Old Town short lets: high traffic, higher standards

Edinburgh's Old Town (EH1) is the engine room of the city's short-term let market. Properties here — from Royal Mile apartments to Grassmarket flats and the tucked-away Closes — host a relentless rotation of festival-goers, weekenders, honeymooners and business travellers. That intensity means small cleaning slips turn into damaged reviews fast.

We know the EH1 property stock intimately: the listed tenement stairwells, the sash-and-case windows, the tight tenant-close access, and the loading restrictions that make daytime turnarounds tricky. Our cleaners are local, our scheduling is built around city-centre realities, and our standard is always guest-ready.

Whether you let a one-bed off the Royal Mile or a multi-room flat overlooking Edinburgh Castle, we deliver the same five-star changeover — linen change, full bathroom and kitchen reset, restocking, and a presentation check that ends only when the property would pass your own mum's inspection.

We clean across EH1

Old Town streets & landmarks we serve

Royal MileHigh Street, LawnmarketEH1
GrassmarketVictoria StreetEH1
Cockburn StreetWaverley areaEH1
CanongateHolyroodEH1
Castle TerraceLothian Road edgeEH1
Johnstone TerraceCastle viewsEH1

Why Old Town hosts switch to us

EH1 hosts typically run higher occupancy than anywhere else in the city — and they feel every missed clean. We deliver the reliability high-traffic lets demand.

  • Local cleaners who know tenement access, closes & stairwells
  • Same-day turnarounds timed to your check-out/check-in
  • Linen hire & laundry — vital for flats without a tumble dryer
  • Key-safe and lockbox management
  • Maintenance flagging for older listed properties
★★★★★
"Three Royal Mile flats, never a missed turnaround. Caledonia know the Old Town closes better than I do. My cleanliness rating has never been higher."
RMRachel M.
Superhost · Royal Mile, EH1
FAQ

Old Town Airbnb cleaning questions

Do you clean Airbnbs on the Royal Mile?
Yes. We provide changeover cleaning for short-term lets along the Royal Mile and throughout the Old Town (EH1), including Grassmarket, Cockburn Street and the Closes — handling the high turnover typical of Edinburgh's busiest tourist streets.
Can you handle close/stairwell access in Old Town tenements?
Absolutely — we clean many EH1 tenement flats with shared stairwell access. We coordinate key handover (key safe, lockbox or in-person) and work around stair-cleaning rotas and building access quirks.
Do you offer linen service for Old Town flats without laundry?
Yes. Many Royal Mile flats lack a tumble dryer, so our linen hire and laundry service is popular here — we deliver fresh linen and remove used sets every changeover.

Your EH1 Airbnb, guest-ready every time

Fixed-price changeover quote for your Old Town let.

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