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Short-Let Market Report

Within 250 m of

Barness CourtPaddington, Westminster

6-8 Westbourne Terrace · nearest station Lancaster Gate (231 m) · data as of 19 Jun 2026

267
active short-letsreviewed in the last 12 months
78%
are entire homes207 homes, 60 private rooms
£249
median nightly pricefrom 233 listed prices
92
nights booked a yearmedian, estimated
£25,300
yearly revenue per listingmedian, estimated
57%
run by large operatorshosts with 10+ London listings
Bedroom mix
  • 1 bed 63%
  • 2 bed 25%
  • 3 bed 11%
  • 4+ bed 1%

Average 1.5 bedrooms — roughly 1.5 linen sets per changeover.

Guest reviews per month (proxy for stays)
0 100 200 300 400 500 Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 270 Feb Mar Apr May 483

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

What it means for linen

~192 changeovers a week within 250 m

Every checkout is a bed to strip and a set to replace. Around Barness Court that adds up to an estimated 9,984 changeovers a year — about 289 sets of bed linen a week.

9,984
changeovers a year, est.
~289
linen sets a week, est.

Nearby buildings on the W2 round

BuildingStreetDistanceShort-lets within 250 m
The Crescent Hyde ParkGloucester Terrace50 m256
Forbes HouseGloucester Terrace70 m272
Roseate House HotelWestbourne Terrace70 m236
Wilde HouseGloucester Terrace70 m219
O Paddington HotelCraven Road80 m280
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Barness Court · 19 Jun 2026

What guests say about linen nearby

144 of 4,392 guest reviews here in the last 12 months mention sheets, towels or linen; about 28 of those point to a problem.

“There is no kitchen/tea towel so washing up is hard to dry.”Airbnb guest near Barness Court · September 2025
“Would be nice to have some towel bars and shelves in the bathroom.”Airbnb guest near Barness Court · September 2025
“They also only provided 4 towels for 4 people - we could've used some hand towels in the kitchen and bathroom.”Airbnb guest near Barness Court · November 2025

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

How LPLaundry keeps short-let linen moving

Airbnb laundry near Barness Court

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 Barness Court 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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