I can’t say enough about the fantastic location of this apartment. Right around the corner from two of my (now) favorite bars in the world, The Cow and Westbourne. Really enjoyed the neighborhood and my hosts who were very helpful throughout our stay.
Downside? The apartment is not quite as nice as the pictures make you think it is. The really nice bathroom, with that curved wood ceiling is one of the reasons I chose the apartment... what the photo doesn’t tell you is that ceiling is about 5 feet tall. A grown man can’t stand up in that bathroom. I had to hunch over to use the toilet in a bathroom that had very little ventilation. It’s a garden apartment and the bathroom is basically all underground. Smells very weird. Very damp. Would have been fine for a couple days... I was there for a month and it was a bummer. All the “outside space” you see in the pictures is not really space you can hang out in. Looks way better in the pictures than it does in real life.
All that said, I still give the apartment five stars. If you’re hanging out in the apartment instead of the neighborhood, you’re a fool. It was a great, quite place to sleep (though you can hear the upstairs neighbors stomping above you). But... I do recommend this place. For the price, it’s location (can’t stress enough how great the location is) and how great the hosts are.
Final Warning: DO NOT stay in this apartment during the Notting Hill Carnival. Unless you’re there for the Carnival, in which case it’s perfect. I wasn’t. Knew nothing about it. Brought wife and my one year old daughter and was not warned that LOUD house music would shake the walls and windows of the apartment from 10AM until 1AM on consecutive nights in 95 degree weather. Truly two of the worst nights of my life.