Marchmont Flats has been in existence for nearly 40 years evolving from 1 flat in the beginning to the 14 which we now own and operate. We reckon therefore that we have a pretty good base of knowledge to draw on and experience to predict how the Viewings Season is likely to unfold. The Viewings […]
MARCHMONT FLATS
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How to book/reserve a flat
We operate a stage process for all new tenancies Stage 1 – we come to a verbal agreement with a group to lease a particular property – the property concerned then gets designated Under Offer on the EH9/EH10 website Stage 2 – payment of reservation of £750/flat – for a group of 5 this £150 each […]
Viewings Bulletin – evening – 17th Jan
We had 14 individual group viewings today (about 70 individual visits) concentrating on the Marchmont 5’s at 82 Strathearn Road. In no order of preference our Thanks to everyone who came on this very cold day existing tenants for being so accommodating the Marchmont flats viewing team who we hope looked after you all well […]
Viewings Report Wed. 16th January
Thanks to everyone who came to viewings today, to tenants in residence and also to our own crew who worked hard to prepare for viewings. At present the two Rochester Terrace flats are still available and any further viewing days will be advised in due course.
Snow forecast on Friday 18th January
The forecast is for snow this Friday. For the meteorologically minded there is a wet weather front coming in from the Atlantic to the west which runs slap bang into a cold airstream coming from Russia and the Baltic (the beast from the East). Where the Atalantic stream and the Beast meet these are ideal […]
Bruntsfield
The modern district of Bruntsfield lies east of Bruntsfield Links park and golf link, beyond which lies the district of Marchmont; Merchiston is to the west and Tollcross to the north. To the south and east lies the former estate of Greenhill, and to the south Morningside. The estate around the grand Bruntsfield House is now called Marchmont (which the Warrender family began feuing in 1872, […]
The Thirlestane Road Flats
The perfect location in the heart of Marchmont where we have 4 flats – 2×4’s and 2x5s Thirlestane Road is named after Thirlestane Castle a castle set in extensive parklands near Lauder in the Borders of Scotland. The site is aptly named Castle Hill, as it stands upon raised ground. However, the raised land is within Lauderdale, the valley of the Leader Water. The […]
The Strathearn Road Flats
The perfect location for George Square, KB, ERI and other campuses Strathearn Road is named after Strathearn or Strath Earn (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Èireann) (pron.: /stræθˈɜrn/; from Scottish Gaelic) is the strath of the River Earn, in Scotland.[1] It extends from Loch Earn in Perth and Kinross to the River Tay. The royal dukedom of Strathearn has occasionally been awarded to members of the British Royal Family. Prince William was created Earl of Strathearn, as a subsidiary […]
Our Viewing Team
We are pleased to introduce you to our viewing team. Ann Skinner – Ann has enormous experience in looking after all our flats. She is very closely involved in our lettings process, she also directs and manages our change-over process and sets very high standards on all housekeeping matters. Ann knows all there is to […]
How to fix a Dyson
We have Dyson hoovers in many of our flats – they are great machines but can be victims of their own success if you use them to hoover up paper, sweet wrappers, sellotape etc – they can get blocked! There are a few videos on this site as to how to fix them but if […]