I arrived in slightly frazzled state through my own fault, delayed by not having downloaded the actual address! Raimonda welcomed me warmly, soothed me down with great competence, loaded a few useful apps onto my phone (bus times, tube map ...) showed me around and gave some useful tips on nearby Walthamstow village eateries.

Raymond and Paulus run their house with efficiency and warmth. Although they are not around much of the day, as they both work hard and leave early, the house is clean light airy and a pleasure to be in.

The house wifi signal is exceptionally strong, a most welcome facility! You can even catch it on the other side of the street while awaiting the bus.

Two useful bus lines stop just by the door. One gets you to Walthamstow Central and the tube network; the other to Wood St overground station which is very convenient to Liverpool St if you have business in the City.

A personal note (since I lived as a child there!) : if you want to experience bucolic calm in a busy town, turn left at Wood St station, up Upper Walthamstow Rd, and just where it turns to Forest Rise you can enter and walk around in a forest with beautiful glades and meadows that has been around for a thousand + years. It is a lovely patch of Epping Forest, and hides a charming Victorian church called St Peter-in-the-Forest, where (in clement weather!) the vicar holds outdoor communion service on Sunday in the glade - a truly moving experience.