If you want SLEEPLESS nights – choose this flat! The flat is literally meter away from the rail track and the trains run every 5-7 minutes from 5:30 am until 1:30 am at night. Canden stated the railways are silent train and there is no noise which is completely false. I have recorded the train passing video which confirmed the frequency of trains and noise generated. Air B&B staff also acknowledged this and contacted Canden to which she responded saying there is no noise and trains are silent. This is a joke as UK does not have silent trains!! Unfortunately, Air B&B were unable to do much. To avoid financial loss, I had to fulfill contract which was pretty long 12 weeks. Due to the noise level, most of the weekends, we ended up staying at friends place so we can have a decent night sleep !!!.
Advertisement is misleading – close to railway station is a positive selling point however the proximity to rail track is not mentioned deliberately as this is the biggest negative point. To make things worse, upstairs flat occupants are shouting and quarrelling most of the nights which doesn’t help.
Secondly, Canden has been ringing during unsocial hours, expected that I hand over her letters to friend at very short notice (even though on the day I collected flat keys, I had asked her to give letterbox key to her friend so I am not troubled with such requests). She stated that it is my responsibility to help landlord otherwise I should have chosen Hotel instead of Air B&B. I feel this is extremely rude attitude. She has benefited financially by having uninterrupted 12 weeks contract without giving any discount. She has not taken into consideration that renting Air B&B does not equate to customers staying in Flat 24X7. Due to nature of my work, significant time was spent away. In fact, that particular week I was abroad. I will not be staying her flat again for sure even though I require another Accommodation in same area in 6 months’ time for another 10-12 weeks