What The Dickins: Home Sweet Home

There’s something very unique about Foster + Partners Quartermile development in Simpson Loan. Their transformation of Edinburgh’s Old Royal Infirmary Hospital into a mixed-use urban community of luxury homes, affordable houses, office, retail and leisure space has been very successful. Two types of home are available here – purpose-built architecturally…

Self-catering in Edinburgh is what we’re all about at Dickins, but we’re also about so much more. The world of self-catering has changed beyond recognition since we started letting for the Edinburgh Festival back in 1998. Then, the phrase self-catering probably conjured up the sense of a damp, old fashioned…

Scottish guidebook guru, Peter Irvine, whose go-to guide ‘Scotland the Best’ is about to launch it’s 13th edition, calls this corner of Edinburgh the East Village. And this title is a good one because the area around Broughton Place does feel like a village, yet it only takes ten minutes…

Guests love our home at 12 St Mary’s Street, situated in the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town. Because they regularly give us great feedback about staying there, it is in our Dickins Most Loved Collection. We can understand why they love it because we do too! There’s a great vibe…

From the moment you step down the steps to this one bedroom home on Carlton Street, you will know you’re staying somewhere very special. You’ll also understand why it’s in our Most Loved Collection. Our Most Loved Homes are those that get consistently glowing feedback from the guests who stay…