2 Week Let w/Potential to Extend

This is for 2 weeks - in a small room with a double bed in a shared flat in late August/early September through October at the latest.

•~•~• Please don’t message if you need a flat share through November or longer. •~•~•

The situation we are looking for is a short-term SINGLE tenant (PG student, postdoc, professional new to the area) who is currently looking for permanent/ longer term accommodation. We unfortunately CAN NOT accommodate a permanent flatmate as we need the room during festive season and summer.

We’re a mature (40s) couple living in a clean, quiet, modern flat looking to host an international/new to town postgraduate student or professional temporarily, whilst they seek permanent accommodation. It’s preferable for us to have someone in our own age range but not a deal-breaker; no couples (a non-overnight guest 1x/week is tolerable, but no more frequently) or pets also due to space constraints and severe allergies.

Two weeks to start beginning in August or September with the potential to extend on a week to week basis through late autumn, is what is being offered. If our arrangement is a good fit, and you’ve not yet found permanent accommodation, then we will revisit and offer an additional week/s based on how well we get on. We’ve done this in the past and have had flatmates as long as a few months, but they were similar in age and very quiet, and were willing to accept that two weeks may be the max due to compatibility.

This is a small bedroom (not en-suite, but you’ll have your own bathroom down the hall) on the first floor of a new-build flat. There is a lift, so it’s completely accessible. You’ll have access to kitchen cooking facilities and space for your own groceries. Bills are included in the rent and we aren’t asking for a deposit, just each week paid upfront. We have no problem accommodating halal, vegetarian, or kosher foods in the kitchen cupboards or fridge.

The flat is in a quiet family-oriented/working class neighbourhood, with excellent access to very nearby bus stops that take you to the city centre in ~30 minutes. There is also a cycle path right behind that flat that takes you straight to Leith or Haymarket. Plenty of shops are close by.

We’re both international (myself a recent MSc grad), very open minded, alt-type of people, disability/neurodivergent/minority/queer friendly, and pretty quiet but can get chatty if one of our special interests is brought up. We don’t party and absolutely don’t want any partiers (or party guests brought home), but enjoy the after work beer or cocktail. Smoking isn’t allowed inside (you can certainly smoke outside as long as you pick up the cigarette ends) but vaping is fine. Someone with common interests would be ideal but not an imperative- we both like history, science, horror films, punk and metal music, hiking/the outdoors, museums, reading, and trying new international cuisines.

We will have a subletting document for you and ourselves to sign that outlines our expectations for living here (regarding things like cleanliness, safety, rental terms, etc) so please bear that in mind.