London flat rental, short term
 

Any ideas for short term apt lodging in central London in March for a couple and 17 year-old son?
Also considering inexpensive hotels...

check the londonconnection.com. have had good luck with them. what area do you prefer?

Also used LondonConnection and was quite pleased. The one bedroom where we stayed may not work for you as accessing the bathroom requires going through the bedroom but it was quite satisfactory and the service was great. Appreciated being able to pay in US dollars via credit card through the US office. Driver (additional cost but worth it) was terrific, local agent good, too.

"<i>Any ideas for short term apt lodging in central London in March for a couple and 17 year-old son?
Also considering inexpensive hotels... </i>"

There is no way to give useful advice w/o knowing your budget . . . .

Thanks for LondonConnection suggestion - will try it.
janisj - budget is under 140/night -less for hotel (is this even possible?)

"<i>budget is under 140/night </i>"

140 what? $ or £ or something else?

Was very unsatisfied by London Connection in 2006. While showing the apartment, greeter saw that washing machine was not working and had a moldy kitchen towel in it. She promised to send someone to fix it.

I told her we were traveling extensively and had booked this apartment specifically to be able to do our wash for 4 people, so she understood that a functioning washer was important to us. No one came. I called several times, but they were unable to send someone to fix it the entire week we were there.

Afterwards, I received a customer survey by email. I replied, detailing our problem. They promised to look into it. I never heard anything back from them.

How long is short-term?

Try sabbaticalhomes.com. In two weeks, we're off to London for a 15-week stay in an apartment we rented through that website. There are shorter-term rentals.

Thinking in Euros, as also traveling to Italy. Thanks, goddesstogo, for the website.

www.farnum-christ.com

www.holidaylettings.co.uk

I've used both the above with great success; products and services are as described; up-to-date pictures, etc.

Farnum & Christ is a great agency. Haven't used Holiday Lettings but there have been several good reports about them posted on here.

The site gtg linked is really useful for longer term rentals. There are a very small % that will rent for 2 - 4 weeks, a tiny fraction for 1 week, and some of those are quite far out. 95+% of the listings are for 3 months to 1 year minimum term.

Your €140 = equals about £115 or £800-ish a week. Here is a link to flats at St Katharine's Marina next to the Tower of LOndon. You can probably find something more central, but at least check it out. You get a bit more for your ££, it is close to Tower Hill tube station, and next to a pier for trips up and down river. They aren't posh but very nice, clean and fully equipped. There are shops, a super market,and restaurants/pubs w/i the marina complex.

You get more space at the cost of a bit longer commute to some of the major sites -- but still w/i zone 1. Pros and cons . . . .

http://www.hamletuk.com/

janisj, it's true that most of the sabbatical home places aim for longer terms but sometimes there are 'spaces' in-between the long terms. Friends of mine recently rented an apartment in Bloomsbury for a week in just that circumstance. I believe it doesn't hurt to ask, especially in these days of quick email correspondence. If you see a place you like and it's the right price and location, a short email to the owner asking if by any chance it's free for a short let from this date to that date is a small investment of time. You're right that most places will be booked for longer terms but hey, my friends got lucky. So might the OP.

Do we know how long the OP is going for?

Oh, and I meant to say that the Farnum-Christ apartments look beautiful. I believe Neo-Patrick regularly stays at one of them. I wish I could afford one for this stay but it's too long a term. Maybe next time for a short visit, though.

thx for all replies - looking into st katherine's marina flats, also recommended by friends who stayed there and loved it. goddesstogo, I agree, you never know unless you ask.

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