My family and another family are in the early stages of planning a trip to London, England. We have the dates nailed down to January 2010. Our most difficult decision is trying to find a place for the 4 of us to stay. (Two couples). We looked at hotels, but we think we would rather try to find some sort of rental home/serviced apartment. That would allow us to stay at the same place, yet have 2 separate rooms, as well as have a kitchenette. We would like to be near city center as we think we would rather not rent a car and hopefully only have to use the Tube. Here's what I would like help with: recommendations of a decent place to stay in a safe area that meets my description. Hoping to keep it relatively inexpensive as we will be there for 10 days. Any suggestions would be most helpful. Thank you in advance.