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Short-Let Market Report

Within 250 m of

4 Merchant SquarePaddington, Westminster

4 Merchant Square · nearest station Edgware Road (154 m) · data as of 19 Jun 2026

225
active short-letsreviewed in the last 12 months
80%
are entire homes181 homes, 40 private rooms
£239
median nightly pricefrom 210 listed prices
92
nights booked a yearmedian, estimated
£17,900
yearly revenue per listingmedian, estimated
56%
run by large operatorshosts with 10+ London listings
Bedroom mix
  • 1 bed 59%
  • 2 bed 27%
  • 3 bed 10%
  • 4+ bed 4%

Average 1.6 bedrooms — roughly 1.6 linen sets per changeover.

Guest reviews per month (proxy for stays)
0 100 200 300 400 Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 227 Feb Mar Apr May 378

Jun 2025 – May 2026. Busiest: May 2026; quietest: January 2026.

What it means for linen

~157 changeovers a week within 250 m

Every checkout is a bed to strip and a set to replace. Around 4 Merchant Square that adds up to an estimated 8,163 changeovers a year — about 251 sets of bed linen a week.

8,163
changeovers a year, est.
~251
linen sets a week, est.

Nearby buildings on the W2 round

BuildingStreetDistanceShort-lets within 250 m
Balmoral ApartmentsPraed Street50 m225
The Boathouse—60 m191
3 Merchant SquareMerchant Square60 m176
Peninsula ApartmentsPraed Street80 m201
Lyntonia HousePraed Street110 m244
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4 Merchant Square · 19 Jun 2026

What guests say about linen nearby

87 of 3,310 guest reviews here in the last 12 months mention sheets, towels or linen; about 21 of those point to a problem.

“No underlay for the sofa bed, a fitted sheet straight on the vinyl surface.”Airbnb guest near 4 Merchant Square · June 2025
“The host did not provide paper towels, hand towels, cleaning supplies or toilet paper, we had to buy those items.”Airbnb guest near 4 Merchant Square · June 2025
“After some inspection of the space, we found it to be dirty and small hairs all over the bedding, sheets, and pillowcases.”Airbnb guest near 4 Merchant Square · September 2025

Reviews of local short-lets, not of LPLaundry. Names removed.

How LPLaundry keeps short-let linen moving

Airbnb laundry near 4 Merchant Square

Linen hire and changeover laundry, collected and delivered 7 days on the W2 round. No minimum order.

Sources and method. Short-let figures: ,[object Object],, London snapshot 19 Jun 2026, licensed ,[object Object],. Active means at least one review in the previous 12 months. Building name, address and nearest station: © ,[object Object],, licensed ,[object Object],. All figures describe listings within 250 m of the building. They say nothing about any flat in 4 Merchant Square itself. Medians are shown only when at least 10 listings report the value. Prices above £2000 a night are excluded as outliers. The 90-night limit on short lets in Greater London is the ,[object Object],, not our interpretation of it. Rebuilt each time Inside Airbnb publishes a new London snapshot, about every three months. Short-let research, figures and method: Hassam Rafkey, Short-Let Research & Data Consultant and independent consultant to LPLaundry (15 years in Airbnb and short-let research). LPLaundry is a trading name of HHFA Group Services Limited, registered in England and Wales, company number 16234834. Registered office: 1B Chantry Place, Harrow HA3 6NY. Spotted a figure that looks wrong? ,[object Object], and we will check it against the source and correct it.

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