Clean & budget with excellent value that I was happy to find before the coronation. Welcoming host in an ordinary suburban house, kept spotless.
Neighborhood: Coming from the USA, I was surprised to find this was a cute British-Indian community, but it seemed to mostly have Indian restaurants nearby. Near the tube station, on slightly busy road. 7-min walk to Queensbury Tube station. Found the excellent fish & chips shop (Skipjacks) only 8-min walk. Neighborhood in the evening didn’t feel extremely safe as I crossed over the train bridge and there was a man hiding there smoking, but it wasn’t horrible either.
Room: I stayed in the family room with private bathroom. Comfortable, immaculate, with mini fridge, free bottled water, tea- & coffee-making facilities, and a cute view of back gardens. Train goes behind house regularly, but horns don’t sound often. I needed to wear earplugs to sleep since I prefer my room cold, so needed windows open. I finally had to close windows in the morning due to noise. Teens were sitting on the train bridge most of the evening screaming and laughing loudly behind the house. Bed was comfortable, shower worked well; however there was nowhere to keep my toiletries while getting ready in bathroom. Other than the train noise, my only disappointment was there was no common room to sit in other than my bedroom. Living room downstairs is private; however, I was able to store my suitcase for the day. Overall this last-minute booking was what I needed.