Sally’s place is quite central to the Old Town in Edinburgh and is only a 20 minute walk from Waverley Station (albeit up a few ridiculous hills). We had our own room which was great but had communications issues with Sally over when we could use the kitchen for breakfast, given that she sleeps in the room. This led to us skipping breakfast a few times because we were not able to have breakfast there. Other days when we did eat breakfast there, Sally did not communicate appropriately with us and requested quite abruptly on two occasions that we move from the kitchen so she could work. Whilst we had absolutely no problem with this, it would have been nice to know beforehand seeing as we were halfway through eating on both occasions, leading us to have to move rooms to finish eating.
Sally’s listing (I have a screenshot with date and time as of 25th January) stating that Sally has washing amenities on site. When I asked her whether we could use them or not, she claimed to have taken it down (despite it still being on the listing) and rather rudely told me to use the laundromat down the street if I wanted to wash, which is what I ended up having to do. Sally was friendly throughout the stay face to face but comes off a little rude in messages (not sure what the go is with that). Whilst Sally was interested in our day to day activities, she became a bit overbearing at times. Place is expensive even at Sally’s ‘discounted winter rate’ (which she emphasised a few times, especially when questioned about the laundry situation), leading us to feel short changed in our experience staying here. Not recommended for those who wish to cook, or use the washing machine as you will be able to do neither.