Our group of 8 stayed at Richard's place for 4 nights and had a great time. The location of the flat was amazing, just a short walk from the royal mile and extremely close to restaurants and a great pastry shop. We had a few minor maintance issues (burned out lightbulb, figuring out the heater) and Richard responded right away. He also sent a detailed list of restaurant recommendations! The kitchen space was a bit crowded with the large table taking up a lot of space, but the living room was very comfortable to relax with everyone watching TV. There was a clothes washer with several drying racks. The view of the Edinburgh castle out the bedroom windows can't be beat! The only drawback was 4 flights of stairs to get to the 2nd floor....but we knew about this from other reviews. Good exercise! All in all a great way to stay in Edinburgh.