Nelson Street, New Town, Edinburgh

9A Nelson Street is a substantial five-bedroom home with a private rear garden, located in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town.

Benefiting from a main-door entrance, the property occupies the basement and sub-basement levels of a Georgian period building.

You enter via a private front patio into a wide hallway, from which the kitchen, living room, two bedrooms and shower room are accessed.

The dining kitchen is to the rear with direct access to the private garden, and features a black granite worktop island over wood cabinets, with integrated appliances including a seven-ring gas range cooker, fridge/freezer and dishwasher.

The living room is also to the rear, enjoying views over the garden.

Double bedrooms four and five are at the front of this level, served by a shower room with WC in the middle of the home.

The lower level has the principal bedroom with integrated wardrobes and an en suite bathroom with separate shower (Jack and Jill).

Double bedroom two is to the rear with a patio door to the garden, and double bedroom three is to the front.

A useful utility room with integrated Miele washing machine and tumble dryer is also at this level.

There is excellent storage throughout, including a large storage room on the lower level and several cupboards, as well as two dry-lined under-pavement cellars at the front with power, providing further useful storage.

The garden can be accessed from either the kitchen on the basement level or bedroom two on the sub-basement level. It is mostly laid to grass, with mature shrubs in the borders.


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Nelson Street is an attractive Georgian residential street in Edinburgh’s historic New Town, located approximately half a mile north of Princes Street and the city centre.

Day-to-day shopping is available nearby on Dundas Street and in Stockbridge, which offer an excellent range of independent retailers, cafés, restaurants, delicatessens, specialist shops and supermarkets.

George Street, Princes Street and the wider city centre are all within easy walking distance, providing an extensive range of shopping, dining, cultural and leisure amenities.

Owners of 9A Nelson Street may apply for access to the highly sought-after Queen Street Gardens, while King George V Park, the Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith Park and the Water of Leith are also within easy reach.

Transport connections are excellent, with frequent bus services nearby, the tram available from St Andrew Square, and both Waverley and Haymarket railway stations readily accessible.

9A Nelson Street falls within the catchment for Broughton Primary School and Drummond Community High School, with excellent independent schooling nearby including Edinburgh Academy, Fettes College, ESMS and St George’s School for Girls.