Overall a nice flat. Spacious. Fantastic kitchen, with all mod cons and modern appliances.
The flat is well fitted out with some thoughtful touches such as phone charger and lovely guide books.
The best thing about this place is that the towels and linen are hotel quality and are cleaned after each stay by a linen company. This is, though, slightly marred by the fact that other affects around the beds - bedspreads and throw cushions - are visibly not as clean.
The host is very fair because if you don’t need to use the second bedroom you pay less because they don’t need to provide the linen for that room. I’ve actually never seen that before on Airbnb and it’s genuinely impressive. It’s a little difficult to understand the explanation of this on the listing about why you have to specify more guests than are actually staying there in order to get the second set of linen - but this is not the host’s fault. It’s because Airbnb doesn’t have the functionality to specify how many bedrooms will be occupied during the stay and the host is using a sensible workaround.
The standalone shower in the ensuite is excellent. The one above the bath in the other bedroom is an electric and was badly faulty when we stayed - but we reported it and I am sure it will have been fixed by the time you get there. The bathrooms were, however, noticeably less clean than the pristine kitchen. Also, it looked like the carpet in the lounge hadn’t been properly vacuumed.
The view of Arthur’s Seat from the kitchen/diner is really lovely. The two seater sofa is extremely soft and low whereas the single arm chair wirh footrest is extremely supportive and comfortable.
Communication from the host before and during the stay is excellent, punctual and helpful. The official communication is a little bit officious with lots of capital letters to make sure you understand, but it definitely does the job.
The location is good, in a modern estate not far from the Holyrood parliament. Easy walking to both the Royal Mile and Leith Walk.