It's a good basic room: bare walls but a double bed, a desk and a closet for your use. View of the harden. A hundred-year-old house with original wood floors and 1960s retro styling of accessories: it was nice and relaxed, like living with roommates as a Londoner. Emma and I chatted in the evenings over a glass of wine listening to her LPs.
Quite to the east of the central part of London, so commuting in took about 45 minutes. the neighborhood is neat, though, and worth it - yummy South Indian restaurants open late and a few all night fruit stands. Very diverse, with African, Polish, Indian, and young artsy English folks all around. It's a bit of a walk to the Underground.
For the price of a dorm in a hostel, you get a whole room and use of living room and kitchen in a groovy immigrant neighborhood and a friendly host.