We had a great pleasure to spend St Patrick's weekend in London this year and were also visiting out friends who live in Barking.
It's brand new, spacious, warm and fully equipped apartment, which we practically had it to ourselves as Carole was out most of the days.
With such a short distance to Metro/Train station the location of Carole's place was very convenient as a base to do a good deal of sightseeing. Barking is a developing, multicultural area. With only a short journey from the city centre, it's a great spot. District and Hammersmith & City underground lines get you to the City in 25 minutes. Rail: to Fenchurch Street (15 minutes/every 10 minutes).
As for London, we just didn't have enough time, even if we extended our stay for another 2 weeks! It's such a great city and with a help of a The Underground you can get around everywhere within minutes.
We will be back very soon.

Carole was a lovely host, warm, open, welcoming full of chat and helpful information. We connected straight away and it was just a pity that we didn't have much time together. We would love to stay with her again! Carole was very considerate, she had breakfast, coffee and we even shared a glass a wine. We felt as we were visiting a friend.

We hope to be back this year again.