Reviewing an apartment marketed as executive. The apartment was in need of a total refurbishment, the paintwork throughout was in poor condition, the carpets were marked, the chrome hand rails on the sides of the bath were that old that the chrome had worn off revealing the copper pipe. The hob was in a poor state of repair and was some years old and fused the electrics the first time we tried to use it. The kitchen worktops were chipped and a floor tile had been stuck to one off the worktops presumably to hide a defect. The handles on some of the saucepans were loose, the kitchen was only just adequately stocked. The furniture was old and of poor quality, the armrest covers on the odd armchair were fraying, none of the furniture matched. The entrance hall to the block was grubby and the staircase also grubby showing paintwork that had not been painted for some years. The lift was extremely small and inadequate to get any more than one person and a suitcase in. Both bathrooms needed upgrading from the white wall tiles which must have been on the walls for about thirty years. Doesn't sound very good but for £918 for three night we expected much better When we arrived outside the premises we found that the intercom was not working so we could not make contact with the staff who were inside the premises, instead we had to call them on the telephone to alert them that we had arrived. We reported a fault with the electric hob in the kitchen of our apartment when it blew a fuse on the first night we were there and we're given no feedback as to what had caused the problem or in fact to reassure us that the hob was safe. On the day of our departure we called the reception and asked if it would be possible to call a taxi for us to travel to the railway station and we were told that was not a service they would provide. These three occasions were the only contact we had with the staff at the complex so post them factually to let others decide whether or not that was good service or otherwise. The initial booking procedure was easy and trouble free and the apartment was cleaned to a good standard every day. Despite the fact that it needs a full refurbishment.

Very bad service experience and now out of pocket Firstly I should start by saying the apartment booked was great, as expected and described and I was happy with my experience with London serviced apartments until I arrrived at the apartment. When I arrived the booking had only been made for 2 adults for the whole stay. When I initially made contact with London serviced apartments I detailed that I was looking for a 3 night stay with 2 adults for the first 2 nights and then 4 adults and one child for the third night. I initially requested to book a different apartment to that stayed in and filled in the booking form then detailing 5 adults as they detailed a child as less than 12 years of age, ours is 15. The apartment for which this booking form was filled in was unavailable for one of the nights and therefore London serviced apartments quoted me a price for an alternative apartment, they did this knowing there would be 5 individuals and 5 adults under their criteria at this point, I then filled in another booking form detailing 5 adults again and the apartment was booked. On arriving at the apartment they informed me the booking by London serviced apartments had only been made for 2 adults for the whole stay!!! I was then informed I was required to pay additional monies for the third night for the 5th adult for a sofa bed to be made up. I contacted London service apartments and they took absolutely no responsibility, continually blaming me for the fact that I initially put that the 5th individual was a child in the initial request. She is a child, just not by their criteria. Despite this, and despite the fact that they have 2 booking forms detailing 5 adults they clearly quoted me incorrectly and misinformed me. Whether the child was classed as a child or adult the apartments informed me as an additional sofa bed needed to be made up I would have had to have paid anyway. On that basis London serviced apartments argument is completely flawed as I informed there was 5 people from my first initial contact. They will take no ownership or responsibility for their error and I found them to be completely unreasonable. They only had to accept the mistake and cover the cost but instead I am out of pocket. Very disappointing and I would not recommend using them on this basis. I won’t be using them again.

Noisy & Hot!! Unfortunately we did not have a good experience in this apartment! The first night was horrible. We have never been in a noisier spot from bars and street noise and garbage trucks, even with the windows closed (which was not an option as it was stifling in here) the noise was unbearable. To add to the discomfort the beds are like rocks. My husband has a bad hip and there is absolutely no support. Lastly we had a note saying that repair people needed access to the apartment all day which made us nervous to leave our belongings as there is no safe. I would not recommend this place to anyone.

Moved us to another apartment with a … Moved us to another apartment with a bad exuse. Charged us double, got refunded after a week

Hertford Court Apartments - DO NOT STAY HERE Our 3 bedroom “penthouse” apartment was old, rundown and badly maintained. On arrival we were told that the boiler had broken and there was no hot water. A maintenance man arrived about 2 hours later and said the repairs would take a day. No temporary solution was available because the back up supply was burnt out and unsafe. The company said we could move to another apartment 30 mins away which was inferior. By this time it was 7pm. They said they didn’t want to pay the cost quoted by the maintenance man and wanted to get other quotes so the boiler would not be fixed the next day. In the meantime there was no controller for the TV. The staff took 30 mins to find it. Then the TV didn’t work. Another maintenance man was called. 2 hours later he finally got the TV working. This was all on the first evening whilst we were trying to unpack, shop for food and feed our children and get them to bed. I emailed Roy McKenzie of London Serviced Apartments and asked him to call me the next morning. He did not. Instead he just emailed and said he would ask the staff to send up the maintenance person. Totally unhelpful. I rang him instead and he was astoundingly rude, patronising and aggressive. In the end we negotiated directly with the staff a move down to a 2 bed apartment and a refund of one night and the difference in rent. As with the first apartment, the new one was old and rundown, eg lights with spent bulbs etc. I wouldn’t recommend these apartments or the London Serviced Apartments company to anyone. Avoid like the plague.