Roland House

7PBthetis

Good location, but service lacking 14th May 2009

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I stayed in the Roland House studio for 3 months. Its location is very good for the London area. However, it is certainly not as advertised. Communication with management was not good. Upon arrival despite having paid a deposit and written numerous notes, the apt was not cleaned and was subsequently cleaned to a modest degree. Cable TV consisted of BBC1 and BBC2, ITV1 and intermittent CNN or Sky News. Broadband would not fuction at times and repairs would occur especially over the weekends. The elevators frequently broke down and took weeks to repair. The gym can only be used after an official "induction" held maybe once or twice a month. The closet is tiny and only comes with 8 coathangers. The kitchen is also small. There is no oven and and no freezer. I

Izabel_blue

Not cheap but a lovely place to stay 16th May 2008

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Interestingly enough I lived in short term accommodation in Roland House for 7 months last year! Glad to see that you can now rent the flats for a shorter period of time.

Roland House is a nice building on a lovely lovely road - it's a bit far away from the tube but close enough to lots of great places to eat and shop.

I lived in a studio flat with my husband - it was large enough for both of us (barely) but comfortable. The furniture was up to date and clean and I really liked the (bijou) bathroom.

The main drawback was that the kitchen area was very very small with room only for two rings and a microwave - by the end of our stay I was craving lasagne and other oven-baked dishes like crazy! There is also almost no room to prepare food in one of the studio flats - if I could go back in time I would've rented one of the larger units to have a better kitchen.

The studio flats don't have their own clothes washing facility but there is a basement laundry room - make sure to pick your times though as it's popular!

For the entire 7 months that I was there I was really impressed by the friendly staff, who looked after us well and were very accomodating.