Islington is not the most impressively clean city I've been in, but it was certainly convenient to West Stow Iron Age Village and Sutton Hoo (and no doubt many other spots in the area).
The biggest problem was checking in. Although the proprietor was eventually able to contact me through WhatsApp (which I only coincidentally had installed on a phone) I was afraid that we wouldn't be able to check in when my repeated attempts (including International Long Distance telephone call) to contact them prior to arrival were unsuccessful.
The property is reasonably clean, although our room received no service during the three nights we stayed — not even clean cups for tea. The bathroom on the top floor was tiny, so I found it worthwhile to go down a flight of stairs to use that one. My daughter, who is less large than I, was satisfied with the one on our floor.
More strange than bad, but not welcome, was the TV turning on by itself at 6:15 and 11pm every evening. We took to keeping a towel over the thing.
While part of our trip was the "English Experience", and therefore trying to stay in small, private hotels, next time I may just book a chain hotel.