We are fantastically well located in the centre of Reykjavik 101, warm, cozy and welcoming. All Reykjavik’s main attractions, including her best restaurants, bars, cafes and shops are within a stone´s throw. We have come home to Reykjavik to raise our family and know the city, its language and culture intimately. We love it here. We love Airbnb too – we seem to attract incredibly friendly and inquisitive guests of all ages, be they single travelers, couples, families or groups of friends.

The space
The house is a traditional timber-built Icelandic house, warm and snug throughout the year as heated with Iceland’s famous hydro-thermic hot water. This is a private room downstairs designed for single occupancy. The bed is a good size, actually a small double - 2m X 120 cm, so can be booked as a very good value double room. We have other private guest bedrooms, so you will be sharing the house with other small groups and individuals. The bedrooms are set up for guests specifically, but the house is furnished with our own things, particularly books and pictures. All our guests have access to three shared bathrooms, sitting and dining rooms , and to a kitchen which can be used for heating up simple food and snacks but not for cooking full meals. We do not offer breakfast for the very good reasons that we are not licenced to serve food and there are so many excellent bakeries and coffee houses so locally; these open very early.
Our house itself is quite well known. It was a bicycle shop for many years, the first of these in Iceland, and as such it is much loved in Reykjavik, especially by people who bought their first bike here a generation ago.

Guest access
Your private bedroom, sitting room, kitchen, and dining room. There are several shared bathrooms for guests. The kitchen is suitable for teas and coffees, light snacks and heating up simple foods, but we do not allow cooking. There is a back yard with attractive golden rowan trees in it which is a nice aspect out of the windows, but this is part of our family space and not part of the guesthouse strictly speaking.

During your stay
I am half English / half Icelandic, born and bred in Reykjavik, and am native in both languages. This is my home as I grew a couple of hundred meters away in Njalsgata street. My husband and children (by upbringing) are English.
Be in touch before you travel to allow us to help you have the best possible experience of Iceland. Once you book we will send you access instructions and directions for a stress free arrival. Once you are here, we can give you all the help you need, or you can be entirely discrete if you prefer.

Other things to note
Reykjavik is served by hydro-thermally heated hot water. Our hot water is hot and plentiful therefore and each bedroom has a radiator with an adjustable regulator. Don't be cold. Turn your radiator up if you wish.
As we said earlier, ours is a traditional timber framed house. It flexes and breathes, is quick to warm up and quick to cool. It is not insulated for sound as modern homes are. If you are a very light sleeper indeed and are used to living in a concrete block, you may be disturbed by this (we had a guest recently who was disturbed by the footsteps of the cat!) A bit of common sense and respect for others, especially in the middle of the night, usually means that all but those with real sleeping issues sleep blissfully well here. The beds are very comfortable.

Registration number
Malsnr. 0441-041-2015-0607