The apartment we stayed in was clean and well-appointed with dishes, silverware and pots and pans. The kitchen appliances were new and clean. Weekly maid service came and kept things in order. We stayed on Lovat Lane, which is located close to Monument station. The area itself is a little dead at night and finding restaurants open can be a little challenging, but it's centrally located (right next to London Bridge), which makes for easy excursions during the day. Walking distance close by are Tesco and Waitrose grocery stores. The only negatives I would say were that our room directly faced an office building, so if you are home during the day, you have to keep the blinds down all day to have privacy from the desk workers. Also, one afternoon there was a fire alarm which rang for more than an hour and no one came to check. I just worry that if there were an actual fire, what would happen. read more