The flat is in a good location - about 10mins walk from Royal Mile and has a Tesco right across the street. This is the biggest advantage of the place.
At the high nightly rate during fringe, I don’t consider the place of good value because of the following:
1. The water pressure in the shower is so incredibly low that we had to take a squat in order and to have a small stream of water run through. Also the faucets in the bathroom sink have hot and cold water separately.
2. I got a sense the owner just started running an Airbnb so there are a few things that caught us by surprise:
* At the time of check-in, the property manager is still getting the flat ready with bedding.
* The property manager is friendly, but maybe a bit inexperienced with managing Airbnb. They communicated with me that they would come in with an electrician to fix something, to which I agreed. I expected them to come during the day while we were out, only to find they entered the flat without knocking on the door, and all three of us ladies were caught by surprise and felt uncomfortable. When I tied to complain, the property manager took it quite lightly. I don’t expect this to happen with an experienced Airbnb host.