The flat was lovely. We were greeted by a nice lady who showed us in to the apartment, before swiftly leaving to let us unpack which was nice as we were keen to explore.
It is located right at the heart of the Royal Mile, which is a perfectly safe area to be located in with lots of pubs/bars/restaurants on the doorstep. It was a 5 minute walk from the train station which is a very pleasant walk, very safe.
However, upon seeing the curtains in the bedroom we feared they may have been a little useless. Come 4.30am we were awake with the sun beaming through. This meant a very sleepless first night, which lead to us sleeping in the living room. Sadly the living room curtains were also shabby, so each night (stayed for 3 in total) was spent sleeping until sunrise at 4.30am. I'm sad to say this tainted our trip as we spent much of the time feeling excessively tired, especially the evenings.
I really hope the curtains get changed, because we would love to stay again provided we had a good nights sleep. Other than this easily changeable issue we loved the place.