Allen and Liz were the very best kind of hosts: swiftly responsive to all our enquiries from the first email, accommodating of our specific requirements, warm-hearted, generous and very good humoured. We really felt welcome and honoured, as their guests.

We are regular visitors to Edinburgh (usually staying with friends, and also a daughter currently living here) and Hamish's Hame is in a great neighbourhood and very well connected for public transport. It's a very attractive apartment: quiet, bright, neat, very clean, well-organised, with lots of careful, thoughtful attention to detail, throughout. Three of us (including husband and adult daughter) stayed for three nights and we were really comfortable. There's a great king-size bed; and the two single mattresses, which make up the sofa-bed in the living/dining room, met our requirements really well when my older daughter joined us, spontaneously, on two of the three nights. The shower in the bathroom is a really good one and it's nice and roomy once you're through the slightly narrow entrance of the shower unit. We also made good use of the comprehensively well-equipped, excellent kitchen.

Allen and Liz went beyond the call of duty to ensure we felt 'at home'. Allen collected us from the train station, as if we were family, showed us around the flat and offered to be on call throughout our stay, should we need him. (Everything was fantastic, so we didn't.) We found a welcoming, personal letter and firm, funny, heartwarming instructions not to panic about minor damage to the property; we found books, DVDs, delicious complimentary scottish refreshments and useful basic food items in the kitchen cupboards.

I suppose I should say 'thank you' but I'm not sure if I really want to. I've been selfishly reluctant to write this review; I know it will just add to Allen and Liz's reputation. Hamish's Hame is a little gem and will be constantly booked up and WE will never have the opportunity to stay here, again.

So. Baaah.