Four of us stayed at Altido’s place for 4 nights. All the issues about windows mentioned by previous guests were fixed/resolved by the time of our stay. There were plenty of pillows, towels, blankets, cleaning supplies, and soaps. Everything worked well.
Altido is a property management company or something. They require that you sign a local rental agreement (a lease) as part of the “check in” process for this listing. This is peculiar for AirBnB. Having read it closely, I did not find it unreasonable. But it is an entire contract in addition to AirBnB’s policies. I had to agree, for example, to jurisdiction in Scotland (or England, I don’t remember), in the event of a dispute. That’s not great. And were I not from the USA (another common law country), I would not have been as familiar with the terms and conditions in the contract.
For those concerned about evening noise: there are two bedrooms (the two biggest) in the back of the apartment that are very quiet. They face an open-air space shared by the back walls of the surrounding buildings on the block. (No foot traffic back there, that we saw). The two other bedrooms and the living room face the street and, thus, present a trade off between nighttime noise and breeze. Most of the restaurants and bars on the block close by midnight, and there weren’t hordes of people out, BUT you will be able to hear each crowd as they meander along, or hang out, on the block. We in the front rooms, however, weren’t sensitive sleepers, and the noise didn’t keep us awake.
One thing not currently noted in the listing: The street is not a through-fair for cars. That fact was nice for ambiance (quieter pedestrian street). But it also made unloading and loading more complicated. The street signs say service vehicles (for restaurants and the city) can enter one end of the street before 8am (or something). But the other side faces another pedestrian street (the Royal Mile) and has barriers (which cars CAN get around). So if you have a rental, you’ll have to figure out what to do. If you call a car, you’ll have to communicate a bit more about logistics. This should be anticipated by individuals with special accessibility needs or issues. Our driver (departure) eventually came to the door, but we had to ask/explain a bit. And there was a parking enforcement person rushing cars away.
Altido was quick to drop off a second set of keys upon request, and their written communication via the app was great.
Final note: someone, presumably from Altido, entered the apartment BEFORE checkout at 10am. Upon finding my guests still there (I had left a bit earlier), they asked to get some supplies from the closet in the hallway (maybe for another apartment?). There were 2 people outside the door when my last guest left. One asked for the keys, but did not identify himself or mention my or my guests’ name(s), all of which I provided during “check in.” Without verification of who the person was, my guest cautiously returned the keys to the lockbox, pursuant to the checkout policy, and was was apparently met with rudeness and attitude.