The Quarters Swiss Cottage

Some things to be aware of if you stay at The Quarters - Swiss Cottage (especially long stays). These is not a hotel. Housekeeping comes by just once a week. You will have to empty your own trash. You will probably need to buy your own toilet paper, Kleenex, trash bags, paper towels, soap and shampoo (I did). You will hear/feel the rumbling of subway trains every few minutes (I got used to this after a while). If your apartment faces Finchley Road, you will hear street noise. If your apartment faces the inner courtyard, you will hear noise from the Yamatora sushi restaurant (especially if they open the roof). They usually quieted down around 10pm. Be advised, you do not want an apartment next to the smelly garbage room or the noisy, slamming doors of the laundry room.

very noisy, a lot of noise coming from the very busy road that the property is on, barely any sound insulation towards that busy road makes sleeping difficult.

Rug around bed and if possible to to have house keeping to come more often

There should be available a proper work chair because some days we work from home.
The chair available in the room is not ergonomic so it’s impossible to work the whole day on that chair.

Needing to buy cleaning agents for the kitchenette.

There was no response from the crew to any request or inquiry that we had. At tje desk there were only nigh shift personnel tjat couldn't give us any valid information. They did supply us some extra towels when we asked for. The room wasn't cleaned or arranged in the week we stayed there.
There weren't enough cutlery and no means for washing dishes.

I asked the next day if we could move to a room upstairs since the basement -2 room has a low ceiling which triggers my partner's claustrophobia. Further, there was not much light coming in in the basement room. There was no room available and I understand. However a week later I checked on Booking.com and the property stated that there are rooms available. When I went to the reception if we could move to a room upstairs, the lady hesitated and without checking she said no and sorry.

There was a microwave/oven in the room, but no hob or vent - so for long term stay with minimum 28 days, residents would have to buy microwavable food from Waitrose to live on for the entire period.

For the immense amount of money paid £3500 for my stay as I booked last minute, and as someone who has stayed in several aparthotels, I believe that laundry should be complementary instead of paying ~£8 each load. I spoke to other residents in the laundry who agree as well.

Room servicing was every Friday around 10am - would have been better if residents could schedule to accommodate their time or have cleaning facility available. Unfortunately we missed them as I work night shifts at the hospital on those days, we stayed in a filthy room for 28 days.

They could invest in better chairs in the balcony, not sure why those hard chairs were selected, properly easier to clean.

The only downside was the laundry facilities. I guess you can't have everything, but the studio would have been perfect if there was a washer/dryer machine. I didn't like the idea of going to a separate laundry room, so I took my clothes to be washed outside.