Karin provided extensive notes about her apartment and Dublin features at the time of booking. She responded promptly to correspondence at all times. She contacted us leading up to the booking date to seek confirmation of arrival time and make appropriate arrangements to be there when we arrived. The neighbourhood where the apartment is is quite charming and comfortable. There are some less glamourous areas on the walk into the city from the apartment but we never felt uncomfortable at any stage. The apartment has plenty of dining options in all directions. It is a solid 20 minute walk to Temple Bar area but once familiar with our location and directions we walked everywhere - even further afield to St Patrick's Cathedral and Guiness Storehouse. We did not bother about public transport apart from taking the 41 bus to the airport which is available within 100 metres from the apartment - it is inexpensive and dropped us right outside the departure terminal door so we virtually walked 15 metres into the airport at the other end. Karin has quite a list of house rules but the property is deserving of that level of care. It was a delight to stay in - to be able to have breakfast with a window view across the intersection to Mountjoy Square park was a great way to start each day. Karin provided a generous supply of provisions as the foundation of those breakfasts - milk, juice, tea, coffee, eggs, butter, jam and fruit. She is a long term resident of the area and a proud 'Georgian'. She has an extensive knowledge of Dublin itself and took time to detail the highlights the city offers. We visited a number of venues we had not planned (were not previously aware of) such as Marsh's Library and The Story of the City display under the City Hall which were both interesting and informative for the perspective they provided on life in Dublin - both were inexpensive and neither were heavily populated providing a welcome relief from the bustle of the crowds in the busy streets of Dublin and most of the other more 'popular' venues - we were very appreciative of Karin's influence in this regard.