**Social Apartment at Watson Crescent, near Fountain Park** 🏠
📍 **Location & Transport**
- Close to supermarkets: Lidl, Co-op, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Bai Xing Chinese Supermarket
- Four main roads and 18 bus routes nearby 🚌
- 15-minute bus ride directly to city centre and Edinburgh Festival performance venues
- Adjacent to West End, Merchiston area and student accommodation zones
- 🚕 25-minute taxi to seaside and airport; direct bus routes also available
- 🚶♀️ Walking distances:
- 10 mins to West End business district & EICC Convention Centre
- 10 mins to Napier University Merchiston Campus
- 15 mins to Haymarket Railway Station
- 25 mins to Princes Street performance area
- 20 mins to Edinburgh College of Art
- 30 mins to Royal Mile performance area
🌟 **Property Highlights**
- South-facing, top-floor unit
- Canal view right outside the window; no motor vehicle traffic, no traffic lights, no noise pollution—just trees, birdsong, and occasional small leisure boats in summer
- Ideal for: short-term visiting scholars (children welcome), Edinburgh Festival participants, single professionals or couples, individuals sensitive to noise, light sleepers, or anyone exhausted by noisy dorms/shared housing
- Neighbours are all students or working professionals—quiet and reliable
- Adjacent to Harrison Park with two large grassy areas, perfect for fitness, jogging, and BBQs
🌡️ **Heating & Utilities**
- Full gas central heating, 24-hour hot water ♨️
- Heating adjustable year-round via Nest app
🚪 **Entrance Hall**
- Integrated coat rack & shoe storage
- Full-wall deep storage cabinets
- Storage for cleaning supplies, tool kit, umbrellas, masks, shopping bags
🛋️ **Living Room** (South-facing)
- Large Smart TV 📺 (No TV licence required; built-in apps: YouTube, Netflix, Amazon; Smart Box supports screen mirroring for Tencent Video, Bilibili)
- 90cm single bed, coat rack, small dining table (seats 2)
- Large desk with 27" monitor
- Electric piano 🎹, guitar 🎸, humidifier
- Handheld vacuum cleaner, weighing scale
- Microwave, toaster
🛏️ **En-suite Bedroom** (South-facing)
- Blackout curtains + sheer voile windows
- No carpet; thermal foam flooring (dust-mite & allergy-friendly)
- Super King bed (1.8m × 2m)
- Two storage bedside tables
- Wall-mounted vanity desk with mirror and beauty lighting
- Air purifier, bedside night light
- 4-piece surround sound stereo system
- Hair dryer, 2 folding drying racks
- 4 large under-bed storage boxes, plastic laundry hamper
- Yoga mat, 2 resistance bands
🛁 **En-suite Bathroom**
- Vanity sink, bathtub (with protective plastic liner), overhead shower
- Toiletries provided, electric cleaning brush, non-slip floor mat
🚽 **Separate WC**
- Washbasin, toilet, toilet paper, wet wipes
- Decorative vase, foldable wash basin
🍲 **Kitchen**
- Gas hob & electric oven
- Cookware: wok, saucepan, large frying pan, casserole pot, 3-tier electric steamer, small green pressure cooker
- Whisk, complete set of cooking utensils, baking supplies & essential seasonings
- Frost-free fridge-freezer
- Washer-dryer combo (with tumble dry function)
🌹 **Private Garden**
- Clothes drying line, beach chair
- Friendly neighbourhood cat next door 🐈⬛ (optional cuddles!)
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*This thoughtfully equipped, peaceful top-floor apartment offers the perfect blend of comfort, convenience, and tranquility in Edinburgh—ideal for scholars, festival-goers, professionals, or anyone seeking a restful home away from home.* 🏴✨
- Flat to rent
- Edinburgh
- EH11
£1,000 pcm (whole property)
This ad is for a 1 bed flat
Availability
- Available
- 25th Apr 2026
- Minimum term
- 2 months
- Maximum term
- 5 months
- Short lets considered
Extra cost
- Security deposit
- £1,600.00
Amenities
- Furnishings
- Furnished
- Parking
- Yes
- Garden/patio
- Yes
- Disabled access
- Living room
- own
New tenant preferences
- Smoking OK?
- No
- Pets OK?
- No
- Occupation
- Available to all