Police were alerted to an incident after Daniel Levy, 48, went to Bishopsgate police station shortly after 8pm on January 1.
Officers went to his flat in Vauxhall and found the body of Indian national Kaleem Shaik, 41, who had been staying with Levy.
The victim was on a makeshift bed with a stab wound and blood on his chest, neck and face.
Levy was arrested and charged with Mr Shaik’s murder the following day.
He appeared on Tuesday at the Old Bailey for a hearing before Judge Sarah Munro KC.
The judge set a plea hearing for March 23 and a provisional two-week trial from September 1.
Judge Munro remanded Levy into custody.
