Unite Students - Sugarhouse Close - Royal Mile

As advertised, good value, amazing location. Cons- room was far too hot and no ac (not needed in Scotland usually). Walking distance to everywhere around the Royal mile and Holyrood. Nearest parking was £25/day at NCP car park. Easy walk to holy rod park and Arthur’s Seat.

This was just an awful place to stay, especially considering the price we paid. On arrival the reception staff seemed pretty indifferent and kept saying we could get into our flat sooner than the announced 15:00 hrs, but in the end we waited until 16:20, before allowed to check in. The "flat" itself, consisted of 3 separate bedrooms and a kitchen/living room. There was an awful smell of something the previous occupants must have been cooking and the flat was quite filthy - not just new filth, but some which had been there for some time by looks of it. The tea towel was dirty and used, the glasses / bowls had just been washed, but still showed residue on them and one duvet cover had a number of spots on it, drops of blood(?) and needed changing. There were still milk and other items left in the fridge from the previous occupants. The 'flat' was really basic, not enough furniture / seating areas to accommodate 6 people, which is the number the flat is advertised to cater for (we were 3), nor were there enough plates / bowls for 6 people either. There are no wall decorations what so ever, except for a bulletin board in all rooms (why a bulletin board?)..! The whole place basically bears witness of being a money-making machine for the owners. It was not cheap to stay in (perhaps the normal price for Edinburgh in the week leading up to the festival?), but the workmanship of fx. the shower cubicle was of an exeptional low quality - I do not think that any of the money going into the property are used for the property! The wifi solution was a joke - and did not work until we used a fake profile, made by the reception - and we were told by the staff, that it was quite a common occurance, that this did not work. The outside card-reading sensor by the door to and from the courtyard and the common room, was very temperamentful and more often than not, would not work. Our flat was situated in the near vicinity of the garbage cans and on 2 seperate occasions we saw rats there. As the cans get emtied, seemingly at all hours of the day - one time just after midnight - this was not the best location and we were woken up by the noise. We paid close to GBP 900 for 4 nights - what a total waste of money!