23/08/2025
A year ago today we welcomed our first paying guests to the site. We were very lucky that those guests were amazing, and made hosting them a genuine pleasure. We've met many more lovely people since then - almost 500 guests, across over 160 bookings.
This past month has been extremely hectic, with many short stays (mostly people visiting the Edinburgh Festivals) resulting in August getting on for twice the number of changeovers as July, and the same number of 'same-day changeovers' (where a unit is vacated in the morning and we have a few hours to turn it around ready for a new group coming in later the same day) as the previous three months combined. It's made me glad that we've had a year of learning leading up to this!
The past year has been a steep learning curve, and I've got a lot better at making beds and folding laundry than I was a year ago; indeed than I ever thought I would be. To all the guests who've been a delight to host, and even to those who left us with a bit more cleaning to do, thank you for making our first year a successful one. We already know that many of you are coming back (or have even been back more than once already!) for another stay, and hope to see many more of you again, as well as meeting lots of new guests.
Roll on year two!
