We stayed in the top floor apartment (named ‘Bow’). There were 4 of us. The key positives to the apartment were:
- Spacious overall; the kitchen and lounge were great to cook in together and chill out. There’s a standard TV (not a smart TV) in the lounge too, so that was handy for Match of The Day.
- Good roomy shower.
- Plenty of beds: 5 single beds in total.
- Location: a great spot for easy access to London; we used the apartment as a base to get to Crystal Palace on the 202 bus everyday to a music festival.
The key negatives were:
- Each bed was on wheels. The host did use the lids of jam jars to attempt to stop them moving around, but unfortunately they did wobble and move a lot, which was annoying.
- Poor Wi-fi connection: this may have been because we were on the top floor, but we largely had to use our 4G instead, as the connection was too weak and often it didn’t connect at all.
- Pool/Sauna facilities: this was the main disappointment; the listing advertises access to a pool and sauna on site - this is largely not the case: when we arrived we checked the facilities out, only to find that the pool and sauna are only open to guests from 4.45pm - 9.45pm on a Monday, 2.15pm - 9.45pm on a Tuesday and Thursday, 5.35pm - 9.45pm on a Wednesday, 5.45pm - 9.45pm on a Friday, and 6.15pm - 9.45pm on a Saturday and Sunday.
With these times falling in the later afternoon and evening, it was impossible for us to use the pool/sauna any day, because we were always intending to be out enjoying London in at these times. So if you expect to be able to have a morning swim, you’d be wrong unfortunately.
Overall this apartment was great for our purposes (4 guys on a festival weekend in London). It was very functional and and convenient - we enjoyed our stay. There were minor issues with the apartment itself, and we were disappointed with the misrepresentation of the access guests had to the pool and sauna.