I am sorry to say, and this isn’t a personal attack on Rhona who was friendly and communicative, but this property is a bad example of Airbnb.
The location within Barnes is excellent, and the flat is clean, but beside a shower and a place to cook food it offered nothing.
The flat itself is sad.
I was working at Kew Gardens for the week and thought this would be a better alternative to a hotel but it offered none of the ‘home away from home’ qualities that I was looking for. To be honest, it felt as if the flat had been bought from a deceased older person, the kitchen given a lick of paint and then rented out to make as much money as possible.
I wish I had stayed at the Premier Inn for less money and a better bed.
To gain access to the property for the first time you have to push the buzzers of the other flats and hope someone lets you in. This is a service I was paying over £100 a night for. That is not acceptable. Having told Rhona this, she explained they were families and were always in, yet the reason I called her was because no one let me in.

With some care and attention this could be a great place to stay, but right now I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.