Although the photos for this property are beautiful, they do not do justice to what you will experience when staying here. It was the most beautiful, fantastic, perfect house we have ever rented - and I've rented a lot of properties for our family vacations over the years. Every room was a work of art. Every bedroom perfect. We absolutely could not have asked for a better place to ground ourselves during our recent 10-day stay in London with 15 family members.
There were a few tiny problems - one, the smoke alarm went off repeatedly for no reason at all. We wouldn't even be cooking anything and it would go off. Two, one of the bathrooms on the upper level - the one without the shower - had a bad odor that couldn't be identified or fixed. So we did tend to avoid that bathroom. Also, the downstairs expresso maker had been filled incorrectly by a previous tenant so could not be used. And when it rained, there were a couple of leaks on the top floor as well. But overall, it was fantastic.
We had a personal chef come to the house the first night and prepare a 6-course meal for us. He found everything he needed in the downstairs kitchen for this extravaganza, and the house is so well-stocked with dishes, silverware and glasses that there were no problems serving either. There are plenty of refrigerators - they're small in comparison to the US but they worked just fine for us - one downstairs and two on the main floor. And the table on the main floor was HUGE - all 15 of us could be seated together so that was wonderful too. It was a great way to start the vacation.
The gathering rooms were perfect for the group as well. In other houses it's often a problem to find seating for 15 people in one room, but it's not a problem in this house. At the end of each exhausting day full of excursions and sight-seeing, we could meet for drinks and talk about the day. Again, just wonderful.
We rented two large vans for our group, and parking was ample for both. We used the vans to get to the train station, - about a 20 minute walk, so decided we'd be too tired at the end of the day for that, so got the vans. The house is also walking distance to a local grocery store. So again, just perfect.
Communicating with the owner was simple and they always answered promptly. There were no surprises - the TVs worked, the WIFI worked, everything worked!
Hopefully I have conveyed how fantastic this house was! If you're considering renting it, DO IT! :)
