We picked out Valerie's apartment because it was one of the very few well rated ones that allowed flexible check in and check out times and we'd booked a trip up from Manchester with a late train home. This is a huge plus as a lot of the others advertised you had to be out by late morning.
The flat is a few minutes on a bus outside of Edinburgh city center. Valerie was really helpful on the run up to the visit and gave us detailed and easy to follow instructions on how to get from the train station to the bus stop, what buses we could get and how to get up to the flat after getting off the bus. You have to walk up quite a big hill from the bus stop to get to the flat, its takes about 5 minutes. It's a lovely peaceful area though with a view of Arthur's seat and the buses are very regular so we didn't find staying outside the city center an issue at all. It was also considerably cheaper than a hotel in the city center!

The flat itself was spotlessly clean and very comfortable with a good shower. What we really liked was the thoughtful touches - she left milk and croissants and a bottle of wine, and there was tea, coffee, sugar and cereal available which saves a lot of hassle.
We wouldn't hesitate to recommend the flat to our friends and family.