This is a nice place. I fully intend to stay here again on a future visit. When I was visiting in June 2018 one of the lines on the subway did not stop at the nearby tube station. That is something to pay attention to since it affected how to get to the flat. That construction should be over in September
However, once there, it was perfect because the main tube line went straight into the heart of the city. I was working at the British Library and had a 15 to 20 minute journey which is unprecedented in London unless you spend a lot of money to stay in Bloomsbury.
As for the flat itself, it’s actually bigger than it looks in the pictures. Both the living room and the bedroom are a nice size, and the kitchen and bathroom are about what you would expect in a flat in London!
Anastasios, the host, is very nice and left some nice things for me to eat when I first arrived. This helped because it had been a bit of an ordeal getting there from the airport after an excessively long immigration line in Gatwick.
The local area is also nice. The tube station is a minute up the road, and there is a Tesco Express just across the street from that which can get you sorted with the basics. Speaking of basics, there are three decent pubs in the area – – I would recommend the Old Red Lion for its quirkiness. There are also some well recommended restaurants although I jut cooked at home. There is a much larger Tesco supermarket maybe 10 minutes walk that has pretty much everything else you’d need! I picked up a coffee press for the flat so if you go and are using it, you’re welcome!
it is worth noting that the flat is on a busy road so if you have any issues around road noise, you might want to think twice. However, I found that even with windows wide open it just created a nice dull roar in the background which made it easier to concentrate :-)
I suppose the only other thing some people might care about is that there is no TV in this flat. That would matter if you intend to come to London and sit around watching television, but if that’s you, you probably aren’t going to want to stay in a nice flat in Kennington anyway :-) As Dr. Johnson said, when you’ve grown tired of London you’ve grown tired of life!