The hosts were friendly and helpful. However, we did ask them if the apartment was quiet and it definitely was not! At street level under the apartment was an Irish bar and a restaurant, both traded late into the early morning and were very noisy. Opening windows onto the courtyard area were also noisy, as the restaurant used the courtyard to store there rubbish bins. Staff also smoked and talked loudly in the courtyard until the early hours of the morning. People coming home very late - with access doors opening and closing, tramping up and down stairways, as well as speaking loudly and calling out all echoed around the courtyard. The bins were emptied regularly and caused a great deal of commotion. At times televisions and music echoed throughout the courtyard. It was difficult to sleep. The bathroom was extremely small and we could not use the shower over the bath as water flooded the bathroom. Being tall people the bath was also too short. The kitchen is quite well equipped but tongs or something similar is needed to handle hot food.