okay so, pointers... no Tv, No privacy, expect to be woken up at 2am by someone going to the kitchen.
when we arrived the hosts were very welcoming. they showed us round, everything was okay. we went out to dinner came back to total darkness and freezing cold apartmenrt ( in the middle of DECEMBER IN DUBLIN) no central heating just those crappy electric fan heaters. okay so, we turned them on, turned on the lights. it took ages to get warm but when it did we finally could go to bed. woke up in the morning, all the heating had been turned off. our bedding was DAMP, our clothes that we'd put out for the next day were DAMP. so awaking feeling very sticky, first thought shower. it was 10:30am, as I went to leave the room. the corridoor was FREEZING!!!!! so I had to wrap up in a blanket just to go to the bathroom. So, got to the bathroom. put music very low on my phone (couldn't of been loud because we all know phone speakers are NOT 100watts ) did what I was doing returned to the bedroom to find a BIG AGRESSIVE NOTE WRITTEN LIKE THIS IN CAPITALS. it said..... DO NOT LEAVE LIGHTS OR HEATING ON WHEN SLEEPING OR LEAVING THE HOUSE. okay, so baring in mind this was NOT cheap, hotels were cheaper (which I wished I would have booked) then 5 mins later I get a message off Marta, as long as my arm. with a whole list of things we need to do. no music because her partner was still sleeping at 10:30am, no heating, no lights. I told my partner we both did not think this was fair, and the note stuck to the door took it too far. I then told marta we felt uncomfortable and we wanted to leave because of the way she'd approached us with all tje rules. we were there on holiday not too run a household. so anyway, asked for a partial refund got told no. we left the same day and went to a hotel. some people might think they weren't asking alot. we paid £280 for nothing and a crappy, cold, apartment with no Tv and a damp smell to it. wouldn't let my dog stay here. might be ok for some but if you are going to dublin GET A HOTEL.