stayed at this apartment with a friend over 4 days checked in Friday 24th till Monday 27th September.
From the initial booking the host kept good communication and maintained throughout the time.
we arrived promptly for our 3pm check in where we were supposed to meet someone to get the keys and guide us to the apartment. The person who was supposed to meet us was not at the entrance or anywhere and we asked the concierge which apartment, she was unsure as they don't run the airbnb but she said she may think it's apartment D so we rung the bell and a gentleman answered who was the contact, he came down to meet us and he was nice and friendly I believe his name was Alejandro. we were guided to the apartment which wasn't fully ready. it was still being cleaned it seemed like it was not cleaned in a while as it was very dusty but the cleaning ladies did a great job and was left nice and clean after.
we checked out the apartment it was very nice over looking the canal.
I cant fault the service from the host or the apartment itself the part that fellow travellers have to be wary about is the location of the apartment not as in where it is in Hackney as there's loads of great places nearby, but where is resides near, the apartment overlooks a very busy road/Bridge. its almost literally overlooking the the road so the noise can get bad at times especially its a hot day and you have the windows open. which I learnt the hard way on the first night, I left window open and it was quiet when I went to bed but got awokenby extremely loud motorbikes, then I realised people were have a full blown conversation outside the room which you can hear every word of. I closed the window but it was still fairly noisy at times during the night, speaking of the widow, it is only covered in blinds and not blackout ones and there's no curtains so you get alot of light bleeding through.
The next night I went to see the AJ Usyk fight and was back very late due to being gridlocked for 2 hours after the fight, when I came back to the apartment I was dead tired, I tried to cover the noise of outdoors with a fan that was in the storage which helped slightly. Till the morning of Sunday when I was awoken by a half marathon being ran passed the apartment at 7.30/8am. a full on marathon that literally ended I'm the field you can see from the apartment. where people on loudspeaker were talking on all morning and afternoon and we had hundreds of runners being clapped by on lookers. don't get me wrong great event to watch but imagine that being done outside your bedroom window at 8am on Sunday after a late evening. one last negative about this apartment is that if you sit on a balcony people can see you clear as day from the road in front as they walk towards you at you ar literally above their heads.
if you are looking to book this apartment please be wary of this other than the negatives above was a good place to stay.
I cant talk on the kitchen as we never really used it apart from the fridge.
Westfield Stratford is walking distance of around 30 mins as is west hams stadium.