Maeve made us feel extremely uncomfortable during the stay, because she asked us to pay her an extra 40 euro in cash (20 euro per night) after the first night, even though there was no discussion of this when I booked this reservation two months ago. If we had known she was going to charge us extra, we would have considered other places based on the price differences. We could've booked a hotel for the same price. She said she was charging extra for the 3rd person on our trip; even though the first thing I had asked her 2 months ago was whether we could bring and fit 3 people, so she knew how many people were in our group. We would have increased the number of people on our booking, but she did not provide that option on her listing. It was disconcerting that she asked us for extra money in cash after the stay had started, because this discussion about pricing should have happened two months ago when I made the booking, not after the first night of the stay. After the first night, we extended our stay for a second night, and she waited until we had extended our stay by a second night to charge us 20 euros per night for the third person.
We felt that it was dishonest of her to not mention the extra charges until a day after the stay had started, after we extended our stay, rather than bring it up when I was booking the stay two months ago, especially since she knew how many people was in my group when I made the reservation. This made our stay pretty uncomfortable, although on advice from the AirBnB support team, we did not pay the extra charges that were against AirBnB policy.
Although the listing said laundry was available, when we got there, Maeve said there was no laundry available for guests. When she gave us the nearest laundry behind a gas station, it was only accessible by car, we had to pay for it and it took 2 hours out of our vacation to wait for the laundry.
The positives: Maeve recommended us to visit Howth, a lovely seaside area, the local rose garden, and she has a beautiful garden in the front. The room was comfortable and clean and accommodated three people.