DO NOT STAY HERE!
Upon arrival to the apartment we had the following issues:
•Door lock jams and we had a very hard time getting into the apartment. After succeeding at this we had to use the key again to lock the door from the inside, the key again gave us a hard time. We were able to lock the door but then could NOT leave the apartment through the front door because the lock remained jammed. The alternate exit was downstairs through the kitchen which led you to a back alley and a set of 3 doors to reach the front of the building. A huge inconvenience, especially considering we arrived late at night into Dublin!
•We came to find the carpet was filthy and stained. I could not walk on this carpet barefoot.
•We used the toilet once and it did not flush. We gave it some time (after dealing with the exit issue- about an hour) and tried flushing again but it did not flush.
Pictures and information on the listing are misleading. The apartment is much smaller with a weird set up, i.e the toilet is in the shower (as mentioned above the toilet did not flush, gross) and the bathroom is right next to the kitchen. The stairs as pictured are VERY steep and a bit slippery.
The location of the apartment is not a 20 minute walk from city center but rather a 30-35 min walk. The area is not very nice and parking is an issue. We parked on the street and got a boot/clamp on our car which we had to pay €80 for. The night we arrived we considered going out to check if our car was appropriately parked but could not leave the apartment!!
As soon as we arrived we contacted Diana with the list of complaints. She promptly replied and addressed the issues but they were beyond an apology. We requested a cancelation for the following two nights of our reservation given the variety of issues and she honored the cancelation with a full refund. Luckily we were able to find a much nicer one bedroom apartment, which was a 10 min walk from Temple Bar for just about the same money.