We had a great week-long stay at Ross & Hayley's flat. The location was absolutely perfect, so central. We arrived and departed Edinburgh by train and it was a very easy (5 min walk) from the train to the flat, convenient even with luggage. The flat is also easy walking distance to the Royal Mile, St. Giles Cathedral, the castle, and the Princes Street Gardens. Directly across from the flat is a shopping mall with a good food hall on the top floor with lots of interesting options, and the mall is quite nice with a pharmacy, lots of shops, and some pretty floral art installations. Very convenient when it was raining and we didn't want to be out in the elements.
On nicer evenings we loved walking just a few minutes up the street to Cask Smugglers for live music in a pretty outdoor beer garden venue overlooking the river.
A bit further afield but still walking distance from the flat was Dean Village/Leith Waterway walk (highly recommended!) and the Botanical Gardens. Really, the only time we took an Uber was when we went out to dinner at The Kitchin in Leith (again, highly recommend for a special dinner if you can swing it.)
The central location does mean the flat gets a good amount of noise, even in the middle of the night, but ear plugs were provided and appreciated, and we didn't have trouble sleeping once we started using them.
The flat was well appointed with coffee, tea, milk, sugar, salt, pepper, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, laundry detergent, dishwashing soap, paper towels, and toilet paper. I appreciated that the owners weren't cheap (like some other places I've stayed) and left plenty of all the basics we would need. They even left us shortbread biscuits and whisky which was a classy touch.
The water pressure in the shower is good. Getting in and out of the shower, which is a bit elevated, was a bit tricky for me, and I'm a 47 year old in good health, so I think it would be challenging for older/less mobile people. But we managed just fine.
Having two futon/sofa things in the living room was really nice as after a long day of sightseeing my husband and I could come back to the flat and both stretch out and relax. While I wouldn't say the bed was the most comfortable I've ever slept in, it was good enough, and there were plenty of blankets.
WiFi worked well and being able to Chromecast to the TV was great. I also loved that there was a washing machine (and a drying rack but no dryer. ) That was very useful to us.
Plenty of closet space and hangers meant we could really unpack and get the suitcases out of the way.
The lock to the exterior door was quite tricky but the owners had helpfully warned us about that and let us know how to manage it. Make sure you read through all the info they send in advance as it's quite helpful. They were very responsive throughout our stay any time I had questions, they got back to me very quickly. They even went out of their way to let us know that the Queen was in town one day, which was helpful since we had reservations at the Castle that day and I knew I should allow extra time to make it through the crowds on the Royal Mile.
Overall, a great stay, Edinburgh is gorgeous, the flat was great, I would stay there again and recommend it to others.