Good stuff:
The apartment was really clean and tidy, it smelled lovely when we first walked in too which is always a good impression. All fixtures and fittings worked absolutely fine.

The neighbourhood/block was very nice and quiet, just around the corner from the main road.

Marie left a lovely welcome basket of wine and nibbles for us (we never actually got around to using it however!) and there was a large variety of food/drink items in the kitchen for us, which really helped when we first arrived.

The beds were very comfortable.

The bathrooms were both very well looked after and fully stocked with all the toiletries we required.

Marie was very good about communicating with me regarding the booking, and during our stay was kind enough to recommend good places to go.

Not So Good Stuff:
This is not Marie's fault at all - however on the first morning of our stay, we were woken by the fire alarm going off, which was very unnerving. When we were outside the building we spoke to several residents who informed us that it never happens and must have been a fault, so I wouldn't let that deter anyone thinking of staying here. However, the alarm went on for a very long time (we had to sit through breakfast listening to it, as we'd already started cooking), and when we left the apartment to go out for the day at noon, it was still going off with no sign of a maintenance person on site to fix it. Thankfully when we returned later that afternoon it had stopped!

When we arrived in Dublin and got into a taxi for the apartment, we were dropped off on the street described, however we could not find the apartment complex for quite a while. It was actually just off the main road and labelled something different to what was described to us, so we didn't think it was that at first. After walking around the entire block, we decided to try what we originally saw and it turned out to be the correct block, so I think it would be useful for Marie to describe what the outer set of gates leading to the complex is called.

The apartment complex was more than a 10 minute walk to Temple Bar as stated in the listing, it was more like 25 minutes. However, it is only a 10 minute walk to St Stephens Green.