Cozy room in a social/chill flat South Edinburgh

We are looking for a clean and tidy professional to take over a fully furnished double bedroom in Prestonfield (just south of Newington). We will need someone to take the contract from 15th of March but if you would like to move in slightly later this works for us too. Rent is £500, council tax £61, internet £20 and utilities come to around £30 in summer and £40-50 in winter. The landlords are a very sweet couple who are very responsive and helpful with any problems, but the let is managed by an agency for additional security.

We are both in our late 20s / early 30s and would prefer someone around a similar age. At the moment we have a very cosy/homely, social but casual atmosphere in the flat and would ideally be looking for someone to match this. We are not a party flat but occasionally invite friends for boardgames and special occasions.
Please do not message us if you are looking for a short-term let or are an undergraduate student or a couple. These are requirements set by our landlord so we cannot be flexible around this.

You would be sharing with:
Sabine (31), from Germany who studied in the Netherlands and has lived in Edinburgh for 6 year, works in student support at the University of Edinburgh going to the office 4 days a week. She is vegetarian 🌱 , enjoys swimming and hiking 🏊‍♂️ 🥾 , exploring new places, knitting 🧶 meeting up with friends and has just started learning photography. 📷 She also does cat sitting as a side hustle.

Diana (28), Romanian-Italian, lived in the Netherlands for 3 years before relocating to Scotland where she’s been living for over 6 years. She is a charity lawyer working at a historical Scottish institution that advances legal education, arts and culture, and heritage (working at the office 5 days a week). Diana loves reading and writing, art, cats, interior design, and poetry. ✍️ 🕯️ She also loves sports and the mountains ⛰️, dancing 💃, ice skating ⛸️ , skiing⛷️, swimming 🏊‍♀️ , and social fencing (🤺). She loves a cozy catch up over good wine and cafe/restaurant hopping and will chat to you hours over politics, philosophy, current issues, and more, if given the chance (enquire at your peril!). Recently picked up running and will gladly be your running buddy in the cold winter months. 🏃🏽‍♀️

Guest of honour: Peggy the cat 🐱
We share the flat with the fluffiest most adorable cat, Peggy, an adopted British Shorthair who narrowly escaped being sent to the Shelter before we took her in. She is 3 years old and spends most her time snoozing in the house, with the occasional 8-10pm zoomies. She is a very tolerant, calm cat who will sit besides you as you work, read, eat, or chill. She barely meows except when she requests food or extra cuddles. She is very well adapted to the flat and never causes any issue at all. She is Diana’s cat, but we are looking for a person that is comfortable with cats and will take joy in sharing the space with her, as both Sabine and Diana do.
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🏡The flat is on Dalkeith Road on the 1st floor. It is a 3-bed flat. Separate kitchen with all the usual facilities. Large living room which we have tried to make our own with some plants and art. 🪴🖼️ Bathroom with bath/shower. The room is fully furnished, east facing toward a communal garden with view on Arthur’s seat. There is a nice communal garden downstairs where squirrels and different birds love to come visit. 🐿️

📍The area:
Free street parking right around the corner, Cameron toll shopping centre with Aldi, Sainsbury’s, The Gym… is a 10min walk away. Corner shop/post office, several take out places and bus stop into the city centre are a 2min walk away with bus lines 2, 14, 30 and 33, (7, 49… are a 10min walk away). Commonwealth pool is a 10min walk away.

If you are interested, we will be looking forward to a message with a bit about yourself. We are expecting interest to be high, so we apologise in advance if we cannot get back to everyone. But please don’t feel discouraged if you cannot reply within the first few hours/days as we will be scanning messages for the most suitable candidates to offer them a viewing.