This annex flat is a great little place to stay if you’re spending time in Edinburgh. Perfect for couples with cooking facilities and a nice sized bedroom. The location is perfect, only being a half hour bus journey from Princes Street and the main city centre, with buses running regularly all day. Alison is a very good host who was happy to answer any and all questions and we had no problems during our two month stay. Would highly recommend.
Just some things to consider:
- There is no full oven, cooking facilities are two hobs and a microwave
- there’s no private washing machine in the annex. Alison very kindly does a load of washing once a week (alongside weekly washing of bed linen and towels), so if you have any further washing you’ll have to factor in paying for a laundrette (there is one nearby)
- there is some slight noise from floorboards in the room above the bedroom if people are walking around, but it wasn’t anything too distracting
- The main entrance to the property is a shared entrance for both the annex and the host flat (you enter a hallway and there are then doors to both properties). The main entrance has a lock. However, the interior door to the annex does not have a lock which means that, theoretically, anyone in the host flat could enter. We did not have any issues over the two months spent there, with the host knocking and no one entering the annex, however it is something to consider