This place could be a great find, but it's in desperate need of some TLC from the owner. The location is fantastic; it's surrounded by restaurants, bars and pubs, and it's a 10-minute walk to the centre of Edinburgh. There's not free parking, but that's what you get when you stay close to the city centre.
The apartment is a good size for a couple, but really needs updating; the furniture in general is tired and tatty. There were no drawers or wardrobe in which to store clothes, the bedside table lamps had no bulbs in, the glass door to the garden in the bedroom has no curtains to cover it, and the sofa is torn and tatty.
A big downer for us was that the flat was constantly freezing; the owner had messaged us before we arrived saying not to touch the heating as it's complicated to work and they had set it up for us, but the flat was always really cold.
As other guests have said, the shower is terrible; there's very little water pressure, and so washing hair was very difficult. Also, the stairs leading down from the reception hall really need better lighting as it's very dark and steep.
We found it weird that we had to strip the beds and sort the rubbish when we were paying a cleaning fee.