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20 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
£2.8 million for a 2 bed flat? Quite possibly Scotland's most expensive bit of residential real estate per square foot? ImageImageImageImage
It isn't even *that* big. ImageImage
When I were a lad* this were all damp and draughty shared bedrooms. I forget which particular demographic of the student body made this place its home back in the day.
* (ok, a young adult).
Oh. It turns out that was one of the cheaper flats... For an extra £1.3 million you can get a marginally bigger one with lower ceilings and more awkward rooms.

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It's probably the *second* most instagrammable vista in Edinburgh (after *that* street), so what's this place actually called and why?
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"She'll crumble like an oatcake in the rain". #DunDunDunbar
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