Unfortunately my experience was a bit of a hassle, we did end off things on a positive note though! Let me clarify and be more specific:
It all started off a bit rocky when I booked the apartment (non-refundable) and they contacted me about a day prior to check-in telling me that due to electricity issues I won’t be able to stay there. Obviously way too short notice to get something else in London I was glad that they suggested an alternative. They said it was a more expensive, better apartment that I’d be able to have for the same price as the issues weren’t my fault. I happily agreed and this was the apartment that I ended up getting and staying at:
https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/714998704770806037
They then proceeded to send me the exact address and checking in details and I was super stressed to see it was way outside of the city. After fearing I’ve been ripped off it turned out they’d sent me details for the wrong place. Mistakes happen, but this did require a lot of messaging back and forth.
So there’s definitely a lot of pros to the apartment! The location of the apartment (the one in Islington ofc) was PERFECT. Everything you need is around the corner, the tube and bus are a really short walk away and there’s food, bars, shops, absolutely everything within a few hundred meters. The flat is quite, spacious and has all necessities. Great!
But unfortunately, upon arrival we noticed that the apartment looked a bit shabby. The walls are very dirty, there’s spider webs, the carpet looks terrible and the windows and corners are partially moldy.
So that was the one thing but what actually moved me to write my first partially unhappy review were the issues with the heating. So during a total of five days stay, we didn’t have heating or hot water for a quarter of the time. The apartment was pretty cold and we couldn’t shower. After loooaaddss of calls with the host to really high rates (as we’re from Germany and don’t have reception in the UK any more) they finally managed to send someone to fix it. We were already pretty unhappy when suddenly it went in the other direction and we couldn’t turn the heating down. The apartment got super hot and we actually had to open windows to be able to sleep properly :D
We tried everything from turning off all radiators to turning down the central heating but especially the radiator in the living room was extremely hot and just wouldn’t shut off.
I hab asked for a partial refund for all of the issues and the company was quite fair and offered me about an eighth of the price back. That’s good!
So to conclude: If the apartment gets fixed up and cleaned properly and the heating issues are resolved, this would be a great a place to stay in London :)