Karin's place was lovely! We stayed at her home for our short two night visit to Dublin. Everything was tidy and ready for our visit. The location for us was fine, but we were told by other locals that it was on the edge of the dodgy part of town. The walk to city centre was about 10-15 minutes, which is where we spent most of our time. The furthest walk we had was to Guinness Storehouse, which was about 25 minutes (I had been to Guinness about 8 years ago and wouldn't have recommended it then, but they have done many renovations and it is brilliant now!).