I recommend staying at Paul’s flat. It is clean and bright and tastefully decorated. I adore the purple couch. He left tea, coffee and snacks which we appreciated. The appliances are excellent and a whole book of manuals helped me to use them properly.
We did take the bus right from the door to go downtown, but we walked the 2 blocks to the Bar Brig pub/restaurant on Leith Walk and to Tesco for groceries.