lady Henrietta was a welcoming if somewhat eccentric host. She seemed to be a very interesting lady with an equally fascinating history.
Her house is eclectic, full of paintings and knick knacks - and the kitchen very, very full. outside her front door is a lovely orange tree in a pot that really welcomes you to her house.
the location is excelent - I got a taxi from Clapham station which lasted roughly 1 minuite! (it was late, but I could have very easily walked it...)
on the first night I was offered a hot water bottle, something Henrietta said would be "cosy", this was a lovely touch.
on the final morning I got a pleasant breakfast - cafetiere coffee and a wee croisant and home made marmalade. I also had a nice chat with Henrietta's friend, Henrietta was cleaning after her big party (more on that below)...
also Henrietta was very generous about leting me store my bag on check out day, I was able to leave a heavy bag and take a key so that I could collect the bag later that day.
I imagine that what I was welcomed into was something of a one off for the household, a very busy party on the second night.. the house was set up beautifully for Christmas, with a tree that was "professionally decorated".. on the first evening Henrietta was up most of the night making food for her many, many guests..
the second night was a very busy party, I was out late seeing a theatre show, but was quite tired... so did have to put up with some things that I can imagine the average guest at Henrietta's wouldn't have to put up with, such as people trying to enter my guest room, the room was used as a cloke room, loud chatter and a very very drunk gentleman. That being said, Henrietta had invited me to her party and checked that I was alright.
I think she had imagined that I would be more social at her party, but I sadly was very tired from my journey down from Scotland..
It is in the interest of transparency I am writing this... though I would imagine that it would be unlikely that Henrietta would have a big party and would accept an air bnb guest at the same time in future.
I found Henrietta most welcoming, and I think that had I stayed another time it would have been an easier experience.