch; it’s also near City Airport. But it is rather inaccessible to everywhere else - particularly to the Hyde Park area & Victoria, your journey might be 45 minutes. Be mindful of this when booking this Airbnb. While Jonathan has advertised this as within Zone 1, it is rather questionable - Limehouse is squarely in Zone 2. We found the repeated long commutes during the 12 days we stayed here rather exhausting - and should we have the choice to do it again, we would opt for a place much nearer to the western side of London.