Good Times Edinburgh Elm Row City Centre Apartment

comfortable clean apartment. 20 minute walk from the train and bus tours. well maintained. good shower pressure.

the stairs to get to it were very ill maintained and difficult to navigate with a suitcase

Amazing location, decor was even nicer in person than on pics, loved the bedroom especially so lovely, check in easy and damage deposit returned on day of check out

Nothing

The bed was comfortable and the flat was very nice furnished and decorated. Relatively central but still quiet. WIFI worked good.

The house is quite old, so the staircase is very tatty. The locked rooms in the apartment were a bit spooky, also the locked cupboards in the kitchen were a bit strange. No pots to cook, just one (deep) frying pan, no teaspoons. Though the bathroom had lovely tiles and a sweet faucet, the shower was not so great as there was no shower tray just some drain in the floor. There was a tool to wipe the floor but you couldn`t get it dry as the wiper got stuck in the small tiles. Also no possibilities to put your bathroom things, no shelf or something like that. The flat is quite small and I felt a bit claustrophobic. There wasn't any hanger in the hall where you could put your coat. What I really didn't like was the damage deposit - I did get it back without any hassle, but still, a very odd thing. Also the securitycode for the lock wasn't forwarded to us until we contacted the owner. The temperature was set to 17 degree, which was certainly too cold, though after asking, it was switched higher on the first day. Apparently it was turned down again and there was no reaction whatsoever on my request to turn it up again on our last evening. Also no reaction to my e-mail and a message via bookings a few days before arrival to check whether my damage deposit and my photo id were received.

- very well located - nice and cosy - easy to get in with keys in lockbox

- communication had some issues (maybe the language barrier) - to adjust the heating you have to contact the owner, you cannot manage it yourself in the apartment - damage deposit required to transfer to an unknown company account - you don't get the entire apartment, there are locked doors and the owner's stuff (including a locked washing machine), which is slightly misleading - the damage deposit was transferred back, however with a smaller amount deducted, without comment Overall it wasn't bad, but I'd think twice to go through again the above. OK for a short stay.