Sadly this place is more shabby than shabby chic. Whilst the location is good for walking into Edinburgh (15 mins), I strongly recommend looking elsewhere if you need parking. The area is for permit holders only and the nearest place we could find was a 15 minute walk in the opposite direction to the city. This was not clearly explained on the listing and presented a real issue for my pregnant wife.
Whilst cleanliness was generally ok, the place definitely needs some TLC in terms of a lick of paint, holes in doors/ walls being filled etc. If like me you need a decent shower this is perhaps not the place for you. Whilst the water was hot the pressure was minimal, to the extent that my wife struggled to wash her hair properly.
Our host was friendly but this place is definitely an apartment set up for Airbnb rather than staying in someones home. I think that because nobody lives there routinely that you can incur some hefty fines for leaving the heating on or not taking the rubbish out.
Sadly, on this occasion it was the city that saved this trip for us.