Speaking to Mario at the beginning he was very friendly and sent us a welcome pack of things to look forward to in Edinburgh and the check in process with tips for getting to and from the Airbnb. This was our second Airbnb and we had never had a key box check in before. It was actually quite fun getting into the apartment. Once we got into the apartment though it was very smelly. We'd been given an early check in which was great but it seemed the cleaner rushed her duties and I could still smell the bin upon entering. Not only that but the bathroom stunk of egg because the nice en suite shower you see in the photos didn't work so the drains stunk. This was not made clear to us before we paid. The other bathroom had enamel chips which is unhygienic and could have at least been painted over. The kitchen was very unclean. Groting had mould, the oven hobs were very dirty and the pans were so unclean we bought our own from B&M and left them there. There were cracks on worktops and floorboards and the fridge had stains inside. The dishwasher didn't come with any dishwasher tablets and the glasses were cloudy. Our heating stopped working for about a day and the engineer had to come out and fixed it. In Mario's defence he did call me up to apologize for this and fortunately the shower was electric so we didn't notice the hot water had stopped working also. BUT, the shower was also useless! very little power it was barely a drizzle. Not a fan of towels that aren't white nor bottom sheets in the bed because white resembles cleanliness. I showed my mum who works in housing some of the pictures my partner took and she said it wasn't up to standard. The only good thing I can say is the location was great. Very close to the local supermarket, stay far away from the KFC though because it's just as unclean. But the walk to the centre was also fine, it was about 20 minutes. I would've said Mario was a good host, however on the last day after the heating fiasco I asked if we could have a late checkout and he declined due to the cleaner being on her way. I also left my BBC iPlayer account logged in and asked if he could log me out but received no response. Overall, it didn't Iive up to the beauty of the city or what was advertised. I deserve a discount really.