A French girl in East London location, small house (8)
I believe the answer is:
bungalow
'house' is the definition.
(bungalow is a kind of house)
'a french girl in east london' is the wordplay.
'a french' becomes 'un' ('a' in French).
'girl' becomes 'gal'.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'east london' becomes 'bow' (area of east London).
'un'+'gal'='ungal'
'ungal' inserted into 'bow' is 'BUNGALOW'.
'location small' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bungalow that I've seen before include "One-storied dwelling" , "Single-storey home" , "Single storey dwelling" , "One-storeyed home" , "One-storeyed building" .)