Lovely central location right in the heart of Rose Street, Edinburgh with easy and quick access to all the major attractions, tonnes of bars, pubs and restaurants, and even a chihuahua cafe around the corner! Obviously with being so central, expect a little bit of noise at night with pubs and bars around you... but nothing that will be a major issue. The front door, and flat door, both have a key safe so entry was easy.
Flat is on the top floor up 3x double flights of stairs, so for anyone with reasonable mobility should be fine, but one to be aware of. Flat itself is very nicely presented, a proper home from home. The kitchen and lounge are particularly nice to chill and eat/drink, lounge has two comfortable sofas, a small dining table, sky TV, dvd player and cd/radio system. Though we didn't really eat anything other than breakfast in the flat, Greg had kindly left a little hamper of cereal, white wine and left some butter / jams in fridge. Easy to use central heating system thoughout - there's a nice "solid wood burner effect" electric fire in the lounge, but that wasn't working properly, which I have advised Greg about on departure - wasn't a problem as central heating was great.
Master bedroom is lovely and large - top tip if you want to open window, the handle goes down to vertically open, and up to horizontally open so you can the open the outer window to let some air in. Ensuite shower room is nice size too, and electric shower powerful enough with warm water always available. Only thing is door doesn't close properly on bedroom, the door needs planing and re-hanging. If you're only using one bedroom it's not an issue, but if you've got a family or two couples using the flat, it needs fixing really. I advised Greg of this on departure.
Second (front) bedroom is compact to say the least, but done nicely done nonetheless. The bed is very firm and mattress sounds (and feels) like it needs replacing soon. Window is a little difficult to close and seal properly, which is critical as without this it gets very noisey outside, so that needs fixing really. And the room could also do with blackout blinds or curtains too. The ensuite shower room is tiny but functional, and the shower always had nice hot water, albeit it wasn't the most powerful shower we've experienced. The door doesn't shut properly on the ensuite but it shuts enough and since it within the bedroom this isn't an issue really.
In summary this is a lovely flat, in a fantastic central location, and we'd definitely recommend. The odd niggle mentioned above need to be addressed, but most of these are routine maintenance and certainly nothing that affected our enjoyment at all (well, the window and bed in the second bedroom would have made a difference to be fair). Greg communicated well and was an excellent host.