Mel, who greets people in Henry's absence was sensational. She had milk for our tea, and stayed for quite a bit asking our interests and showing us on the map where to get to places. She recommended a local day out of Edinburgh tour group that turned out to be sensational. They were flexible with our arriving and departure times. The home is gorgeous, incredibly well equipped, great location, and truly unique. The real put off is the really painful noise on the second floor where the bed is located -- the home sits on a hill with a from the main artery road right down the hill from it. We tried to sleep on a small pull out couch in the first floor area that turned out to be too old to do that - so we spent 6 nights with our airplane noise canceling ear pods in; and that didn't even kill the noise. The little second floor deck is thus unusable; and I don't think it would be very pleasant on a hot day as you truly would not be able to open the windows. It's a real shame that the noise from the highway is so bad. If you can handle that, go for it. I do want to say that I live downtown in a city of 18,000 so I do understand that noise comes with city living; but uphill on the side of a major road is too loud for us.