We arrived at the flat early and Uwe was kind enough to allow us to leave our luggage with him even though he was still cleaning it. The flat is up a spiral staircase but even with 4 children and a compact buggy we didnt find this too much of a problem. The flat itself has pretty much everything you could ever need in it! Washing machine with washing powder, dishwasher, hand washes, hoover.... literally everything you could need!
The flat itself has two extremely good sized bedrooms and one cute and quirky single. It is very comfortable throughout, and the front room is cosy and welcoming. Uwe and his wife left sweets and biscuits for the children which was a lovely touch, and meant they were happy munching so we could have a coffee! Plus the HD freeview and good speed internet meant the older children were pretty occupied when we needed a moments break from sight seeing.
The flat is in an excellent location, if you walk up the hill to the end of the road and turn right there is a small newsagents, turn left and there are multiple bus stops and areas to walk. If you walk down the hill there are many more bus stops, and left is a short walk to princes street and the castle, and right has the omni centre (lots and lots of yummy restaurants) and just past this a tesco express. We used the flat as a base and travelled as far as Crieff, Loch Leven, Kenmore and Aberfeldy (all stunningly beautiful places) - a little tip is to pick up the car from the airport as its cheaper than from Waverly Station - although this is a 10 min walk away from the flat. Public transport is easy to use with multiple routes and methods close by. (station, tram stops and many many bus stops) It is worth getting a day ticket on Lothian buses, and a family ticket (2 adults 3 kids) is only £7.50 for the day.
We walked from the flat to Edinburgh Castle and saw the Tattoo preview night, this was literally amazing, and walking up the Royal Mile with all its performers was again fantastic. The walk was probably around 20 minutes - Edinburgh is very hilly!
All in all we thoroughly enjoyed our stay, the flat was comfortable with everything we needed to hand. The location is great (and walking the slightly longer way round so you come back down the road its on, rather than up the massive hill, was easy with the buggy!) and you are not far from anything. It was clean, tidy and homely, what more could we ask for!