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Step inside to a wonderful surprise... a cool, stylish New Town pad with an open-plan layout and a buzzy pub and organic bar a hop away

Here is a cool, contemporary studio flat, filled with light and elegant touches. Unpromising at first glance perhaps – it's set in a low-rise 1980s housing estate among the towering Georgian houses and leafy squares of the New Town – but inside is another story. This ground-floor studio makes brilliant use of the space, what feels like two rooms (bedroom and living room) is actually one. Design flourishes combine the most charming of old and new. A pale modern sofa and flat-screen TV marry well with a vibrant yellow table and chairs, a kitchen larder from the 1940s, a wall-mounted head from some highland beast, and French prints on pure white walls. On arrival you'll find Fair Trade teas and coffee, a decanter of whisky and homemade biscuits to keep you going, while 50 yards off is Iglu, a lively organic bar and restaurant, and opposite is Kay's Bar, one of those deliciously small New Town pubs you may be lucky enough to stumble upon when lost down a tangle of mews streets. It's a five-minute walk to George Street, ten to Waverley Station – you couldn't be better placed for all that Edinburgh has to offer.

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