Edinburgh
A capital that books all year round, then fills again in August. We look after homes across the city from our base in Stockbridge.
(Fig. A) Edinburgh Castle at sunsetTourism supports thousands of local jobs.
Tourism supports around one in nine jobs in the city.7
Popular all year, with an August like nowhere else.
Edinburgh books well all year. Spring brings the Science Festival and the Marathon, June the Royal Highland Show, August the festivals, and the autumn holidays and Christmas carry the year through to Hogmanay.
- Feb to MarSix Nations at Murrayfield
- AprEdinburgh Science Festival
- MayEdinburgh Marathon
- JunRoyal Highland Show
- Jun to JulGraduations and stadium concerts
- JulJazz & Blues Festival
- AugThe Fringe and International Festival
- AugBook Festival and the Tattoo
- OctOctober school holidays
- Nov to DecEdinburgh’s Christmas
- DecHogmanay
A city of distinct neighbourhoods.
Victoria StreetThe Royal Mile, the Castle and the Fringe’s main venues, all on foot. Part of the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site.
Lively from morning to late, with first-time visitors, festival-goers and weekenders at its heart.
From Calton HillGeorgian streets between Princes Street and Stockbridge, with Waverley station and the shops of George Street close by.
Elegant and central, popular with couples, families and business visitors.
Circus LaneA village feel a short walk from the New Town: independent shops, the Sunday market and the Water of Leith walkway.
Relaxed and neighbourly, with a village pace that suits slower stays.
Well Court, Dean VillageHaymarket station and the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, a short walk from Princes Street and the quiet of the Water of Leith.
Calm and close to everything, a favourite for business trips and city breaks.
Victorian villas at duskScotland’s national rugby stadium. Six Nations matches and summer concerts bring crowds of over 60,000, and the tram runs to the city centre and the airport.
Quiet and green, busiest on match days and concert nights.
The ShoreThe Shore’s restaurants, the Royal Yacht Britannia at Ocean Terminal, and the tram straight to the city centre and the airport.
Creative and changing, with food lovers, cruise visitors and longer stays.
The MeadowsThe Meadows, Bruntsfield Links and the University of Edinburgh’s central campus, busy with visiting academics and graduation weeks.
Leafy and local, with visiting families, academics and festival performers.
Portobello beachEdinburgh’s beach and promenade, a short bus ride from the centre, with a calmer pace than the city streets.
Easy-going and seaside, popular with families and summer visitors.
These are the areas guests ask for most, not the only ones we cover. If your home is anywhere within the city boundary, we would like to hear about it.
Regulation we welcome.
Edinburgh is one of the most visited cities in the UK, and a city people live in all year. The rules here exist to keep that balance, and we support them. Every short let needs a licence. A home that is not your main home also needs planning permission, and flats on a shared stair are very unlikely to get it. Responsible short letting is how visitors and residents share the city well.
The whole city becomes a short-term let control area. Using a home that is not anyone’s main home for short lets now needs planning permission.3
Deadline for hosts who were already letting to apply for a licence. New hosts have needed one before taking bookings since 1 October 2022.9
Edinburgh’s visitor levy begins: 5% of the accommodation cost, charged on up to five consecutive nights.5
Four ways to let, set by how the home is used.
Every short let here needs a licence before the first guest. Which one depends on how you use the home, so we start there.
A home to let
A second home or a property nobody lives in, let to guests through the year.
Rooms to spare
Spare rooms in the home you live in, let to guests while you are there.
While you are away
Your own home, let while you travel, work away or spend the summer elsewhere.
A little of both
Your own home, let whether you are in or away, as life allows.
We confirm the right path with you before anything is submitted. How licensing works →
We work out what your home needs, then run it with care.
Every home is different, and so is what it needs to let well across the year. We handle it as part of our full management service, then run every stay to the standards that come with it, with the stair, the street and the neighbours in mind.
- 01Assess your home and what it needs
- 02Handle the paperwork for you
- 03Get the home ready to the right standard
- 04Track and handle renewals
Visitors and residents, sharing the city.
Edinburgh welcomes millions of visitors a year and is home to more than half a million people. Both belong here. Every home we look after is licensed, every guest is vetted, and every stay is run with the neighbours in mind.
- 01Licensed firstEvery home licensed, certified and insured before the first guest.
- 02Neighbour consciousQuiet hours, noise monitoring and clear house rules on every stay.
- 03Guests vettedID checks, review history and deposits, with no parties or events.
- 04Local and accountableA local team looking after every home, day and night.
The busy months carry the year.
Market averages count every listing, run well or not, so we do not quote them. What matters is how demand moves through the year here, and how a well-run home performs across it. We model that for your home before you decide.
Across the homes we manage, average occupancy runs at 85 to 95 per cent, depending on location and the type of home.
Illustrative only. The shape shows how demand typically moves through the year, not data for any single home.
- 01Invest in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh Council: Tourism
- 02Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society: Fringe 2026 closing figures
- 03City of Edinburgh Council: Short-term lets, planning
- 04Scottish Government: Short-term lets licensing, guidance for hosts and operators
- 05City of Edinburgh Council: Scotland’s first visitor levy
- 06City of Edinburgh Council: Short-term lets FAQs
- 07VisitScotland: Edinburgh and the Lothians, regional tourism figures
- 08Scottish Tourism Alliance: Tourism facts and figures, July 2025
- 09City of Edinburgh Council: Short-term lets in Edinburgh
Tell us about your property.
We’ll show you what it could earn.
Share a few details and we will send a realistic revenue estimate, with the licensing steps your home will need.
Get your free estimate→
Let your property work harder.
Tell us about your property and we will send you a realistic revenue estimate.
Menu
Edinburgh
A capital that books all year round, then fills again in August. We look after homes across the city from our base in Stockbridge.
(Fig. A) Edinburgh Castle at sunsetTourism supports thousands of local jobs.
Tourism supports around one in nine jobs in the city.7
Popular all year, with an August like nowhere else.
Edinburgh books well all year. Spring brings the Science Festival and the Marathon, June the Royal Highland Show, August the festivals, and the autumn holidays and Christmas carry the year through to Hogmanay.
- Feb to MarSix Nations at Murrayfield
- AprEdinburgh Science Festival
- MayEdinburgh Marathon
- JunRoyal Highland Show
- Jun to JulGraduations and stadium concerts
- JulJazz & Blues Festival
- AugThe Fringe and International Festival
- AugBook Festival and the Tattoo
- OctOctober school holidays
- Nov to DecEdinburgh’s Christmas
- DecHogmanay
A city of distinct neighbourhoods.
Victoria StreetThe Royal Mile, the Castle and the Fringe’s main venues, all on foot. Part of the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site.
Lively from morning to late, with first-time visitors, festival-goers and weekenders at its heart.
From Calton HillGeorgian streets between Princes Street and Stockbridge, with Waverley station and the shops of George Street close by.
Elegant and central, popular with couples, families and business visitors.
Circus LaneA village feel a short walk from the New Town: independent shops, the Sunday market and the Water of Leith walkway.
Relaxed and neighbourly, with a village pace that suits slower stays.
Well Court, Dean VillageHaymarket station and the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, a short walk from Princes Street and the quiet of the Water of Leith.
Calm and close to everything, a favourite for business trips and city breaks.
Victorian villas at duskScotland’s national rugby stadium. Six Nations matches and summer concerts bring crowds of over 60,000, and the tram runs to the city centre and the airport.
Quiet and green, busiest on match days and concert nights.
The ShoreThe Shore’s restaurants, the Royal Yacht Britannia at Ocean Terminal, and the tram straight to the city centre and the airport.
Creative and changing, with food lovers, cruise visitors and longer stays.
The MeadowsThe Meadows, Bruntsfield Links and the University of Edinburgh’s central campus, busy with visiting academics and graduation weeks.
Leafy and local, with visiting families, academics and festival performers.
Portobello beachEdinburgh’s beach and promenade, a short bus ride from the centre, with a calmer pace than the city streets.
Easy-going and seaside, popular with families and summer visitors.
These are the areas guests ask for most, not the only ones we cover. If your home is anywhere within the city boundary, we would like to hear about it.
Regulation we welcome.
Edinburgh is one of the most visited cities in the UK, and a city people live in all year. The rules here exist to keep that balance, and we support them. Every short let needs a licence. A home that is not your main home also needs planning permission, and flats on a shared stair are very unlikely to get it. Responsible short letting is how visitors and residents share the city well.
The whole city becomes a short-term let control area. Using a home that is not anyone’s main home for short lets now needs planning permission.3
Deadline for hosts who were already letting to apply for a licence. New hosts have needed one before taking bookings since 1 October 2022.9
Edinburgh’s visitor levy begins: 5% of the accommodation cost, charged on up to five consecutive nights.5
Four ways to let, set by how the home is used.
Every short let here needs a licence before the first guest. Which one depends on how you use the home, so we start there.
A home to let
A second home or a property nobody lives in, let to guests through the year.
Rooms to spare
Spare rooms in the home you live in, let to guests while you are there.
While you are away
Your own home, let while you travel, work away or spend the summer elsewhere.
A little of both
Your own home, let whether you are in or away, as life allows.
We confirm the right path with you before anything is submitted. How licensing works →
We work out what your home needs, then run it with care.
Every home is different, and so is what it needs to let well across the year. We handle it as part of our full management service, then run every stay to the standards that come with it, with the stair, the street and the neighbours in mind.
- 01Assess your home and what it needs
- 02Handle the paperwork for you
- 03Get the home ready to the right standard
- 04Track and handle renewals
Visitors and residents, sharing the city.
Edinburgh welcomes millions of visitors a year and is home to more than half a million people. Both belong here. Every home we look after is licensed, every guest is vetted, and every stay is run with the neighbours in mind.
- 01Licensed firstEvery home licensed, certified and insured before the first guest.
- 02Neighbour consciousQuiet hours, noise monitoring and clear house rules on every stay.
- 03Guests vettedID checks, review history and deposits, with no parties or events.
- 04Local and accountableA local team looking after every home, day and night.
The busy months carry the year.
Market averages count every listing, run well or not, so we do not quote them. What matters is how demand moves through the year here, and how a well-run home performs across it. We model that for your home before you decide.
Across the homes we manage, average occupancy runs at 85 to 95 per cent, depending on location and the type of home.
Illustrative only. The shape shows how demand typically moves through the year, not data for any single home.
- 01Invest in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh Council: Tourism
- 02Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society: Fringe 2026 closing figures
- 03City of Edinburgh Council: Short-term lets, planning
- 04Scottish Government: Short-term lets licensing, guidance for hosts and operators
- 05City of Edinburgh Council: Scotland’s first visitor levy
- 06City of Edinburgh Council: Short-term lets FAQs
- 07VisitScotland: Edinburgh and the Lothians, regional tourism figures
- 08Scottish Tourism Alliance: Tourism facts and figures, July 2025
- 09City of Edinburgh Council: Short-term lets in Edinburgh
Tell us about your property.
We’ll show you what it could earn.
Share a few details and we will send a realistic revenue estimate, with the licensing steps your home will need.
Get your free estimate→Let your property work harder.
Tell us about your property and we will send you a realistic revenue estimate.
Menu
Edinburgh
A capital that books all year round, then fills again in August. We look after homes across the city from our base in Stockbridge.
(Fig. A) Edinburgh Castle at sunsetTourism supports thousands of local jobs.
Tourism supports around one in nine jobs in the city.7
Popular all year, with an August like nowhere else.
Edinburgh books well all year. Spring brings the Science Festival and the Marathon, June the Royal Highland Show, August the festivals, and the autumn holidays and Christmas carry the year through to Hogmanay.
- Feb to MarSix Nations at Murrayfield
- AprEdinburgh Science Festival
- MayEdinburgh Marathon
- JunRoyal Highland Show
- Jun to JulGraduations and stadium concerts
- JulJazz & Blues Festival
- AugThe Fringe and International Festival
- AugBook Festival and the Tattoo
- OctOctober school holidays
- Nov to DecEdinburgh’s Christmas
- DecHogmanay
A city of distinct neighbourhoods.
Victoria StreetThe Royal Mile, the Castle and the Fringe’s main venues, all on foot. Part of the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site.
Lively from morning to late, with first-time visitors, festival-goers and weekenders at its heart.
From Calton HillGeorgian streets between Princes Street and Stockbridge, with Waverley station and the shops of George Street close by.
Elegant and central, popular with couples, families and business visitors.
Circus LaneA village feel a short walk from the New Town: independent shops, the Sunday market and the Water of Leith walkway.
Relaxed and neighbourly, with a village pace that suits slower stays.
Well Court, Dean VillageHaymarket station and the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, a short walk from Princes Street and the quiet of the Water of Leith.
Calm and close to everything, a favourite for business trips and city breaks.
Victorian villas at duskScotland’s national rugby stadium. Six Nations matches and summer concerts bring crowds of over 60,000, and the tram runs to the city centre and the airport.
Quiet and green, busiest on match days and concert nights.
The ShoreThe Shore’s restaurants, the Royal Yacht Britannia at Ocean Terminal, and the tram straight to the city centre and the airport.
Creative and changing, with food lovers, cruise visitors and longer stays.
The MeadowsThe Meadows, Bruntsfield Links and the University of Edinburgh’s central campus, busy with visiting academics and graduation weeks.
Leafy and local, with visiting families, academics and festival performers.
Portobello beachEdinburgh’s beach and promenade, a short bus ride from the centre, with a calmer pace than the city streets.
Easy-going and seaside, popular with families and summer visitors.
These are the areas guests ask for most, not the only ones we cover. If your home is anywhere within the city boundary, we would like to hear about it.
Regulation we welcome.
Edinburgh is one of the most visited cities in the UK, and a city people live in all year. The rules here exist to keep that balance, and we support them. Every short let needs a licence. A home that is not your main home also needs planning permission, and flats on a shared stair are very unlikely to get it. Responsible short letting is how visitors and residents share the city well.
The whole city becomes a short-term let control area. Using a home that is not anyone’s main home for short lets now needs planning permission.3
Deadline for hosts who were already letting to apply for a licence. New hosts have needed one before taking bookings since 1 October 2022.9
Edinburgh’s visitor levy begins: 5% of the accommodation cost, charged on up to five consecutive nights.5
Four ways to let, set by how the home is used.
Every short let here needs a licence before the first guest. Which one depends on how you use the home, so we start there.
A home to let
A second home or a property nobody lives in, let to guests through the year.
Rooms to spare
Spare rooms in the home you live in, let to guests while you are there.
While you are away
Your own home, let while you travel, work away or spend the summer elsewhere.
A little of both
Your own home, let whether you are in or away, as life allows.
We confirm the right path with you before anything is submitted. How licensing works →
We work out what your home needs, then run it with care.
Every home is different, and so is what it needs to let well across the year. We handle it as part of our full management service, then run every stay to the standards that come with it, with the stair, the street and the neighbours in mind.
- 01Assess your home and what it needs
- 02Handle the paperwork for you
- 03Get the home ready to the right standard
- 04Track and handle renewals
Visitors and residents, sharing the city.
Edinburgh welcomes millions of visitors a year and is home to more than half a million people. Both belong here. Every home we look after is licensed, every guest is vetted, and every stay is run with the neighbours in mind.
- 01Licensed firstEvery home licensed, certified and insured before the first guest.
- 02Neighbour consciousQuiet hours, noise monitoring and clear house rules on every stay.
- 03Guests vettedID checks, review history and deposits, with no parties or events.
- 04Local and accountableA local team looking after every home, day and night.
The busy months carry the year.
Market averages count every listing, run well or not, so we do not quote them. What matters is how demand moves through the year here, and how a well-run home performs across it. We model that for your home before you decide.
Across the homes we manage, average occupancy runs at 85 to 95 per cent, depending on location and the type of home.
Illustrative only. The shape shows how demand typically moves through the year, not data for any single home.
- 01Invest in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh Council: Tourism
- 02Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society: Fringe 2026 closing figures
- 03City of Edinburgh Council: Short-term lets, planning
- 04Scottish Government: Short-term lets licensing, guidance for hosts and operators
- 05City of Edinburgh Council: Scotland’s first visitor levy
- 06City of Edinburgh Council: Short-term lets FAQs
- 07VisitScotland: Edinburgh and the Lothians, regional tourism figures
- 08Scottish Tourism Alliance: Tourism facts and figures, July 2025
- 09City of Edinburgh Council: Short-term lets in Edinburgh
Tell us about your property.
We’ll show you what it could earn.
Share a few details and we will send a realistic revenue estimate, with the licensing steps your home will need.
Get your free estimate→Let your property work harder.
Tell us about your property and we will send you a realistic revenue estimate.