London Apartment - 1 Bedroom Rental in City (LN-1032)

I think this flat represents superb value for money.

In this case, for a couple with a young child where one parent is working within walking distance and the other can take the child for amazing walks in the centre of London - to the River Thames, the Tower of London, the rooftop gardens at 20 Fenchurch Street, etc.

For £60 per night (plus electricity) for a couple and a young child you literally won't find a better deal within the Square Mile. Here you have two sets of brand new bed linen (perfect as this stay was for just one month) and two brand new pairs of towels. Add to that, unlimited high speed wi-fi, a landline for incoming calls, a washer dryer, a fridge freezer, cooking facilities (sorry the previous tenant had put the kettle and toaster in the cupboard under the TV and our cleaner hadn't returned them to the kitchen worktop), a good size TV with multiple channels, a good size double bed and a bedroom with loads of storage, central heating in every room including the bathroom, constant hot water, double glazing throughout and 35 square metres of living space in a City conservation area where you are just yards (across a pedestrianised alleyway) from Wren's beautiful church of St Mary-at-Hill.

We strongly disagree that the apartment is in dire need of renovation.
The stairwell suffered from two different areas of water ingress in 2014 (from neighbouring buildings) and the walls on several floors were affected. It is a long and expensive process for us to strip back the plaster, repair it and repaint it, so it's something that we can only do a bit at a time.
As we're doing this, we're taking the opportunity to update the lighting system throughout the stairwell - this will add time to the whole process of making the stairwell attractive again; but we make no apology for that as it's ultimately in the best interest of all concerned (and most tenants, especially more experienced ones, understand and appreciate costs and therefore time involved).
We disagree that the apartment was unclean and not very well equipped. We were in the process of ordering and putting up new curtains as the tenancy began; it's not always possible to align these things perfectly. It took something like three weeks before all the fittings arrived (and the contractor was able to come round). The curtains were for the living room (rather than the bedroom) so it wasn't a serious issue not to have them for that period of time (in our opinion)

New York Habitat has forwarded the guest's review to the owner who carefully considered the comments made.