I'm not sure that the "balcony" really counts as a balcony. It is roughly a 3 foot by 3 foot concrete slab with a railing. There is an excellent view of Edinburgh Castle, but there is barely room to put two chairs out there. The apartment has definitely been recently remodeled, but the interior could use some repainting. There is water damage along the exterior wall. There was also no hand soap in either the bathroom (empty dispenser) or the kitchen. There is also no air conditioning, which would be fine if there were a fan provided. Opening the windows or balcony door was unhelpful since there are no screens and a lot of bugs came right in.