The location could not have been more perfect. A short minute walk to temple bar but across the bridge so quieter than staying in the midst of the touristy area. Check-in with Paul's partner went fine. The place was a good size for 5 people with lots of towels and linens. The pictures in the ad are very well done but depict a bright, clean place where in reality it needs a little work in the form of a paint job. The sink wall in the bathroom appeared to have water damage and dark black smudges in corners. Wifi worked great. The elevator didn't work but we managed carrying our luggage up two sets of stairs. Two main things were a huge problem for our group.
1) we had problems getting hot water the entire 7 days. The hot water tank had to be reset as explained during check-in and although it was large by European standards we could rarely get it to produce hot water long enough to allow for a single warm/hot shower at a time. It worked once for two showers in a row. Whenever you turned on a tap or flushed a toilet a loud generator type noise would turn on for several minutes waking people up if someone needed to use the toilet in the middle of the night.
2) the host did not respond to messages or texts sent to him in a timely matter. A few days prior to arriving I sent two messages over a few days before receiving a response on how to check-in. During our stay we sent messages and texts regarding problems with the hot water, lack of toilet paper and asked if we could get another key as we were a group of 5 who didn't always want to come or go at the same time. I received a response after we had checked out apologizing stating he didn't see my messages and explaining the shower had been upgraded prior to our arrival but it did not seem to be working. Not much help after we had left.