Big Home in London, Forest Hill

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The welcome made us feel special and we were almost treated like family by Sharon & her family. Very friendly, always willing to help out to make our stay a pleasant one. The room we stayed in had everything we could possibly want and a lovely outlook onto the suburban Street. If you like Suburbia with a little peace & quiet then this is the property for you. The nearest shop is a little trek away & the terrain is quite hilly but don't let that put you off. Forest Hill is a pleasant suburb with excellent bus links to the city & other outlying areas including a night bus that drops you outside the nearby Horniman Museum with a shortish walk around the streets back to the property. Forest Hill also has an Overground station with regular trains to Croyden, Crystal Palace and Highbury & Islington (where you can link with the tube network to the city). The aforementioned Horniman Museum is free to visit and well worth doing so if you're into curios collected by Victorians. The Aquarium & Butterfly House does charge admission. We didn't visit these so I can't comment on them but the area was very busy with families enjoying themselves in the museum & surrounding Park when we visited. A small Sunday Market sells local produce & goods and, for the children & young at heart, there are Alpaca and sheep to look at. If you're looking for reasonably priced food & drinks then you can't go wrong with a visit to the local Wetherspoons (The Capitol) in Forest Hill. Sainsburys and a Tesco Express can provide you with groceries etc too. I had never stayed in this part of London before but the Big Home in Forest Hill was an amazing introduction to the area. I would highly recommend this property for anyone who doesn't want to pay over the odds for a city property and likes a bit of peace and quiet now & again, and the wild Parakeets always amaze me with their antics.

I can't really put anything here as the property was lovely & the owners treated us amazingly

good location , good price, very handy for our visit to horniman gardens where our son works

bits of room felt very tired - wall coverings peeling off , skirting boards detached from wall, leaky shower[ despite being patched up with tape] lights over beds that flash different colours [ most annoying when trying to read!!!]