“The apt was ideally situated, 20 min beautiful walk into town, peaceful and tranquil place. The landlady was delightful and was happy to accommodate our leaving tine, the apartment was clean and well equipped, was well informed about amenities nearby. Would return and would recommend it.”
“We are very pleased with the arrangements in the flat when we arrived. The owner took care of very little things to enure we were comfortable. The flat is 10 min drive from major attractions in Edinburgh City. There is a super market very close by and that is an advantage of staying in a self catering.”
“The apartment has a very god location for visiting Edinburgh and it's some 10' walk from Waverley station. It's nice, bright and quite big. Probably very cold in winter, but we stayed in July and it was ok. The view on on the city and the sea is AMAZING!!”
“Easy to find just of main road into city centre nice friendly welcome good south facing terrace to catch afternoon sun
Recommend this apartment will use again”
“Flat was comfortable and great central location from which to go out and explore Edinburgh. (Would agree with comment about slightly tired looking hall - but minor point really.) Highlight was observing two urban foxes in the twilight out on the street! We will definitely use Edinburgh Flats again.”
“The flat is in a good position for visiting all the main attractions in Edinburgh and has the added bonus of being able to park the car in a private roadway to the back of the building. The complex is very quiet, and the flat spacious, well furnished and equipped,and also has a view of Arthur's seat and Calton Hill. We enjoyed our stay very much.”
“23a Stafford Street was fine for our purposes, it was great to have the parking space, albeit a bit precarious with the drop!. Beds were very comfortable, the showers I had were all hot but I believe some of the others had trouble later on in the week. Would be good to have the boiler instructions in the handbook. There were a few niggles, such as no hot water in the sinks and a used condom in the bottom drawer of the back bedroom which was not encouraging in terms of cleanliness! Smelt a bit damp in the main bathroom, so we endeavoured to keep the door open to air it. All in all it was fine and very reasonably priced but the hot water situation needs to be looked at.”
“Friendly helpful owners both when dealing via email and face to face at handover. No detail was spared in the flat from wide selection of dvds to a garlic press!!! Nice touches like bottle of wine, flowers, biscuits and milk on arrival. Would definately stay again.”
“Our stay was very good. The apartment was very clean and very accomodating due to our early arrival. It was a great location as we were able to walk everywhere. The flat was noisy though, esp. at night when the younger people in the upper floors of the building would come in and the downstairs door would slam. Also, if you closed the windows, which were great for outside noise, it got very stuffy in there. thats it, thanks so much. Midge”
“Description is very honest. The location is very close to the castle. There is no local parking. It has a full kitchen. It was left very clean and the landlord was quite friendly.”
“Lovely little flat in Stockbridge. Very comfortable and perfect for a short stay in Edinburgh, good location with easy access to the centre of the city.”
“I've had an extended stay here and I have found the flat very comfortable and in a great location. The local restaurants and bars offer good variety and excellent service. Stockbridge is well served with a number of bus routes close by although proximity to the city is close enough that I've often walked.
Thanks Sally and Graeme for a great stay!”
“This flat is beautiful, very well appointed, well equipped and with a little bit of quirkiness in the decor, viz the trompe l'oeil wall paintings. It is an all-uphill walk to the City Centre, but doable in about 10 - 15 mins. When we stayed (9-13 Aug 2011) there was a construction site three doors away that started work at about 8 - 9am each day and was very noisy, which was a shame. No chance of a lie-in if you're in the back bedroom! However, hopefully that will be finished soon. The pub next door but one (Starbar) is small and friendly and has a juke box that operates on 10p per play, which was really nice. All together a great place to stay in Edinburgh and within walking distance of all main attractions. Great for festival as it is slightly outside the main hustle and bustle too. Literally five mins walk from The Stand comedy club in York Square!”
“The location is good for both old and new town, the flat is compact, but enough space for max 6 people. Bathroom is basic but everything functions well, so that's good enough for us.Sofas nice and squishy, TV definitely huge and free wireless internet access, an absolute plus for family travelling with teenagers and wishing to buy fringe tickets online! Thanks!”
“The flat was very good in furnishing and equipment, and is in an interesting part of Edinburgh (Leith)with good restaurants. There is a good bus link to central Edinburgh - parking for private transport is difficult there especially at Festival time.”
“A well located flat very near a convenient bus stop. The flat is clean and comfortable and the owner is very friendly and helpful. Located off the main road the flat was quiet and even affords a view of Arthurs Seat. We very much enjoyed our stay and would look to stay here again in future.”
“Very nice flat; plenty of space, very clean and modern, with all the mod cons, everything you could want. The double bedroom has an ensuite which we weren't expecting! Location is brilliant (ten minute walk from the Gilded Balloon, very useful during the Fringe), and very quiet even though it's right in the centre of town.
Only two negatives; it got very hot in all the rooms because of the floor-to-ceiling windows, even with the windows open and the blinds down. Also, we weren't given the exact address when we booked, so spent a long time trying to locate it with only the expertise of the cabby to help. A proper address and some directions would have been very helpful.”
“A very smart minimalist flat, with a terrific sense of being in the middle of Edinburgh. We were there during the Fringe festival, and the 'buzz' around us was palpable - queues for big shows at the venue Assembly on the Mound tailed back to right under our window.
The 'double glazing' is in fact lightweight secondary glazing. Light sleepers will wish it were triple glazing, especially on Friday and Saturday nights when the Wash Bar below is busy until 3am. Earplugs did the trick for us. Not really a problem if you pick a central location - and the bed is comfortable.
To get help and advice on details and in the case of any difficulties, the agent offers two mobile phone numbers - but these were slow to respond, and some questions were unanswered despite repeated voice and text messages left.
It could be that all the usual little niggles are already known to the agent and the owners, and so they assume rightly that the guests will eventually figure it out for themselves. We had no emergencies, luckily.
The lift which takes you from 2nd to 4th floor (street level is apparently 1st floor) broke down, with us inside it, on our second day, but was fixed by the day of our departure.
Mostly everything worked, after a fashion. Too few elec sockets for the number of appliances (unplug microwave to use toaster etc)
Main niggle: plumbing. Possibly the fault of the whole building's system, but we found ourselves at one point emptying the slow-draining sink by hand. Tipping this down the loo was no real solution when the loo itself failed to flush. Once some dishwater left in the sink took 12 hours to drain away.
But then mysteriously both these appliances seem to cure themselves! - by the third day the cistern would refill efficiently, and the sink did its thing in under an hour. Hard to know when to complain of such minor annoyances - maybe every guest does, or none do...
The flat has free wi-fi, but you have to enter the product key. What is the number? This question was the one which WAS eventually answered by our third day - and all the time it was printed on the underside of the router. [Please add this info to the guests' welcome form.] Maybe other people know to look there, but we didn't, and were confused further by the irrelevant pay-by-time tariff(BT FON) which pops up when connection is established.
A nice point is that the recessed ceiling lighting is dimmable - that may be a thing of the past for all of us soon, as ordinary light bulbs are phased out. There are several bulbs kaput, and no way of reaching them; not that this is a job a guest paying £100 a night would expect to have to do. [This should be on the cleaner's checklist, please.]
The floor creaks a lot, which can disturb one's partner in the night, and generally the smart minimalism is wafer thin. A shelf and the loo roll holder drooped, and all the hard surfaces are very noisy. But all minimalism is like that, and they've done their best to squeeze what is needed into a small space.
I have tried to give an honest and detailed review that will be helpful to the owners and future guests alike. The point about a rented apartment is that it is your own home for the period, and of course everything (and the solution to everything) is a bit unfamiliar. My conclusion is that we had a very happy stay: such a blessing to be able to walk home from any city event rather than dealing with transport. just a few hundred yards from Waverley Station, fantastic. It is so agreeable to get food and wine (from M & S in the station) and cook it 'at home' rather than always being at the mercy of restaurants.
I would book this flat again if I needed a place to stay in 'Auld Reekie' - but I think there will be strong competition for it, so book early!”
