London holiday apartment: EARLS COURT SQUARE

My 3 friends and I are from Chicago, and we recently went on a trip to London for the first time. We very much enjoyed staying in Earl's Court. The neighborhood is quite charming and is close to many other well-known towns and attractions.

Although the location of the apartment was great, I cannot say the same thing about the accommodations. The apartment was definitely cute, but it was a bit cramped for 4 girls. Also, it is important to know that you can't flush ANYTHING down the toilet, including toilet paper. The pipes in the building are old and can’t handle having toilet paper thrown down them. We were instructed to throw any used toilet paper in the garbage. I was personally quite disgusted by this notion and was upset that we were not told about this "old pipe" situation before we agreed to stay in the apartment.

The lady who rented us the apartment, Angelika, was not very accommodating. When we agreed to stay in the apartment, we were told that we would have a wireless internet connection in the unit. However, after we arrived we discovered that the connection was not working and unfortunately remained that way throughout the entire course of our trip. Angelika did not seem bothered with the fact that the internet connection was not working, even though we told her numerous times that it would be the only way for us to communicate with our families back home. She said that she would call the internet company, and if the problem couldn't be fixed right away then she would bring us a wireless internet card to use. Although our laptops already had wireless capabilities, we figured that it wouldn't hurt to try using a wireless card as well. However, once Angelika left our apartment after collecting our deposit, we did not hear back from her the rest of the week nor did she ever bring us a wireless card. When we finally got in touch with her 2 days before we left, she did not even bother to ask if our internet was working. I found this unprofessional and somewhat rude. We were all quite upset because we were barely able to communicate with our families back home. We were also relying on the internet to get information and directions to some of the towns and attractions that we planned on visiting.

Overall, my friends and I greatly enjoyed our trip to London. As I aforementioned, staying in Earl's Court was very pleasant, and the location is great. However, I would not recommend staying in this particular apartment.