This Airbnb was, unfortunately, a little disappointing. It did have a wonderful design, a great shower and good WiFi.
Gadwick airport is just over a 35 minute taxi ride or 40-45 minutes travel time if you take the train (the 15 minutes advertised must be when the train starts moving to when it stops-NOT total travel time from apartment) and getting from the apartment to London Bridge station via train is at least 40 minutes to an hour. The train station is just under a mile away and it’s not cheap to make a round trip.
Biggest disappointment was the twin beds!!!! Listed as a king and appeared as such but it was two twins with just a sheet over them. After a disastrous first night, we pointed out that there is a kit available to secure two twins to make a king that other places with the same setup use. They were always polite and they acknowledged our request but did not take action to remedy the problem for the week we were there. They also stated that it had not been a problem before even though we later found upon reading the reviews that in the 3 apartments that have this configuration all three had complaints and I was the 7th one since January.
The room is very nicely decorated and appeared very clean despite mold on the floor behind the sofa. There was soap for dishes in a broken dispenser but no other cleaning supplies not even a broom. There was a shared vacuum for the apartment complex with an over full dirt collection bag and no replacements. The manual did not correspond to the appliances which was frustrating. The stove top did not work properly. The two dining chairs wobbled and the tv remote would not work. There are privacy blinds (they were broken and I did a simple repair) but they are not room darkening shades as stated in the discription.
This place has potential but did not deliver on what they advertised. Again the place has a nice design and the host and hostess were always professional. We recommend this to someone who doesn’t mind a twin bed, doesn’t mind figuring out the nuances of the oven and stove, and is wanting to stay in this very active working man’s neighborhood of east Croydon.
If you do decide to stay here, the switch to turn on the wonderful heated towel rack is just outside the bathroom door near the floor next to the label that says fuse (management didn’t know where it was).