Look, I’ll be honest – when I first saw “Old Street Apartment” in the booking confirmation, I wasn’t expecting much. But stepping into this place on the seventh floor, you’re immediately hit with these floor-to-ceiling windows that frame London like it’s posing for you. The views stretch across the city in a way that makes you forget you’re technically staying above what used to be pretty gritty territory (Old Street’s cleaned up massively in the past decade, but still).
The apartment itself feels like someone actually lives here rather than one of those sterile rental boxes you usually get. Three proper bedrooms – not the “well, there’s a bed squeezed in there” kind you sometimes encounter – and the main living area has this worn leather sofa that’s clearly seen some life but somehow makes the whole space more comfortable. The kitchen’s small but functional, though honestly, you’re in Shoreditch adjacent territory here, so you’ll probably end up eating out more than cooking. What I really appreciated was how quiet it gets at night despite being right in the thick of things. The double glazing actually works, which… you know what, that’s rarer than it should be in London rentals.
The location is where this place really shines, even if it takes a minute to figure out the neighborhood dynamics. You’re a proper five-minute walk to Old Street station – and I mean five minutes, not “London five minutes” which usually means ten. Angel’s walkable too if you prefer the Northern line, though it’s more like fifteen minutes through some lovely Georgian streets that most tourists never see. The immediate area around the building is still transitioning – you’ll find a proper greasy spoon café next to some trendy coffee place charging £4 for a flat white, which is sort of peak London honestly. Sundays are particularly nice here because the streets empty out and you can actually hear birds instead of just sirens and construction noise. The building itself has decent security (you need a fob for everything) and there’s even a lift that works consistently, which anyone who’s hauled luggage up narrow London staircases will appreciate. For a 4-star place with a 7.1 rating, it delivers exactly what you’d expect – nothing’s going to blow your mind, but nothing’s going to ruin your trip either.