We stayed a brief 2 nights during the Edinburgh Festival/Fringe in this nice and quiet flat. We know the neighborhood well and have stayed many times within a few blocks radius over the years and it is our preferred neighborhood to stay in every year when we are in Edinburgh. Steve's flat is a homey-feeling, renovated 2 bedroom flat in a historical building. The kitchen and bathroom are modern while the bedrooms and living room retain older feel. Overall, it feels like staying at a friend's flat, not a professionally maintained rental. Depending on your personal tastes, that may be a great or not so great thing. There are shampoos, soaps, and amenities in the bathroom for instance, which is super convenient...but they aren't sanitary, individually-packaged "fresh" soaps or accessories like in a hotel room. They are clearly an ongoing part of the apartment and left for guests' convenience, so used by people prior to you. The furnishings throughout are nice/perfectly fine but not modern or luxurious (i.e., older slip throw-covered couch with lots of comfy but random cushions on it). Accessing the flight requires climbing 3 floors of stairs, which is fine for us but will not be fine for everyone. Also to note, there is no television which was a bummer for us - this is in no way a ding on Steve or the flat listing because its our fault for not noticing there was no TV listed prior to booking:) For our teenage son this was a tragedy (ha!). Wifi was fast however and Steve was great with communication. For us it was a perfectly good place to stay for 2 nights although we felt the pricing was reflective of the high demand during the Festival/Fringe. Given the level of amenities, I do not know if it is worthy of the price point we paid if it were outside of the high demand time. That said, this is a very nice flat that is lovingly and conscientiously maintained...definitely a good place to stay if you like older, historical buildings and want to be in a quiet, lovely part of NewTown.