Astons Apartments

He viajo muchas veces a Londres y para venir de Asturas la lluvia es algo normal tambien para nosotros. Lo mejor que tengo que decir es el barrio tan victoriano y cerca de las pequeñas cosas (cafes, boutiques, bares ........) y muy tranquilo. Mi critica es que los Astons son agradables y estan muy organizados pero ya estan viejos y podrian hacerlos mejor ya que no son baratos.

De todas formas siempre han tenido un buen servicio y naturalmente que volveremos

Mar Garcia de Lena

The rooms are very clean and well-tended by staff. All rooms have kitchenettes, which are particularly useful to the traveler. The higher-priced designer rooms are quite beautiful; the more inexpensive rooms are plain and simple, but comfortable and very functional. The management was very responsive and prompt when asked to address problems. Very good value is given for the price charged.

Hi there, we stayed (2 adults one child ) one night at Astons recently...and I am glad it was only one night. We were booked to stay at (Base2stay) just a few blocks away in a lovely little residential neigbhourhood but they couldn't accommodate us for one night (Saturday).

There are no lifts at Astons...so if you have heavy cases - you may have to lift them up many flights of stairs (like we did) depending on where you stay in the complex - (although we had lots of offers from the staff to help).

The apartments are old and tired and in need of a new renovation in my opinion. Ours which was in the main building was #3 (a triple) and although clean and tidy...the bathroom was sooooo musty that I couldn't even stand it long enough to take a shower in it so I washed my hair in the kitchen sink. (I'll try to post pictures of the bathroom so you can see how small it is and yes the shower is only separated from the toilet by a curtain as you will see) The kitchenette is quite adequate and we made good use of it . The beds were a little worn out and I felt like I was listing to one side but my daughter was comfortable in hers apparently... We were also next to the main door so it was noisy when people were coming in late as the door would slam each time. (Bring earplugs...I recommend them if you are a light sleeper)

We were shown 3 rooms before we found one suitable...and only charged a small fee for the upgrade from a double to a triple..... Astons has a quaint little courtyard that all can use but you need to contact management to get access as you can't access with your key.

Rick Patterson the Manager at Astons couldn't do enough for us though - he is such a gentleman....I hope someone steals him for an upscale hotel somewhere and pay him appropriately for his exellent service and people skills........Check-in was fast and efficient as was checkout. (Keep in mind you will have to pay a 30 pd. damage deposit which is not charged to your visa but an impression of it is taken of your card and the amount is filled in should there be any damage I guess...) You get the copies returned to you when you leave. We also requested a hair dryer, iron and ironing board which we rec'd promptly.

A word of caution....watch the rooms in the front upper floors with the balcony as you may share it with another room as we saw we might have....the bloak next door on the 3rd floor of another building (possible resident?) was a chain smoker and we saw a pile of cigerettes on his terrace that you could fill a 2 litre ice-cream container....(no exaggeration!) it was so gross...we imagined ourselves not being able to leave our windows open at night (there is no air-conditioning at Astons....)

If you are on a tight budget, then these apartments are adequate but because of the must and carpeted areas - if you are sensitive to smells, (noise) or have allergies - I don't recommend Astons. You will love this area of London though as you are a short walk to two grocery stores (Sainsbury's and Tesco) and lots of little shops and excellent restaurants. The tube is a 3 minute walk as well to Earl's court. I recommend this area for a stay in London.