Marcondes's place was very warm and cozy and he kindly decorated it for us with some Christmas decorations. check in was easy and he was very polite and I knew he was there if we needed anything. The only slight issue is there aren't many kitchen amenities, tea but no kettle, no tin opener and a few other bits we could have done with just to make basic meals. Also is quite noisy when the toilet above is flushed, luckily I sleep through things but if you're q light sleeper it might be a problem. other than that very clean and an easy 20 min walk to the subway station. would stay again :)