An absolute oasis in leafy, green Ealing. It's a truly wonderful and immensely stylish house. The room is exactly what you want at the end of a hectic day - spacious, calm and immaculate. And you get your own beautifully designed bathroom next door. That, for me, is crucial.

Breakfast is superb and served in their wonderful kitchen. You help yourself to whatever you want. I loved the informality of that. I rarely eat a cooked breakfast so the choice of cereals, juice, yogurt, coffee or tea was perfect. And homemade bread too, with an amazing array of jams, exotic marmalade and honey: I could not resist!

Seamus is the ultimate host, warm, amusing, informative and caring. This is the ideal place for someone who loves good design, who appreciates a peaceful retreat, but also wants to get a true sense of how people live in the garden suburbs of London. It's close enough to Central London to be entirely practical for sight seeing, but also located in a area full of life with lots of local cafes, interesting restaurants, a real community and some wonderful green spaces. Ealing is a great place to watch the world go by over a latte. Highly recommended.