I will start by saying, if you want to get to know Leith, this is in a perfect location. I truly fell in love with this part of the city!
Now, onto the flat.
When we first walked in, there was a strong mildew-esque smell throughout the flat. When trying to find the source, we opened a cabinet in the kitchen and found a spot that looked to be damp. We touched the spot, and it was, in fact, damp.
We contacted Roberta to come by and check or send someone to see if it was mold. She put us off for days and days. We had to go to Airbnb.
Finally, Airbnb had her come by and she was rather hostile. Blaming us for "causing trouble" when we only have 72 hours to contact Airbnb and this mildew smell was not going away.
It was an awful experience. It was never resolved.
We had to buy our own dehumidifiers, air fresheners, and candles to try to and mask the smell, but nothing worked well enough.
We were unable to find another place as the prices were outrageous, thanks to the Fringe Festival. We had to make it work.
Then, the outlets in the entire flat, except one, stopped working. We found a switch in the fusebox kept flipping off and could not figure out why. We tried everything. We let her know, and she promptly sent an electrician, who ended up making it worse (not her fault).
She then sent two more. At this point, we were without hot water due to this issue and were surviving on the one plug to power the Wifi so we could work (both WFH). After a few weeks, the issue was finally resolved but we had luckily found another Airbnb by this point.
Truly, truly an awful experience. We were looking forward to the place and the reviews stated that Roberta was friendly. Unfortunately, this was not our experience.