I'm confused why you're comparing a decent massage with HE, in a clean and reputable establishment, with local FS merchants or trafficked Asians in dirty basements? All for the sake of saving 20 quid.
These aren't the same things, and I wouldn't expect to pay the same for them.
Which basements are you referring to? The only basement tuggers in the 1+ mile radius are Serene and perhaps the Chinese masseuse in the therapy/knick-knack shop along the way if she's still operating.
"Reputable"? As in you want to go into a "spa" that offers legitimate beauty and well-being services to predominantly women so you can get tossed off (or more) in an erstwhile brothel?
Most every other place in the area is clean although granted not decorated white like a legit beauty parlour. They all use the same tissue paper to line their tables. Some have in room showers unlike Serene. Most are unlikely to have female and male customers in reception or other common areas.
By all means cry "trafficked" if you care to assume these things, but it also covers those nationalities represented by Serene staff.
Just like any establishment Serene is variable both with massage skills and skills in delivering extras. Serene are the most likely to ask for significantly more than the going rate compared to most any other place within miles and for the same or (much) less you can get a lot more value if a "genuine" massage is not a priority. You can also get a better genuine massage at a number of genuine therapists in the locality and with the money you save from no extras you can indulge in a FS 30 mins with a decent SP in the area.
You have the Northern Line corridor of Sin (Morden to Waterloo for starters) as well as Streatham, Battersea, Wandsworth Town, Tulse Hill, Crystal Palace, Thornton Heath, Norbury, Norwood, Victoria, Chelsea, Croydon and Wimbledon all easy striking distance by Tube, train, bus, car, bike, cycle and even foot.
If you want more of the "prettier" masseuse who might do more thing and you're happier to pay over the odds and can accommodate (or rent a cheap local hotel room) then the much discussed visiting massage operations have a good number of girls who will travel to SW4/17 (some of Serene's girls who delivered competent massage and decent extras for reasonable money who left have appeared on at least one of these services). I've lived in the area for many years, rented bargain hotel rooms in the area for liaisons, used Airb*bs too.
So the argument is that if you want a decent massage, go elsewhere. If you want better value extras, more extras or indeed you actually wanna fuck, go elsewhere. In both cases you will very likely get better vfm. The ONLY reason to use Serene is because you want to pay over the odds for nothing exceptional in either aspect but fancy a sauna and steam too and perhaps bump into (and chat with) other (non-punter) patrons, which I have done.
