The flat is comfy and not smart in the hotel sense.
It is more like living with a distant relation , very kind and generous one.
It is in the thick of theatre world and very near to tube stations as well as magnificent Trafalgar Square.
One night I had been woken by a horrible grinding sound like a huge coal scoop being pulled across a very hard surface. It had gone on for a very long time and had started at around three thirty.
The offices across from my bedroom had also left the light on and it was bothersome to try to sleep in the halflight. If you want a traditional hotel with fancy matching bedding , TV etc : this is not for you.
If you had rather stay with an interesting person with interesting ideas and generosity beyond measure, in a very characterful old apartment on the. 4 th floor with no elevator and lovely wooden banisters , than a traditional and boring and predictable hotel , this is for you.
I may have gotten used to the noise because I had slept very well the last 2 nights. And thankfully the office light had been off. I really like and admire Ruth, and felt very at home there.