This charming and spacious apartment is situated on the upper ground floor (upper first floor American) of a delightful period building, located very close to South Kensington Station and easy walking distance to Harrods, the centre of Knightsbridge, all the shops, boutiques and restaurants of South Kensington and also very close to the South Kensington museums. The apartment has a very spacious drawing/dining room with dining table seating 6, grand feature fireplace with antique mirror and clock on the mantle piece. All the furnishings are in Period style with many genuine and valuable antiques. The magnificent double bedroom has king sized bed, French doors with small balcony, a lovely Victorian chaise longue seated in front of the French doors, a feature fireplace and lovely period style furnishings. The kitchen/breakfast room is built in a conservatory, and therefore has great natural sunlight and has views to the rear. The kitchen has washer/dryer, dishwasher, fridge, cooker etc and is extremely well equipped. There is a master bathroom, tiled, with bath and power shower over, marble wash hand basin and W.C. There is a separate cloakroom/WC again with marble wash hand basin. There is a grand entrance hall with mirror/console table. There is also an additional foldaway bed. NO SMOKING. Nearest tube: South Kensington wi fi is provided
Enjoy strolling through the neighborhood to nearby Museum Row - home to the Natural History Museum, fabulous decorative arts collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Science Museum and more. You'll be just moments from Fulham Road, famous for antique and home design shops, as well as trendy London shopping at Brompton Cross. Walk to King's Road in Chelsea, Harrods famous department store in Knightsbridge and the beautiful Kensington Gardens. Just a few minutes walk away is the South Kensington Tube station, so you can easily reach all the top spots in central London on the Underground or on London's classic red double-decker buses. * This is a very popular apartment therefore an early reservation is highly recommended.*
CHECK IN PROCEDURE:
Please note that whilst official check in is 1pm, we will try to let you check in before 13:00 should you arrive on an early flight. However, i this depends on whether previous guests are leaving that day so a same day changeover. We always do our best to ensure guests have a stress free check in and as little delay as possible. Once we have your full flight/Arrival information, then we will be able to confirm check in arrangements.
Check in times vary between 8am to 3pm Monday to Friday and only when we have your full flight/arrival information can we make check in arrangements. Outside of these hours or weekends, we will need to book our taxi service with key delivery.
CHECK IN: Not guaranteed before 2pm – appointments must be made
Guests can usually arrive from 10am, by appointment only, to leave lug-gage and collect key.
(In the event of a same day changeover, housekeeping staff may still need access in the larger flats to finish laundry after 2pm, but check in will be granted)
OFFICE HOURS/OUT OF HOURS ARRIVALS(*) Office hours for check ins are 09.00 – 14.30 Monday to Friday. Guests arriving via airport outside normal office hours between 14:30 – 18:00 and all throughout weekends there will be a £60 key delivery and check-in help
We can also provide taxi transfers from airport from 15:00 to 23:00 during week days and from 09:00 to 23:00 during weekends with competitive rates (Please inquire), so that keys can be also be provided when our office is closed (In this case you will not pay for £60 key collection fee).
(*) Guests arriving via airport during British Bank Holidays should be aware that the taxi transfer service is necessary, so that keys can be provided when our office is closed. This will be arranged for you driver will meet you in arrival halls and will take you straight to the apartment and check you in. By the way we never charge a taxi fee. we use licensed London taxi drivers and they charge you and its all confirmed up front.
Please note that our representatives can only secure a time slot of one hour. If you arrive late then additional waiting time will be charged at the rate of £16 per hour and charged on a quarter hour basis, ie for every 15 minutes late then £4 payable.
Important note ( as part of our house rules) - : It is very important and the guests responsibility that we receive your arrival details. We offer private apartments and none of them have reception facilities. We are unable ar-range delivery of keys if we are not informed your arrival details prior to your arrival.
OUT OF HOURS ARRIVALS(*) Guests arriving outside normal office hours and weekends should be aware that the taxi transfer service is necessary, so that keys can be provided to the driver in advance, when our office is closed and the driver will ensure youi get into the apartment. The reduced rate Taxi service costs can be provided, depending on the arrival airport and how many people in the party
The taxi is totally NON profit making by us. We organize it for the comfort and security of guests arriving off a long flight and getting into central London. They are met inside the arrival’s hall at the airport, helped to the cab and taken directly to the flat. We give the driver the key so there is no waiting around. We use a Licensed London taxi driver in the official London black cab (not necessarily actually black in colour) he is vetted and bonded by Metropolitan Police and is fully insured. The guests do not have to worry about finding the correct address and flat, wandering around the street with heavy luggage and they go straight in – no delays. The driver we use is very experienced, all our guests love him and ask him to take them back too because of the comfort and pleasant way to travel they experienced on arrival. However, the return journey is totally up to the individual guests
If guests are not arriving by air but by car or train, whether it be internal or Eurostar, outside normal hours, we will arrange a personal out of hours meet and greet which is at a rate of £60 during the week (Mon - Fri) until 17:00. Please discuss this with us when making your reservation. We will always try to help where we can.
Eurostar and other train arrivals: Please make sure that the train is scheduled to arrive at the London station terminus they arrive at before 1.30pm latest. This will give you the time to exit the station – this can be very slow – and there can be queues for taxis. Our aim is to ensure guests arrive stress free. During weekends (Saturdays/Sundays and Public Holiday) our liaison office are closed. Therefore, we will arrange a private transfer for you. The driver will meet guests at London station terminus and take them straight to the flat and make sure you get in safely. He will collect the key in advance and so taking into account the cost of the taxi, which makes it much easier for you.
IMPORTANT:Sadly, occasionally guests do not give the correct information as to who and how many people will be staying in the apartment. In the UK there are strict regulations in respect of maximum occupancy levels. Therefore, please ensure that you provide the names of everyone in your group, and where there are children, please provide their ages. We reserve the right to refuse check in if the number of guests arriving exceeds the number booked
Latest check-in by representative on Christmas Eve is 13:00 and Christmas day and New Year day arrivals are not possible.
