Pros:	A great location situated ten minutes from the centre of Edinburgh. Bus stops very near with several services running from the city centre and surrounding areas. The train station of Haymarket is a two-minute walk away with the tram stop right outside the train station.
Numerous restaurants are right on the doorstep of the flat as are many small local shops and the coop supermarket.
A very spacious flat with two large bedrooms a large living room and a large modern kitchen with a large dinning table with room for up to six people.
Great Wifi.
Cons:	Although it was obvious that the flat had been cleaned before our arrival it could have been cleaner. We had to clean the drawers before putting our clothes in them as they were very dusty and contained hair of previous clients. Also, the cutlery tray was full of crumbs, so we cleaned the cutlery we needed and kept them aside during our stay. Many of the windows had cobwebs in them as did the cornices in the ceiling of the flat and the radiators were also very dusty. The windows obviously hadn’t been cleaned in a while also.
We found an old towel behind the set of drawers in the back bedroom and the carpets in both bedrooms had numerous stains on them.
For a family of four staying there for two weeks we were only supplied with 4 bath towels and two hand towels which isn’t really enough even if there is a washing machine in the flat.
First impressions for me count very much and although I am aware that the flat operators cannot be held solely responsible for the communal stairway I feel that they could try and ensure that it is clean for receiving guests as quite frankly in was filthy and smelly and wasn’t cleaned during our two week stay, again there are numerous flats in the stair and I am aware that it is probably quite difficult to get everyone to pay their share for the cleaning but I feel that if you are running a business that asks for nearly €1000 per week then maybe more effort could be made in maintaining the stairways.
The bathroom is quite small with a bathtub with a shower inside. The bathtub is a bit high and older people would definitely struggle to get into it and unfortunately the shower “doors” aren’t adequate as the water goes out through a gap between them and on the left-hand side and leaves the floor of the bathroom soaking wet for the rest of the day, the shower head also needs replaced as water was squirting out from the side of it. I feel that the bathtub could be removed, and a stand-alone shower installed to make better use of the tight space in there.
Two hairdryers were supplied but unfortunately the plug on one of them was broken.
Only one dish towel was supplied and unfortunately there were no oven gloves so taking hot trays out of the oven proved difficult.
I know that the above seems like a bit of a rant but I am trying to be constructive in my criticism and with a few minor changes the flat could be perfect for a long family stay near the heart of Edinburgh and indeed it served our requirements for our stay.
If my “criticisms” are resolved then I would have no problem at all at recommending this flat to anyone.