Suprisingly the vanity is timber. In this wet environment it would have been better in another stone

Of course shopping in the fashionable Kings Road is delightfully easy from this location, in a quiet street off Sloane Square. It is quiet too, even though it is close to major bus and tube routes, the designers having paid careful attention to soundproofing the apartments from each other as well as from the external noise of Europe’s largest and most dynamic city. The quietness creates a cocoon out of each apartment, and whilst I found their design to be slightly sterile in feel, lacking a little in character, they are none the less very comfortable.

The feeling of space by comparison with a four star hotel room is marked, and whilst it is not appropriate to judge an aparthotel like this by star ratings because the service element, so important in up market hotels just doesn’t apply in the same way in this kind of operation, I would judge the level of this provision as easily up with high end four star and some five star provision in the capital.The quiet environment created by the designer certainly emphasises the quality of the design generally throughout the building.

Rollover to see a bedroom

The designer’s attention to detail, shown clearly in the beautifully tailored fabrics, wanders occasionally. For example in the split level room the window goes over two floors. The curtains are large and heavy so they have been equipped with electronic controls. Unfortunately these work ‘line of sight’ only, and appear only to work from the living area, not from the bedroom area. This makes for irritating journeys up and down the stairs. In the same apartment the full length mirror has been positioned in a narrow area so that it is not possible to stand back and use it properly because of the presence of the desk.

Bedroom areas are generally generous and the heating and air-conditioning system runs effectively and silently in the background, although with the high level of audio visual equipment provided (something that is becoming standard in hotels these days) it is necessary to listen to the silence to become aware of the whisper of the air.