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Pretty Balcony Room - 10 mins to City
Hi, <br />Our Victorian home offers you a double bedroom with private balcony overlooking our garden in Finsbury Park and includes an office desk/chair. Located very close to two tube stations and many buses.  We love to help make your experience of London a friendly and enjoyable one. Happy travels!<br /><br /><b>The space</b><br />Your room?<br />Located in a large Victorian House, the room overlooks the garden from our top floor and has its own private small balcony with small outside table and two chairs. There a double wrought iron bed and desk.  The house is very old (150 years old contains some of the original floor boards in the kitchen. The house was build in Victorian times as a "gentleman's boarding house" - many original features still remain in the house - so a touch of London history.<br />The balcony room has woollen carpet with heavy velvet curtains which can be closed to stop daylight, but if you suffer from dust allergy, the soft furnishings can cause a problem to som
The house is located close to two large parks (if you fancy a run).  My husband and I are qualified athletics coaches who work with the UK's top Olympic coaches to train the local children/ teenagers, and we can offer any advice on good places to train.  <br />The trendy London area of Islington, with its bustling restaurants and curios shops is only a 15 minute bus ride away - the No. 341 bus stop is only 50 metres from our front door.<br />Stoke Newington is also one of London's top Bohemian areas and is only a 10 minute walk through Clissold Park. <br />London's biggest indoor/outdoor climbing centre (The Castle) is only 100 metres from our house and is very popular with sporty people from all over London.<br />Watersports Centre with lakeside cafe - The West Resevoir is only 200 metres away and provides a lovely lakeside walk and a popular lakeside cafe if you have time to stop and enjoy the view.
Hi,

As a New Zealander I have a great love of the outdoors and anything sports related.  
I spent my entire childhood either competing as a equestrian show-jumper or climbing mountains in New Zealand.
My skill as a Chartered Accountant and passion for sport inspired me to set up two sports charities for children here in London and I also help run our local athletic club, which is right on our doorstep - in Finsbury Park.  I coach the young children three days a week. 
As a UK Athletics coach, it has been a very exciting time in London, as since the Olympic Games, I have had the opportunity to work alongside several international coaches who coached the Great Britain Olympic athletic team.  As a result I have become a "mad guru" on running technique and injury prevention, which is always a useful skill to have - for oneself especially!!  But of course, I am very happy to offer guidance and tips to others, should they ask.
I speak fluent French and holiday regularly in southern France and Spain, where I have Spanish family.  We also love visiting other countries, and hope to have another holiday in the USA soon....
My motto in life:  Happiness comes from helping others -  especially when it comes from the heart.