Finding plots in any city is a challenge, especially so in Edinburgh where vacant plots are as rare as hen’s teeth. So when architect John Kinsley found a small slither of brownfield site sandwiched between two period buildings, he was intrigued. Could he buy the site — and find other households to join him in building a block of flats on the plot?
“We were living in the next street at the time, and I could see that the site had been vacant for a long time,” he explains. “So I got in touch with the owner of the land, who was open to the idea of selling it. I then put an advert on a local community website to see
