Our group of five had a great time staying in Michael’s High Street flat. You would be hard-pressed to find a more ideally located flat for sight-seeing in Edinburgh. The beds and pillows are very comfortable, and the large windows that look out onto the street contribute to a lovely ambiance. We even found the flat to be larger in person than it looks in the photographs. Michael and his friend Oliver (who helps on-site) are both good communicators and polite hosts.
As many other reviews have pointed out, there are two aspects of the flat that can considered drawbacks: the water-pressure in one of the bathrooms, and the street-noise at night. We were surprised that even on weeknights during June there were loud and drunken revelers out in the alleys adjacent to the bedrooms into the early hours of the morning. Every rental involves pros and cons, and for our group the ideal location of the flat and the very reasonable rental-fee outweighed these negatives.