The Fringe, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh Art Festival… there’s no doubt that the Edinburgh population grows considerably every August. Visitors flock to our capital to soak up the atmosphere, the art, the architecture… but what about festival accommodation? So when you’re visiting Edinburgh – where do you book festival accommodation? A […]
Easter Egg rolling has been a tradition since the 19th century. Symbolic of rolling away the rock in front of Christ’s tomb, the egg is also supposed to signify the rebirth of land during spring. Being amongst the UK’s hilliest cities, Edinburgh is “eggactly” the right place to find the perfect Easter egg rolling spot. […]
August in Edinburgh. That bittersweet month that every Edinburgh resident loves and hates at the same time. We have the world’s biggest arts festival on our doorsteps. It’s fun, it’s exciting, there’s so much going on… you can’t get a taxi anywhere, the streets are heaving and GET ME OUT OF HERE! It’s a wonderful […]
The Council does not seem to have a clear policy regarding short term lets. Factotum are concerned that landlords are getting confusing advice from council workers. They seem to have advised some of our landlords that a tenancy longer than a month would represent the tenants’ only or main residence, adopting HMRC’s definition of 31 days […]