The property is literally a 3 min walk from Tower Hill Underground station and Thames Link, which made getting around super easy. The Tower of London and Tower Bridge are literally across the street.
Pros: location, views, private entrance to building, lift in the building, spacious, double glass windows
Cons: (disclaimer: we didn’t contact the owner about any of these - we were too busy touring)
1) Appears this may be a newly rented unit or it hadn’t been occupied in a long time since it lacked several basic amenities (no additional rubbish bags, no wash cloths, only 3 partial rolls of toilet paper for 5 people for 5 days, no plunger, no laundry soap).
2) Cleaning was rather abysmal - found lipstick smudged around rims of drinking glasses (disgusting), significant dust along the baseboards, mold on second shower head and along the caulking, table and counters were not wiped down, and could easily see clothes behind the dresser
3) Very noisy, even with double windows. Bedrooms face a major thoroughfare and all night you’ll hear traffic, emergency vehicles, motorcycles racing, etc.
4.) Not the owners fault…advised of exterior scaffolding 1 wk before stay; instead entire building was wrapped in curtains - became very hot with no airflow and inability to fully open windows (daytime temps around 26C)
5.) Obtaining keys from a location a few blocks away wasn’t very convenient
Overall, trade-off is location and convenience versus cleanliness and noise