We stayed here 5 days, our 3-persons-family, in a summer heat wave - but the apartment stayed cool :) It's location is calm with no noice from traffic, yet central, and after visiting The Georgian House nearby and finding out that we actually stayed on top of old stables/horse carriage houses, it made the stay even more exciting. The local bus connections (just some blocks away) took us to Portobello beach and to Swanston Farm in the south (for an hour's hike or so in the hills), so we got to experience also the calm nature/sea besides the city centre. We briefly visited the old town and found ourselves actually spending most days in this new town part, and visited cozy Stockbridge close by for a wide selection of design and charity shops, and cafés. After a long day outdoors in the sun we enjoyed the great beds to sleep in this peaceful place. All in all it was a great place to stay as a family, but there are long steps up to the apartment so for families with very small kids and lots of stuff to carry up and down all the time, it might not be so practical. But otherwise it's a perfect place to stay with one or two kids.