We were a group of 4 girls who stayed in the 2bdr suite for the three months of summer.
Initially we were moved into the coach house as requested by the host, as renovations were still being completed in the 2bdr suite. All began smoothly with our stay ; however, it wasn't long until we felt uneasy here.
As girls in our 20s we felt we were spoken to and treated as children, and not as the adults that we are - it honestly felt quite patronising. We did not give any cause to be treated like this. We feel that the host would not have treated a family / older tenants as he treated us.
If you're looking to have some pals around to your accommodation, I would suggest reconsidering. We were never made feel comfortable having friends over. Having had 3 friends around one early evening we were told we could look for an alternative location as it was not the “party scene”. This came as surprise as we never caused havoc or hosted parties / contravened the rules. We were made feel unwelcome on the property.
Furthermore it felt as though our every move was being monitored, this feeling was strengthened by the ring camera on the doorbell, which footage was used at a later date as a threat against us.
One singular key to the coach was accidentally mislaid and the host was informed immediately , a cost of €254 to replace it was applied. Thankfully with air bnb's help and support we did not have to pay such an amount.
The accommodation is a good size and well equipped and it’s location is superb. However the windows on the property that could open were very small, and did not open the full way. This resulted in poor ventilation and a stuffy house. On one occasion we left our front door open to improve the ventilation but we were subsequently told that it must be kept shut.
The Neighbouring tenant complained constantly about noise that we were making; never noise at an unacceptable level and generally such noise was made before 10/11pm. The noise was never exceptional as mentioned previously. We already felt uncomfortable having guests to the house and were threatened that is a 'party' was to occur we would be looking for accommodation some place else.
The neighbouring tenant would bang on the wall for example when we were watching tv, or even hoovering. It took us several days to figure out why they would bang on the wall - we did not go to the host to complain, however the host then came to us and was quite insistent that we keep the tv to a miniscule level and that music was not to be played loudly. We felt that he never listened to our side of the story and always took the other tenants viewpoint above ours, and we got the phrase that “this is the final warning” , “this is not an acceptable answer” and "she's a long standing tenant" - whatever that's supposed to mean, perhaps we were not as important as her.
Perhaps more settled /older tenants would be more suited to this property. It felt to us the host had formed his impression of us before getting to really know us and thus carried a constant chip on his shoulder for the duration of our stay. This property in our opinion is certainly not recommended by us to younger people, but perhaps older couples and or families may have a more positive experience