My family of four spent seven nights at this flat. I am not sure if the other comments for this property are from people who stayed one night only, but our impressions are different... here are the pros and cons:
Pros
-good location, close to Brick Lane market (on Sundays), Shoreditch Overground station
-spacious apartment
Cons:
-poor communications - any request will typically get a response within 24 hours. But, I consider the communication to be poor for the following reason: early in our stay, I asked if we could leave luggage in the apartment on our last day if there wasn't anyone else renting the place. He answered that we could communicate on this on the last evening of our stay, which was ok for me. But, two days before, I reminded him of my request, proposed to pack everything up and leave the two closed suitcases inside the apartment near the door so we could pick up at 3PM... there was no one else renting according to Airbnb... but I never got a response.... had to make alternate arrangements.
-major water problem... very little hot water in the shower... after awhile, the hot water comes out in droplets only, no water pressure... in the kitchen, the hot water is good.
-the whole apartment needs a deep clean.... including the inside of the oven...
-no lights in the staircase on the 4th floor, lightbulbs need changing or repairs!
-for glasses, there was only 1 regular glass and 2 wine glasses in the kitchen! luckily, there were also cups!
-Airbnb says that the lock box code will be sent three days before check in but we just got it on the morning of our check in.
-apartment wasn't ready at 3PM when we arrived, we had to wait... and take care of the dryer that the cleaner left on to dry the sheets... and fold the sheets so we could use the dryer !!
-Airbnb says that the checkout is at 11AM but the msg we received said it was 10AM.
Cons (not under the owner's responsibilities)
-noisy area at night, drunks arguing loudly - even if the windows are closed, you will hear them... to be expected on the weekends!
-noisy neighbors who slam their doors when they come back, who use the garbage chute at 1AM
-stinky stairways
Imran has two separate listings for this flat on Airbnb (wtf ?!) ... this one has mostly good comments, the other one has more negative reviews... check out all the comments on both listings before renting.... here are the links:
https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/11971075
https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/17492937